Parents with disability and their experiences with child protection systems

Project Member(s): Libesman, T., Gray, P.

Funding or Partner Organisation: OFFICE OF THE OFFICIAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL (Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability)
OFFICE OF THE OFFICIAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL (Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability)

Start year: 2021

Summary: This project will provide a literature review and conduct qualitative research with key advocacy and service organisations that work with parents with disability who have contact with child protection systems in Australia. The research will result in a report and recommendations for the Royal Commission into violence, abuse, neglect and exploitation of people with disabilities.

Publications:

Libesman, T, Gray, P, Chandler, E, Briskman, L, Didi, A & Avery, S Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability 2023, Parents with disability and their experiences of child protection systems, Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability, pp. 1-379, Sydney.

FOR Codes: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the law, Family law , Justice and the Law

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.