A Northern Territory teenager living with disability has told a Royal Commission a harrowing account of his life in out-of-home care.
“When I'm in here they give me everything and then when I get out it's like, they just kick me out onto the streets. The Disability Royal Commission is hearing the experiences of First Nations people with disability and their family's interactions with the child protection systems. He that some of the charges which have resulted in him being put in youth detention related to breaching bail when he fled abusive foster homes.Friday's hearing is the second Indigenous-specific public hearing to be held by the royal commission.
Out of the 45,996 children in out-of-home care in 2019 and 2020, 18,862 - more than 40 per cent - were Indigenous. "The available data portrays the stark reality of the over-representation of First Nations children in out-of-home care and the consequent over-representation of First Nations children with disability in out-of-home care," he said.
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