'Shocking' testimony at the Disability Royal Commission

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23 year old Katelyn Smith loves sport, and is an accomplished athlete having represented Australia in javelin. Source: SBS

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Royal Commission witnesses have described an experience common to a lot of people with cognitive disabilities - of being treated as 'sub-human'.

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