Chapter 5: Nature and extent of abuse and neglect of disabled people in care
27. Part 4 of the Final Report describes the nature and extent of abuse and neglect suffered by survivors of State and faith-based care.
28. Disabled survivors were subjected to all the types of abuse and neglect identified by the Inquiry. Neglect was pervasive and experienced by almost every disabled survivor the Inquiry heard from, particularly in large-scale institutional settings.
29. Chapter 4 of the Kimberley Centre case study describes the nature and extent of abuse and neglect at the Kimberley Centre.
30. Part 5 of the Final Report includes more detailed information on the nature and extent of abuse and neglect of disabled people in care:
- Chapter 2 explains that being placed into care caused trauma and disruption to forming attachments, and separated disabled survivors from their identify, whānau, community and society
- Chapter 2 describes the psychological and emotional abuse and neglect (including institutionalisation and depersonalisation), physical abuse and neglect, sexual abuse, racial abuse and cultural neglect, medical abuse and neglect, solitary confinement, financial abuse and forced labour, and educational neglect suffered by disabled people in care
- Chapter 3 explains how abuse and neglect of disabled people can be seen as transgressions of te ao Māori worldviews, disability principles and Pacific values
- Chapter 4 describes abuse and neglect in disability care settings, including largescale psychopaedic and psychiatric institutions, group homes and community care, and special schools
- Chapter 5 sets out the extent of abuse and neglect in disability care settings