Six-year-old adopted boy denied school, abused in state care

Thursday, October 1st, 2020

A six-year-old boy who couldn’t spell cat and didn’t know his last name was sent to an institution where he was put to work and abused for the next 13 years.

Intellectual disabilities support organisation IHC will give evidence on behalf of the man, who died in 2006, as the Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry continues this week. Continue reading

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