26 min
Ep 4: No one size fits all: Disability and the Law: Part One One in Five
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- Education
People with disability are significantly over-represented in the justice system in Australia. We ask the experts how to improve the justice system's responses to mental health and disability.
In this episode, we interview legal experts about how people with disability interact with the law. We hear about the practice of supported decision making, and how to protect the rights of people with disability.
We explore in some detail the Unfitness to Plead project (when courts determine an individual's capacity to participate in the justice system), where people with intellectual, cognitive and psychosocial disability can be subjected to unfair treatment when charged with a crime.
And we find out about how to ensure consumers with disability get equal access to goods and services.
People with disability are significantly over-represented in the justice system in Australia. We ask the experts how to improve the justice system's responses to mental health and disability.
In this episode, we interview legal experts about how people with disability interact with the law. We hear about the practice of supported decision making, and how to protect the rights of people with disability.
We explore in some detail the Unfitness to Plead project (when courts determine an individual's capacity to participate in the justice system), where people with intellectual, cognitive and psychosocial disability can be subjected to unfair treatment when charged with a crime.
And we find out about how to ensure consumers with disability get equal access to goods and services.
26 min