Distressing content warning.

Distressing content warning.

Distressing content warning.

Shannon - Shannon is of Pākehā descent and has Autism. Shannon was in state foster care and residential homes from the age of seven. Shannon’s evidence will focus on his experiences in State care, the denial of his right to communication, as

Dr Brigit Mirfin-Veitch - Dr Mirfin-Veitch is the Director of the Donald Beasley Institute (DBI), an independent research institute specialising in disability reasearch. The DBI were contracted by the Inquiry to carry out a research project called

Distressing content warning. Catherine Hickey represented her brother, Paul Hickey. Paul Hickey was of Irish Catholic descent and had connections to Tainui through his paternal grandmother. Paul was hit by a truck at six years old and as a result

Distressing content warning. Sidney Frank Neilson is of Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Porou descent and was at Porirua Hospital between the ages of 19 and 42 (1973–1996) under the Mental Health Act. He experienced extensive ECT, overmedicalisation, physical

Distressing content warning. Alison Adams gave evidence on behalf of her sons, Nigel, and Malcom Adams. Nigel and Malcom Adams are of Pākehā descent and have learning disabilities, pervasive development disorders and Autism. Malcom and Nigel were