Queensland government agencies were aware of risks to two brothers living with disabilities well before they were found malnourished and locked in a bedroom when their father died, a royal commission hearing has been told.
Then aged 17 and 19, the boys given the pseudonyms Kaleb and Jonathon were found unclothed in a bare room with the door handles removed when emergency services arrived in May 2020, counsel assisting the Disability Royal Commission Kate Eastman told the Brisbane hearing.
“There is nothing about Kaleb or Jonathan’s age, disability or their personal circumstances that made it inevitable that they should individually or together experience violence, abuse, neglect or a deprivation of their human rights.” “They’re just lovely ... I understood what trauma feels like and what it feels like to be abused,” she said.She would sometimes help care for the boys, and described a general sense of squalor in their home that had no hot water and a bare bedroom aside from a blow-up mattress.“Kaleb would have red ... and swollen legs from curling up to be warm in winter,” she said.
His financial records were examined as part of preparations for the Royal Commission hearing, showing he relied on government support. His parents accommodation was described as “questionable and unstable” and he was identified as a child at risk of neglect, spending about two years in foster care.
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