Children with autism spent hours with staff in padded rooms, where they were sometimes sat on and held down by adults as part of a controversial NDIS-funded therapy.
abc.net.au/news/autism-therapy-program-abuse-ndis-four-corners/102896354Children with autism and intellectual disabilities have been unlawfully pinned to the ground, facedown by up to six workers as part of a controversial therapy funded by the NDIS.
The video shows the boy, who is non-verbal, sitting on a mat in the middle of the padded room. It is believed he has had a so-called "uncontrolled behaviour" which is why there are multiple workers around him. The report said this type of restraint "would be oppressive, frightening or intimidating" for any person.
"The prone restraint is probably the most riskiest of the prohibited restraints because it involves forcing a person to lie down, therefore putting pressure on internal organs."The family of the boy in the video has never been informed by Irabina nor the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission that his treatment was unlawful. Four Corners asked the commission if it has informed all the families who took part in the program but it did not respond to the question.
Even though he's still on the floor, when Jadon moves slightly from the centre of the room, the men force him back. ABA therapy varies, but it essentially aims to reduce behaviours of concern through repetitive exercises. "There were so many people that came forward," former Irabina chief operating officer Mel Webster said."They said they didn't agree with the program, they didn't agree with what they were seeing, but they didn't feel heard."
"I know that the children needed a high level of support but nobody … should be in a situation where they're having what's supposed to be therapy which is actually abuse."
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