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while living in supported accommodation.

submission to the Senate regarding sexual abuse he suffered Name: Born: 196 has an intellectual disability and is also visually impaired.

was a resident at from 1979 - 1984. cannot remember the exact date he arrived at but knows he was 9yrs old when he arrived there.

has disclosed that he suffered sexual abuse at the hands of an older female resident while he was living at intellectual disability answered “she was like me”.

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When asked if this woman had an cannot name the years that the abuse occurred, he said the abuse happened over “a couple of years”.

cannot remember the name of his abuser.

When I asked him how old she was, he answered “I think she was in her 20’s”.

The first instance of abuse describes was in a pool on site at says “she touched me” (and gestures to his crotch) he also said “she had sex with hesitated then said “I put my hand up”.

me”.
me”.

When I asked him if he asked for help, explained that there were lots of other people present (he could not say how many).

He said there were other residents and workers both in and out of the pool when the abuse occurred.

explains that his abuser lived in a cottage separate to him but he saw her on Sundays on the bus and in the pool (which he attended daily for therapy on his hip).

He explains she continued to sexually abuse him in these settings.
explains the worker said “you can’t do that” and moved On one occasion he explains that his abuser was touching him on the bus and a worker saw.

the bus.

questioning, asked him to clarify he said, “because I can’t see who she is”.

does not know if the worker reported the incident.

At this point in my says, “I think she (the abuser) chose me because I’m blind”, when I to the front of has explained that “I can not speak well when I was young”.
He had a female (whom has since passed away) that taught him how to speak.

He worker at can’t remember her name but said he was the only person that he spoke to about the abuse.

He said she believed his story but did not know if she ever told anyone of what he told her.

if he ever reported the abuse, he said “no, she (his abuser) said I raped staff) believed her, they didn’t believe me”.

I asked him if police I asked her.

They ( were ever involved, he said “no”.


I asked abuser accused him of raping her, if he got punished.

if anything ever happened to him after his answered “no”.

explained that he left in 1984 to move to a school in .

He explained that he returned to during Easter holidays on more than one occasion before closed later in the 80’s.
The last Violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability in institutional and residential settings, including thegender and age related dimensions, and the particular situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people withdisability, and culturally and linguistically diverse people with disabilitySubmission 61 time longer there.
visited (he could not name what year), his abuser was no if he had spoken to anyone about his abuse before attending the Windgap I asked radio broadcasting course, Making Airwaves, of which I currently coordinate.

He said he told a worker at Waverley Independent Living Project (his residential support service), who then arranged counselling for him.

explained that he received counselling.

When I asked if he would like to receive more counselling he answered “no”.
not asked for further support with this matter.

has spoke about his abuse in an interview conducted by a colleague from the Australian Disability Enterprise (ADE) workshop based at Windgap.

The interview went to air on Eastside Radio (89.7FM) on 31st March 2015. at Windgap to ask if would like to submit his story to the IDRS to be I approached submitted to the Senate for inquiry.

He answered “yes”.

We worked on this submission together.


I have read the contents back to I have recorded is true and correct.
and he has affirmed that all information Community Services Worker Windgap Foundation Violence, abuse and neglect against people with disability in institutional and residential settings, including thegender and age related dimensions, and the particular situation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people withdisability, and culturally and linguistically diverse people with disabilitySubmission 61