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NDIS Cuts Leave Child Abuse Survivor Reeling After Compensation

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Politique·21 sa önceRésumé IA

NDIS Cuts Leave Child Abuse Survivor Reeling After Compensation

Dane Waites, a survivor of child sexual abuse, faces NDIS funding cuts after receiving compensation from the Catholic Church. The National Disability Insurance Agency reduced his funding by $50,000, impacting his ability to afford essential support services. Waites and his mother are appealing the decision, highlighting the distress and uncertainty faced by many NDIS participants.

Guardian Australia

Supreme Court dismisses Alabama's bid to execute inmate with borderline intellectual disability

ACTU

21.05.2026Résumé IA

Supreme Court dismisses Alabama's bid to execute inmate with borderline intellectual disability

The Supreme Court dismissed Alabama's attempt to execute Joseph Clifton Smith, who has borderline intellectual disability. The court left in place lower court rulings protecting Smith, who has multiple IQ scores slightly above 70.

ABC News

Texas Man Executed for Retired Professor's Killing Despite Intellectual Disability Claims

ACTU

15.05.2026Résumé IA

Texas Man Executed for Retired Professor's Killing Despite Intellectual Disability Claims

A Texas man, deemed intellectually disabled by experts, was executed for the killing of a retired professor.

ABC News

Texas Execution of Edward Busby Proceeds Despite Intellectual Disability Claims

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Crime·15.05.2026Résumé IA

Texas Execution of Edward Busby Proceeds Despite Intellectual Disability Claims

Edward Busby, deemed intellectually disabled by experts, was executed in Texas for the 2004 suffocation death of Laura Lee Crane, despite last-minute appeals and a U.S. Supreme Court dissent by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson.

ABC News

ACTU

20.04.2026

'Dignity' through home ownership for Canberrans with intellectual disability

Not-for-profit Project Independence uses residents' disability support pension to share in a property, giving them legal ownership of their home and allowing them to build equity over time.

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