The NDIS Quality and Safeguards commission has received almost 1,500 reports of neglect and abuse in the last six months.
The abuse is, according to an execute of People with Disabilities Australia, just the tip of the iceberg of abuse in the disability sector which has prompted the recently announced disability royal commission.
Senator Steele-John believed the number of cases of abuse of people with disabilities is much higher, saying "There are many people who, because of their disability or circumstances, physically cannot use the safeguard system to report.”