Mother gives emotional evidence at Disability Royal Commission

Finlay Browne, who died in 2016, aged 16. Rachel Browne has told the disability royal commission that Down syndrome was listed as a cause of death on her son Source: ROYAL COMMISSION INTO VIOLENCE, ABUSE, NEGLECT AND EXPLOITATION OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY

Two mothers of down syndrome children have given emotional evidence at the disability royal commission in Sydney. One of the mothers described "the lack of urgency" by hospital staff in treating her son, in the lead up to his death in 2016.

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