It took three months to find suitable accommodation for a 17-year-old boy living with autism. He spent the time in hospital waiting for a solution.
abc.net.au/news/marley-omeara-autism-ndis-property-eviction-bunbury-hospital/101874220A 17-year-old boy with autism spent 99 days in a country hospital after he was evicted from supported accommodation as a result of complaints about damage from the landlord and neighbours.
It came as parents of children living with disability said the National Disability Insurance Scheme was failing its participants in some parts of regional Australia.
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