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Sep 21, 2020, 5 tweets

The 6th Disability Royal Commission hearing on "the use of psychotropic medication, behaviour support and behaviours of concern" starts today at 10am, and we will be live tweeting the proceedings from here.

We'll be using the hashtag #DisabilityRC if you'd like to join us.

If you want to watch along, the livestream will be paying from here: disability.royalcommission.gov.au

If you feel impacted by anything you hear today, remember you can always call Lifeline on 13 11 14

You can also call the National Counselling and Referral Service on 1800 421 468 (set up specifically for people impacted by the #DisabilityRC).

We've put together a bit of Jargon Buster, to help people out this week with any unfamiliar terms or phrases that might come up.

You can find it here: pwd.org.au/drc-hub/jargon…

(Let us know if there's anything we can add to it.)

The hearing is starting now. We are working with @VMIAC this week and they are live tweeting this morning here:

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