http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/robbi-williams/ Robbi is CEO of the Julia Farr group, a trio of non-government organisations working to improve the life chances for people living with disability and their families, through research, policy development, housing services and grant-giving. With a background in psychology, Robbi has over 25 years’ international experience working across a wide range of social issues, including disability, mental health and ageing.  Robbi is national convenor of In Control Australia, a collective movement advocating for the availability of personalised funding and support in Australia. Robbi is author of the blog Purple Orange. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-are-herding-people-into-dangerous-situations/ Recent news reports have highlighted the apparent difficulties in securing convictions where a person living with intellectual disability has been the victim of an alleged sexual assault. Some alleged assaults take place where people are receiving care.  This warrants closer examination, given the reasonable expectation that human services are meant to reduce risk of harm, not add to it.  Also, the greater the degree of disability a person lives with, the more likely it is the person will be living in a formal service arrangement, sharing with other people living with similar degrees of disability and served by staff. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Robbi Williams) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-are-herding-people-into-dangerous-situations/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-are-herding-people-into-dangerous-situations/#item6201 Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:35:50 +0000 Robbi Williams | Author bios | The Punch