TY  - BOOK
ED  - New Zealand. 
TI  - Out of sight, out of mind : : Kimberley Centre. A case study into the Kimberley Centre, a ‘psychopaedic’ institution for people with a learning disability
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Wellington, New Zealand : 
PB  - Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry, 
KW  - Kimberley Centre
KW  - New Zealand.
KW  - Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry
KW  - ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES
KW  - ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE
KW  - ABLEISM
KW  - ADULT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - CHILD ABUSE
KW  - CHILD NEGLECT
KW  - CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
KW  - CHILD PROTECTION
KW  - CHILD WELFARE
KW  - DISABLED PEOPLE
KW  - INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE
KW  - INSTITUTIONAL CARE
KW  - MĀORI
KW  - PEOPLE WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES
KW  - PERPETRATORS
KW  - SOCIAL SERVICES
KW  - TĀNGATA WHAIKAHA
KW  - VICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES
KW  - YOUNG PEOPLE
KW  - Case studies: Abuse in Care Royal Commission of Inquiry
KW  - NEW ZEALAND
KW  - LEVIN
KW  - TAITOKO
N1  - Presented to the Governor-General by the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Historical Abuse in State Care and in the Care of Faith-based Institutions, June 2024
Released, 24 July 2024, along with Whanaketia, the final report
N2  - The Kimberley Centre was one of four large psychopaedic institutions in Aotearoa New Zealand. It operated under various names for 61 years from 1945 to 2006. In the terminology of the day, the term ‘psychopaedic’ was used to describe people with a learning disability to distinguish them from people who were mentally ill. Due to the government policy of institutionalisation, together the four psychopaedic institutions came to house thousands of disabled children, young people and adults. At its peak in 1964, there were 780 children, young people and adults at the Kimberley Centre alone.

This case study summarises the evidence the Inquiry received about the Kimberley Centre. Survivors experienced a dehumanising environment where they were stripped of their individual identity, stigmatised and devalued for being disabled. In this environment, survivors’ right to human dignity was not respected. Abuse was commonplace, severe and chronic, and the Inquiry heard of abhorrent sexual and physical abuse. Survivors experienced neglect of basic needs as well as pervasive neglect – neglect across all facets of their lives. Children, young people and adults were not educated, stimulated or treated with dignity and respect. Their emotional and medical needs were not met, and their cultures were not acknowledged or fostered. The severe neglect they experienced had significant long-term impacts. (From the website). 

This is one of the case studies published by the Royal Commission throughout the course of the Inquiry, which investigate abuse and neglect in a number of State and faith-based institutions across Aotearoa New Zealand. There are seven case studies in all. (From the website). 

Record #8818
UR  - https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/assets/Whanaketia/PDF-downloads/Case-study-Kimberley.pdf
UR  - https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/assets/Whanaketia/Word-downloads/Case-study-Kimberley.docx
UR  - https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/reports/whanaketia/case-studies/case-study-kimberley-centre/executive-summary/
UR  - https://www.abuseincare.org.nz/our-progress/case-studies/
ER  -