The New Zealand Human Rights Commission has asked the Government to do an inquiry into the abuse of children and adults who lived in State run hospitals and homes (State care) between the 1950s and 1990s. Some people have been able to tell the court about their abuse in State care. Other people have used the Confidential Listening Service to tell their story. However, only a few people with learning disability have been able to access these opportunities to tell other people about their abuse. To learn more about the experiences of people with learning disability, the Human Rights Commission asked researchers at the Donald Beasley Institute to: find out what is known about the abuse of people with learning and other disabilities in State care, find out what we don’t know about the abuse of people with learning disabilities and other disabilities in State care, make suggestions about what research needs to happen to make sure people are not abused in the future. Most of the examples of abuse that were found came from people’s stories. In some cases people had told their story by themselves. Others told their stories with the help of assistants.