Woman of short stature tells inquiry how men yelling abuse at her triggered ‘trauma reaction’

Insults caused woman to lose control while walking on roadway, she says, while another witness says public harassment is common

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A woman of short stature has told how she has been spat on, sexually harassed, followed and was even hassled by strangers the night before she appeared at a royal commission.

In the second day of a five-day hearing, the disability royal commission on Tuesday received more disturbing evidence of people with disability being abused and harassed in public places.