by The Advocate | Jun 25, 2022 | Uncategorised
As Businesses run out of workers they are reducing hours or closing down for days rather than examine the rich talent pool that exist within the disability community .
by The Advocate | Jun 25, 2022 | Uncategorised
As we witness daily failures or =f the Government and the HSE to deliver any meaningful services for people with disabilities and look at waiting lists for basic assessment now running at over 4 years with the HSE stating that they cannot deal with providing these...
by The Advocate | Jun 25, 2022 | jobs, news
As we are experiencing a global skills shortage and the “infamous” talent battle is ongoing employers must now start to focus on an excellent talent pool that has been underutilised for many years. A significant number of person living with ASD have a wide...
by The Advocate | Jun 23, 2022 | news, Uncategorised
I have been a TD since 2020 and I have been deeply struck by the lack of services and the pace of delivery for children with autism , although there has been considerable progress there is clearly more to do and significantly more to do on the provision of therapeutic services .
by The Advocate | Jun 2, 2022 | news
The Joint Committee on Autism has started to look at issues as they relate to people with autism and their families .The matters that the committee is looking at relate to the services and support provided by the State for autistic people and the committee is to...
by The Advocate | May 10, 2022 | news
Don’t Leave them behind has witnessed scandalous behaviour by the HSE recently which culminated with the HSE blocking the Minister for Disabilities from ” on the ground meetings with disability managers . The HSE continuously blocked Anne Rabbitte from...
by The Advocate | May 9, 2022 | news
What chance have people with disabilities got ? What chance have carers got ? Living with a disability or caring for someone with a disability is a 24/7- 365 days a year job. With inflation running at 8% and a cost of living emergency resulting in people having to...
by The Advocate | Jan 20, 2022 | Uncategorised
We have 5 Minister with Disability in their Job descriptions yet this Government have decided to ignore carers and people with disabilities when awarding a COVID 19 bonus .Carers and people with disabilities abandoned by Government throughout the COVID pandemic worked 24/7 -365 days a year without a break yet this cruel Government offer them a Bank Holiday which the can’t take.
by The Advocate | Dec 26, 2021 | news
Don’t leave them Behind are very please to learn that as a direct result of our pre-xmas campaign to stop further redeployment of key staff in disability services away from their core work into swabbing and contact tracing has stalled after a significant...
by The Advocate | Dec 14, 2021 | news, Uncategorised
People with disabilities are to suffer yet again during this Pandemic with key specialists to continue to be re-deployed by the HSE and work on the National Vaccine Roll-Out plan as the HSE struggle to find that 1000s of staff required to meet the logistical and supply chain requirements .