No increase for Carers out of an €18 Billion pot
The Irish Government spent 18 billion yesterday and failed to support people with disabilities and their carers with not one cent allocated to the carers or disability allowances .
HelpLine one of the next steps for Don’t Leave Them Behind
This Thursday the 1st October Don’t Leave them Behind reach just 1 year in operation as a resource for people with ASD , their families and carers . We will be taking the next step in the provision of resources and services by creating a ” helpline ”...
Disability Services suffer significantly as HSE move specialists to COVID 19 work
As Ireland struggles to put in place a comprehensive test, trace and track system we have received a significant number of calls, emails and texts from very concerned carers and families supporting people with disabilities regarding that practice whereby the HSE are...
HSE move key Staff to Swabbing resulting in Significant Services reductions for people with disabilities !
The refusal of the HSE to release key Day Care Services support staff back to the service has resulted in support services disappearing and huge damage to people who rely on these services -meanwhile 5 Minisers with the word Disabilities in the titles sit on their collective ands .
Day Care Services operating at 50% – 11 months into Pandemic
COVID 19 arrived in Ireland 11 months ago causing huge harm and distress with nearly 4,000 deaths and 1000s of people damaged as a result of the Pandemic This life changing Pandemic will result in ” normal life ” as we knew it will be no more and as we...
‘ Well he looks normal why can’t he wear a mask concern over school openings for ASD Children
” We’ll he looks normal why can’t he wear one ” the lady heading into work on the bus blurted out ,…. the man with the hard hat added ” best to leave him at home ” and so begins another day travelling in Ireland on public transport for people with disabilities .
Little or no support for Carers
A Dail Committee was informed that persons with disabilities and their cares received little of no support from the service providers during the 5 months of the COVID 19 Pandemic with 4 Ministers responsible for Disabilities one wonders what are these Ministers and the Government doing >
Day Care return resulting in 1 hour a week !
With savings created by the failure of the State to provide Dy Care Services to people with ASD for over 150 days we now discover that the savings made by the failure to provide these services is t be used to plug a whole in the overall HSE budget as a result of Covid 19 .
Mental Heath Service Users – Second Class Citizens
A new report published today confirms the view of our platform that Mental Service Users are being treated as ” second class citizens ” by the the Irish State and it’s agencies . The Annual report by the Mental Health Commission an independent body...
Well don’t get COVID 19 so !
It’s an exhausting and endless fight just to get basic services for your vulnerable dependent in the first instance then to be abandoned bu the State during a Pandemic was the last straw for many of the 18,000 people with ASD .