Disabled youngsters ‘kept in hospital because of accommodation failure’

HUNDREDS of disabled youngsters are being kept in hospitals because of the Government’s failure to provide accommodation for them, a seminar heard yesterday.

Disabled youngsters ‘kept in hospital because of accommodation failure’

Thousands more disabled people are in need of housing, but the majority of Irish homes are not accessible and many are dangerous, according to the Disability Federation of Ireland.

The crisis facing people with disabilities who are seeking accommodation was highlighted by a number of speakers at the seminar in the Croke Park Conference Centre in Dublin.

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