Disability groups fear clauses in bill

DISABILITY groups fear there are clauses in the Disability Bill that will allow the Government to evade paying the kind of money needed to give them equal treatment as the rest of society.

The National Disability Authority is studying the bill line by line, together with their legal advisers.

Particularly worrying is the clause that states that a service will not be provided by a health board where it is established that it is “not possible or practicable” to provide it.