National study of disability ‘first step on road to integration’

INITIAL results from the country’s first ever National Disability Study are “exceedingly valuable” in planning for future needs and the first step to integrating services, according to the Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI).

DFI deputy chief executive Allan Dunne said that a “huge information deficit” still remains around disability in this country and that the new statistics “have to be warmly welcomed”. The disability study shows that:

56% of Irish people with a disability have dexterity and mobility problems.