Welfare cuts leaving the disabled ‘prisoners’

DISABLED people have become prisoners in their own homes because of cuts in welfare payments and support services, the Centre for Independent Living has warned.

It is one of 10 national disability groups urging the Government to recognise, in the December budget, the social and care needs of people with a disability.

Representing 800,000 people with disabilities, the organisation is fearful Ireland’s National Disability Strategy is about to collapse into empty promises.