Families of autistic children to campaign over allowance

Parents of autistic children are planning a national campaign to highlight the hardship families are facing due to refusals and reviews of a welfare payment called the Domiciliary Care Allowance (DCA).

A meeting tonight organised by Irish Autism Action (IAA), comes on the back of a year-long anecdotal study whereby the group has asked parents who have been refused DCA to tell their stories.

IAA said it wants to take parents’ anger and channel it into a concerted effort to highlight an issue “the Government must resolve”.