Parents refute HSE claims over availability of therapies in special schools 

Children in Cork with additional needs are being 'discriminated against due to lack of services'.

Parents of children with additional needs in Cork have questioned HSE assertions that the children have access to vital therapies in special schools.

They say therapists such as psychologists and occupational therapists were removed from schools under the HSE’s Progressing Disability Services model, which reconfigured disability services, but many children were left with virtually no access to therapies under the new system.