It seems we now know how to regulate but not how to celebrate

The Health Minister Simon Harris should sit down with the HSE and Camphill communities to reach an agreement that respects the rules but respects joy even more, writes Victoria White

It seems we now know how to regulate but not how to celebrate

IT WAS a day my husband and I will never forget. We were on a visit to a Camphill community in a lovely, leafy part of the country as part of our research into possible futures for our autistic son, Tom.

We were met by a smiling woman and allowed to visit two residents who were busy in the kitchen preparing for dinner that evening. Two men, one large, middle-aged and non-verbal , the other small, young, loquacious, with Down Syndrome, were copying by hand, from a book, the recipes they needed for dinner that night.

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