Meet the real people sidelined by this compromised Disability Bill

I HAVE received a number of letters recently, asking why I hadn’t written in detail about the Disability Bill published a few weeks ago.

"I suppose you can't find anything to criticise," said one letter, "and if you can't say a bad word you won't say anything, because you can't bear to give credit where it's due."

Well, I did write a short piece in the Irish Examiner the day after the bill was published. It was a wait-and-see piece, because the bill was published as part of an overall strategy. Much money has been promised, and the money, apparently, is going to give substance to the rights in the bill. But since then, I've read and re-read the Disability Bill. And every time I read it I get angrier.