Equality report - Our disabled deserve a fairer deal

IF society is measured by the way disabled people are treated, Ireland has a long way to go before those on the margins can be regarded as getting anything like a fair deal here.

Judging by alarming figures just issued by the Equality Authority, discrimination against disabled people is getting worse.

As the equality report shows, the disabled suffer more discrimination than any other sector of society. The document is scathing in its comments on how those most in need of support are treated.