The message is — all victories for disabled people are merely temporary

I WISH to commend the parents of severely disabled Orla Noone for highlighting the inadequacies of the state in their support of disabled people (Irish Examiner, July 7).

The Noones have shown the moral courage to go public and have joined others who have tried to shame the authorities into action.

We, as parents of a severely disabled daughter, aged 47, empathise entirely with their general problems. We have 25 years extra experience to call on, and while it may not lessen their burden we hope it will enlighten them a little more.