Tom Clonan: Disability rights in Ireland are in free fall — and new proposals will make it worse

The proposal to 'categorise' a person's disability revolving around a 'capacity to work' will further humiliate and harm disabled Irish citizens

Disabled citizens and their families and carers are treated with absolute contempt by the State, with sub-optimal outcomes on every measure — delayed medical interventions, poverty, social isolation, loneliness, ill-health and  homelessness.

Last week, Social Protection Minister Heather Humphreys published a Green Paper on Disability Reform. Disability rights in Ireland are in free fall. 

The ongoing scoliosis surgery crisis is emblematic of the broader neglect and abuse of the human rights of disabled citizens in Ireland.