Looking after a child with autism in Ireland is a constant fight for support

Why do parents and educators have to fight tooth-and-nail for the promised State services for their disabled children? It’s time for the HSE to be pressured into doing what it is claiming to do, writes David O'Mahony.

David O'Mahony and his son Jacob. This country’s disabled children should not be seen as second-class citizens.

Why is everything around disabilities so hard in this country?

Not only has the re-organisation of State services been disastrous, our children aren’t even getting access to the school-based therapies they’re supposed to be getting.