Families and frontline staff must be consulted about assessment of need problems
Disability campaigner Cara Darmody will hold a 50-hour sleep-out at Government Buildings to highlight the worsening crisis with assessment of need. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins
On Tuesday, Cara Darmody, a remarkable 14-year-old disability activist from Ardfinnan in Co Tipperary, begins a 50-hour sleep-out in front of Government Buildings. She is taking this action to highlight the worsening crisis with assessment of need, with more than 15,000 children now overdue an assessment.
Despite her youth, Cara has been highlighting this issue for years. She was moved to campaign on behalf of children with additional needs after witnessing the lack of services available to her two young brothers, who are autistic and have intellectual disabilities.
