Cara Darmody: What use is a recruitment campaign nobody knows about?

The Government's inaction on assessments of needs is shameful. Promises have been made, but they are already being broken, writes Cara Darmody 

Disability Rights campaigner Cara Darmody finishing up her protest over outside Leinster House Assessments of Needs waiting lists. Photo: SAM BOAL/Collins Photos

Six months ago, I did something that no other teenager has ever done before. I held a 50-hour sleepout at Leinster House to raise national awareness of the disgraceful Assessments of Needs waiting lists.

At the time, there were just over 15,000 children waiting to be assessed, and it’s accepted across the board that damage is caused to children with disabilities when they don’t get what is called ‘early intervention’.