Change in disability care is possible — it just requires planning

Young people with disabilities face a cliff edge when their parents die. It doesn't have to be this way 

Inclusion Ireland CEO Derval McDonagh: A ground up approach is needed. File picture: Karl Hussey

There was significant media commentary recently about people with intellectual disabilities and rights denied to them, including a home of their own.

Families spoke about the circumstances they are in, the trauma of living in limbo, not knowing what the future holds. This story is all too familiar to our members at Inclusion Ireland.