Letters to the Editor: Support for adults with disabilities

The deposit return point with two new reverse vending machines installed at Quish's, West End, Ballincollig, for the deposit return scheme.

I saw a drawing recently of a woman walking across the gap between a train and the platform while somebody in a wheelchair is unable to cross it. I think this image is representative of many of the gaps that are easy for most people to navigate but very difficult for those with disabilities, both intellectual and physical.

My son, Jack, who has severe/profound intellectual disability and a physical disability, is 18. He is now faced with transition to a new respite service, from school to adult services, children’s disability network team to adult disability team (not really existent) — and hospital transition is the biggest one, because Jack is under the care of 14 medical teams.