Letters to the Editor: Caring for children with disabilities

It is not true that residential care is a last resort
'A certain type of child, especially with profound autism, will always require a high level of support and parents should not have to exhaust every aspect of the HSE in order to get the right one'. File picture

'A certain type of child, especially with profound autism, will always require a high level of support and parents should not have to exhaust every aspect of the HSE in order to get the right one'. File picture

Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 - 01:00

Regarding your article — "Residential care for children with disabilities ‘should be a last resort" ( Irish Examiner, June 23) — my son has been in residential care since last year. 

This was an elective choice and the best decision we have ever made for him.

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