‘Once I went into the chair nobody saw me’ – Ennistymon’s Trish highlights unconscious bias against persons with disabilities
*Trish McNamara AN ENNISTYMON WOMAN has spoken out at the “unconscious bias” against people with disabilities.
Trish McNamara
‘Don’t assume we are not educated’ – strong opposition to Green Paper voiced by Clare Leader Forum
*Ann Marie Flanagan and Padraic Hayes. MEMBERS of the Clare Leader Forum are set to lodge “a strong submission” against proposals in the Green Paper on Disability Reform.
‘Nothing about us without us’ – Clare Leader Forum protest on streets of Ennis
LONG-STANDING ISSUES of personal assistant legislation that have been promised in the Dáil but not delivered were among the criticisms at a rally held by the Clare Leader Forum last week.
Clare Leader Forum reps heading for Brussels
MEMBERS of the Clare Leader Forum are getting ready to attend the European Network on Independent Living’s Freedom Drive in Brussels this September after Shannon’s Ei Electronics donated €2,000 to the organisation.
