‘No Targets, No Teeth and No Accountability’: Ministers’ Disability Rights Plan Criticised

‘No targets, no teeth and no accountability’: ministers’ disability rights plan criticised

Campaigners warned it will be “impossible” to hold the Welsh Government to account on progress against its disabled people’s rights plan due to a lack of concrete targets.

Government plans to fast-track children’s assessments will undermine disability rights and clinical standards

Government proposals could undermine children’s disability assessments and result in the misdiagnosis of their conditions, Social Democrats TD Liam Quaide has warned. Deputy Quaide, who is the party’s spokesperson on disability, said: “When recently pressed on the crisis in disability services, the Taoiseach’s main proposal was a change in legislation to reduce the length of Assessments of Need (AON), which he claimed are taking up to 90 hours t…