Clare people are being urged to be mindful of the needs of people with disablities when parking or leaving your bins out.
Make Way Day is underway today, with organisations highlighting obstacles that cause difficulties for those with a disability.
Make Way Day is the campaign that brings the disabled and wider community together to consider the needs of people with disabilities in the public spaces we all share.
Disabled parking spaces being used without a permit, rubbish bins left on footpaths and getting access to beaches have been noted as some of the main obstacles for people with disabilities.
Here in Clare, there has been 160 vehicles found to be parked in a disabled bay without a valid permit so far this year, with 114 of these violations occurring in Ennis.
Disability Activist and Community Campaigner, Dermot Hayes, believes there should be more warnings in place for drivers to dissuade this form of illegal parking.
Meanwhile, the Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys, has this week published a Green Paper on the reform of Disability Payments.
The draft proposals to refine the disability payments scheme will be subject to a public consultation that will run until the end of the year.
Advocate with the Clare Leader Forum, Patricia McNamara, says the proposals don’t go far enough for some people with disabilities to live normal lives.
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