People with disabilities are being called on to demand better services from agencies within Clare and the Mid-West.
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Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities and the half a million people in the country currently living with a disability are using the occasion to call for greater social inclusion.
Clare campaigners insist that Personal Assistant Legislation, which gives legal entitlements to people with disabilities to have a personal assistant to live independently, must be passed into law with immediate effect.
But Disability Activist Dermot Hayes says that above all, the recently launched employment strategy must be resourced.