Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 13 December 2022
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Young People and the Built Environment: Carlow Educate Together
Ms Zena Deyassa:
In response to the first question about discrimination towards people with disabilities, I believe it is because there is a lack of representation in the media and here. You never really see it and people are not shown and when they are shown, it can be stereotyped. People think about physical disabilities but not about mental disabilities. I do not have a disability so I cannot speak for people with disabilities but the best way to combat is more representation and get the opinion of people with disabilities because my opinion does not mean a whole lot. The committee should talk to someone with a disability about that.
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