Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Disability Services: Discussion
Ms Cara Steinmetz:
I want to comment on the other question about it getting easier when our children are older. The challenges change but the challenges continue when our kids are older. We have continuing transitions once they have completed secondary school, and we are then talking about post-primary training, access to employment and support from companies and businesses so we can find employment for our adults. That was the main reason that we created the Field of Dreams in Cork, because our adults did not have anywhere to go. We have different challenges later on down the line. Our children become more confident in themselves and have friendships and so on by then, but they are then confronted with different challenges that will come up.
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