Dr. James Casey:

The Senator's points are great and interesting. The Senator spoke about monitoring. We could do it, but we are vastly under-resourced. In disabled people's organisations, DPOs, we have nothing. It goes back to money. Our discrimination is that there is a great struggle here. Let us open this can of worms. It is ready to pop. I use an organisation like the Irish Network Against Racism, INAR. It has an iReport system where you can report racial stuff on the Internet and it will go directly to the media companies. That has to be done by the people who experience that racism and discrimination themselves. The only ones who can really and truly understand that are the ones who have experienced it. When we talk about inclusion and diversity, you will see disability a lot in the media, but again, it is always about driving money and driving resources. It is always parents doing a fun run. I am not speaking ill of the parents. The Irish people are very good. When a disability or impairment happens, you are scared. You ask yourself, "What do I do?"

If you end up in a wheelchair or whatever, people decide to have a raffle for that lad to buy him a van. They feel active, like they are doing something. Or they will run 5 km for a massive charity because people will say, "Wahoo, you are doing this for us". They are being proactive about something that is scary and unnerving. It is an unpredictable circumstance. That is another way of taking advantage of people's kindness but you are not actually getting that; it is not real inclusion. It is just pumping money into a beast. Ms Kenny can say more than I can as a young disabled person. Does she ever see herself in the media?