Ms Linda Comerford:

We used a lot of words today but I want the Deputies and Senators here today to go away and remember some of them: fight, burnout, tired, failed. This is 2020 and these are our vulnerable children and adults with disabilities today. That is shameful and if the members do not remember any other words from today, they should remember those and use them to keep fighting. This really has to change. I do not want any parent to go through what we have gone through. We get calls and messages every day. It is hard but one keeps going. Some parents are sleep deprived because their children do not sleep. We could be chatting at 5 a.m. and we have not gone to bed because our kids have not gone to bed. We have to fight because, if we do not fight for our children, who will do it for us? That is why we are here. We want, once and for all, positive change and for our children to matter in this country.