Gerard Devine with Tom and Frances McHugh. JB90 local parents adults with learning disabilities have called for an independent inquiry...
Gerard Devine with Tom and Frances McHugh. JB90
local parents adults with learning disabilities have called for an independent inquiry into the £ 8million underfunding of services since 1996th
Wednesday night a public meeting of a group of caregivers and parents known as learning disabilities Task Force West was kept at Silverbirch Hotel in Omagh. asked the Western Trust, to explain why so much money that was diverted for a period of 20 years for other services, was adopted.
Tom and Frances McHugh Castlederg have a son of 32 years old with autism and severe learning disabilities. Based on the feelings of the other parents about West Tyrone, Fermanagh and Derry, the McHugh family require that funds are immediately re-assigned to services.
Frances said: "The conclusion is that it has (Trust) discriminated against my son."
Politicians are also united in their demands for an independent investigation.
Meanwhile, a senior official in the Western Board of Health and Welfare, he would have "no objection" to that an independent investigation initiated.
West trustees, from left, Trevor Millar, Leslie Mitchell, Kieran Downey, and Rosaleen Harkin. MC 8
family fight
Like most retirees settle into retirement amid holiday ideas abroad and all the joys time to relax, McHugh and Devine families are more aware that they never have that luxury.
Previously, the Western Foundation confirmed this month that the under-utilization of around £ 8 million in the learning disability allowed to develop services to local adults. It has been said that the measure of the deficit in the services for people with disabilities learning was both confirmed RQIA and the Board of Health and Welfare (HSBC).
Caregivers Parents Forum Castlederg circulating recently together to the Western reliance on pressure for more support and services in the region. They believe it is now time for an independent investigation, as they were her children "discrimination".
The son of Frances and Tom McHugh Stephen is 32 years old and stands six feet seven inches tall. Stephen teaches disabled. It has serious behavior problems, vision problems, and three years ago was diagnosed with autism.
Frances remarked: "Year after year, the expenditure had to be ratified and that someone had to do it The key is discriminatory with regard to our young adults Meanwhile, Stephen lives with his autism and we try to deal with it..."
Stephen, of self-injury bites and "collapse" offered drugs Frances said it would become a "zombie".
He continued, "wanted to help and hit the wall again in life Installs and only the work, then you reach the breaking point again and what we do - we get along with .. our attention, because" they are our children. we when we help as much.
"Our lives our young adults are in circulation. It is not have life."
He added: "To be honest, most parents hope and desire is that their children die before them, because the fear of what might happen after the parents die is too large.
"That's why we come together to ask the trust, something to offer us. We want to know that they are happy and care before you die."
Gerard Devine has a son of 33 years, named Joseph, who has severe learning difficulties.
He said: "If you ask someone with a child with learning what the season, which is I hate most the Christmas and summer holidays of Day care centers are closed and a dud."
In March a group of parents met with the trustee, who told them that there was a lowland Service. Overall, this corresponds to £ 8 million to get a quarter of the funding for adult disability services.
In a document obtained by the paper, made a presentation of the Western Foundation, that the lack of funding for learning disability services for adults in 1996 was identified.
A learning problem western reporting of health and social services in 2000/2001 states that "... the nature underfunded itself identifies the program in 1996 as a deficit of £ 4.4 million."
Gerard added, "It's the politicians who had the knowledge of it you were the parents Our first priority is to get new Budget £ 8,000,000 This is not about blame....
"If I make mistakes as a manager, I have to live with the consequences. They make mistakes. They were carried out on those who are least able to defend themselves."
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