Irish Wheelchair Association has said that people with disabilities must be categorised high risk to Covid as the Government considers revisions to the vaccine priority list this week.
Currently, people with disabilities do not appear on the vaccination priority list, despite many being at severe risk due to underlying conditions.
Irish Wheelchair Association is Ireland’s largest organisation supporting people with physical disabilities to lead active and independent lives and has 20,000 members. It is the leading provider of home support for people with physical disabilities in the State, providing 1.3m hours of service to 1,500 people every week in every part of the country.
The organisation’s frontline workers have been supporting people with physical disabilities in homes across Ireland throughout the COVID-19 crisis, with an emergency response team reaching people who have Covid-19 or have had to isolate.