Ageing with Disability – Where Do Young Adults Go Once They Age Out of Children's Services?
Call for Participation by Emma Ward for an Investigative Article
Ageing with Disability – Where Do Young Adults Go Once They Age Out of Children’s Services?
Call for Participation by Emma Ward for an Investigative Article
“If a person is born with a disability, they struggle to find educational support and to access services like occupational therapy and physiotherapy. Once they find these services, they’re only guaranteed so much until they age out of the system between the ages of 16 and 18.
Once they’re that age, service providers don’t know where to put them, and that struggle is back again.
I would like to interview young disabled people aged between 18 and 24 about their experience of transitioning from children’s services to adult services and hear what they think needs to be done to improve young people’s experience during that transition.
I would also interview service providers and the HSE to find out why young people and their families struggle during this transition.
I’m looking to write about young disabled people ageing out of the system and where they end up. I’m looking to speak to people who are experiencing this right now, and I’m also looking for case studies and data that support this.”
If you’d like to learn more or be interviewed by Emma for this piece, please email: emmaward0000@gmail.com
Watch Emma’s video for more information here.
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