对于残疾儿童来说, 削减治疗团队将使延迟情况更加严重, 造成长期伤害的风险. A Mayo mother warns cuts to her region’s therapy team will worsen delays for children with disabilities, risking long-term harm.

爱尔兰马约县的一位母亲谴责削减她所在地区的儿童残疾网络团队, 表示取消一个言语及语言治疗职位会恶化重要服务的等待时间(约超过三年), A mother in County Mayo, Ireland, has condemned cuts to her region’s Child Disability Network Team, saying the removal of a Speech and Language Therapist post will worsen long wait times—some exceeding three years—for vital services. 她强调,她的非口头儿子自2022年以来一直在等待,尽管分配了5个员额,但现在只有4名治疗师为该地区服务,她担心获得基本支助的机会减少。 She highlighted that her non-verbal son has waited since 2022, and with only four therapists now serving the area despite a five-post allocation, she fears reduced access to essential support. 作为离开工作岗位参加培训课程的福利照料者,她强调无法负担私人治疗的家庭的经济和精神损失,每小时花费约75欧元。 As a carer on benefits who left her job to take training courses, she stressed the financial and emotional toll on families unable to afford private therapy, which costs about €75 per hour. 她敦促增加资金,取消照顾者的经济能力测试,并警告说,在不解决征聘问题的情况下削减工作人员只会加深危机。 She urged increased funding and the removal of means-testing for caregivers, warning that cutting staff without fixing recruitment issues only deepens the crisis.