ruth clegg, bbc news. we re joined now by vicky richardson, the chief executive of the charity, disability north. morning tv. you run a charity that is run by disabled people, for disabled people. part of your work is supporting people who need a personal assistant. we have seen in the piece how challenging it is at the piece how challenging it is at the moment. what is your experience of trying to find personal assistance for people who need them? i have been doing this for 13 years, doing recruitment for personal assistance. when i first started we were put an on. it would be up for a couple of weeks and we would have loads of good applications for people. what we have seen our over the last couple years as we will get a couple that come through and it has taken a lot longer to recruit for people. has taken a lot longer to recruit for people- has taken a lot longer to recruit for eole. ~ , ., ~ , for people. why do you think this is? what has
pressure will settle things down. the next weather front will come in as we go through the latter part of the night. that will push north and east initially as a weak affair. through the day the rain will pick up through the day the rain will pick up as well the wind across scotland and northern ireland. gales across the north west. for the rest of us largely dry and still mild. definitely feeling mild. thank you very much indeed. there are warnings that young disabled people are waiting years to find the right support to help them live independently putting some at risk of going into residential care. recruitment experts say group home living is becoming the only viable option for some people, due to a huge shortage of personal assistants. ruth clegg reports. for kate, this is freedom. dancing to me is everything. dancing is my job.
them live independently putting some at risk of going into residential care. recruitment experts say group home living is becoming the only viable option for some people, due to a shortage of personal assistants. ruth clegg reports. for kate, this is freedom. dancing is my job. dancing is my love. dancing is just what i do every day. but that freedom could so easily be lost. kate struggled to find a pa for over a year. it s basic things like how many times could i go to the toilet, how many times could i have a shower per week. can i get out of bed. the stress on her family was so great she had to check herself into a care home. just didn t want it to happen. just unheard of to put yourself into care. it seems such an extreme thing to be offered where you re going somewhere you didn t know the people, who you didn t know, who didn t know your needs. the care system is not set up
but this freedom is fragile. the easiest way for the system to support amy is to put her into a care environment. she would not only not flourish, i think she would go downhill dramatically. kate is back at work afterfinding a pa. she urges anyone who is in her position to speak out. really, really basic human rights things are not there, which is. it s still astonishing that this is happening. like thousands of other disabled people, kate and amy s future should be full of possibilities. instead, there is the really the very real fear that their freedom could so easily be lost. ruth clegg, bbc news. the american actorjeremy renner