Remember the disabled adults who need social care | Letters

Readers respond to John Harris’s article on the need to consider disabled people of working age when reforming the care system I found myself nodding in agreement at John Harris’s worries about his son’s future as he leaves full-time education to enter the world of adult social services ( Social care for disabled adults is in as much crisis as support for elderly people – so why is the government silent about it? , 5 October).

John’s concerns were shared by my wife and I as our disabled daughter moved from her specialist residential further-education setting 17 years ago. However, with her gutsy approach and strong financial support by way of 24-hour care from our local council, she is able to say, “I love my life”, and has expressed this in a little book, How I Flourished, published by Lewisham Adult Learning. This despite being quadriplegic, having no speech and being dependent on her personal assistants for all the necessaries of life. I could wax at length about her wheelchair dancing, the “proper job” she secured with a wonderful charity…