CHRONOLOGICAL TIME SCALE OF EVENTS LEADING TO REALISATION OF L.A.P.W.D.
continued....3. ASSOCIATION NAMED 10th July 1996
A further meeting of the Core Group was held to which additional known interested people with disabilities were invited as well as the Consultant to the Planning Committee of the newly forming County Leitrim Partnership Board. At this meeting a strong case was made for the inclusion of a person with a disability on the Partnership Board and for a plan that would be inclusive of the needs of people with disabilities. Members of the Core Group were also present at three further open meetings with the Partnership Consultants. On the departure of the Consultant the decision was made that the time had come to put some structure on the work. After some discussion it was agreed to form an official association. An interim committee was formed under the title "Leitrim Association of People with Disabilities" (L.A.P.W.D.) with named Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, P.R.O. and Committee members.