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Mon 04 Apr 2007Care charges on people with disabilities are 'assault on rights'Charges which have been levied on people with intellectual disabilities are an "assault on their right to live as independently as possible", the organisation representing them has said.Inclusion Ireland, the national association for people with an intellectual disability, said that up to 6,000 people are being affected by plans to bring in charges of between €90 and €120 a week for residential care.