Northern Ireland developed related disability welfare legislation.
The Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Northern Ireland Act 1978 made provision in Northern Ireland connected to chronically sick and disabled people.
This matters because disability law is not always identical across the UK. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can have different frameworks and histories.
Awareverse should be careful about jurisdiction. A UK-wide phrase can hide legal differences.
A common mistake is assuming one part of the UK law always applies everywhere.
Who had power here, who was left outside, and what would have changed if the human being was seen first?
These deep dives open out from this part of the timeline.