DISABILITY campaigners slammed care minister Stephen Kinnock today for his failure to speak to them over the government’s review into alleged “overdiagnosis” of disabilities.

Campaign group Disabled People Against Cuts Cymru (DPAC Cymru) claims it had asked the minister several times unsuccessfully over the past two weeks to discuss the issue, after Mr Kinnock had invited two “experts” on overdiagnosis to meet him last year.

“A biased selection of ‘experts’ may get direct invitations from ministers, but disabled people constantly have to fight for a fair hearing,” a DPAC Cymru spokesperson said.

DPAC Cymru representatives also attempted to meet the MP for Aberafan Maesteg at his Port Talbot office on Saturday, but had to leave a letter and left behind placards bearing the message “disability is real.”

The DPAC Cymru spokesperson said: “We hope Mr Kinnock will properly consider our letter, which robustly challenges the false ‘overdiagnosis’ myth being used to justify government policy.

“When disabled people hear about it, they are incredulous — it is simply not the reality.

“There are, in fact, huge waits for diagnosis and a lack of support for disabled people — support that is continually being cut by the Labour government.”

The campaigners said they hoped the MP appreciated the effort to come to his office so that he could hear from disabled people directly.

The Star spoke to Mr Kinnock’s constituency office and put DPAC Cymru’s claims to him for a response from the minister, but did not receive a response.