The Latest from our Blog
Personalised Budgets – Have your say.
The Task Force on Personalised Budgets is carrying out a public consultation to find out what people think about personalised budgets and how they should be used in Ireland. A personalised budget is a sum of money which would be funded from the HSE’s budget for... read more
Make Work Pay for People with Disabilities
Ensuring people with disabilities are supported to achieve their employment ambitions is one of the most significant labour market and social policy challenges for policymakers today. To this end, the Government’s ten-year Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People... read more
Europe’s first airport sensory room created at Shannon for passengers with autism
The following story was published on the Shannon Airport website on the 29th March 2017. The first European airport sensory room developed for children and adults with neurodevelopmental challenges, including autism, was officially opened today at Shannon Airport. In... read more
Launch of
“Our Lived Experiences of Housing and Transport”
“Our Lived Experiences of Housing and Transport” is a report carried out by the National Platform of Self Advocates and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy in the National University of Ireland, Galway (N.U.I.G.).
The research tells the stories of people with disabilities in Ireland and their experiences of housing and transport.
Mr. Finian McGrath launched the report on the 23th of January 2017 at 11:00 a.m. in the Academy Plaza Hotel, Dublin.
The report is available to read here.
Read our Press Release here.
Conference
We held our last conference on Thursday the 25th of May 2017.
It was in the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
Click here if you would like more information.