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Changes to summer scheme for children with disabilities to be considered after High Court cases
The scheme provides funding towards extra schooling in July for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder or severe learning disability.
'Overlooked': Calls for 'housing crisis' among disabled people to be addressed in Budget
Advocates say people with disabilities have been facing a housing crisis of their own.
Life inside Ireland's disability services: Allegations of abusive staff and unexplained bruising
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
'They feel there's an unreasonable effort to control them': Watchdog concern over HSE treatment of people with disabilities
In 2018, 206 complaints or concerns were received by Confidential Recipient for Vulnerable Persons.
Call for change in language requirements for garda recruits with dyslexia
Learning additional languages is often very challenging for students with dyslexia.
HSE accused of 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' by cutting €31.80 allowance for students with disability
Organisations have said young people with a disability will have “a further barrier to equality placed before them”.
Dublin's sandwich board wars: A council 'money grab' or a step in the right direction?
The council will begin enforcement from the start of next month. Business owners aren’t happy.
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Male who sexually assaulted his teenage cousin, who has a disability, gets suspended sentence
The accused, now aged 24, had delayed his case by five years after skipping court in 2014.
Opinion: Only the person themselves can decide if they are a 'disabled person' or 'person with a disability'
You might roll your eyes at yet another millennial taking issue over the order in which we put the words – but labels matter, writes Brigid O’Dea.
High Court grants review of decision not to approve child with Down Syndrome for schooling scheme
The July Provision Scheme provides funding for extended schooling for children with ASD and severe/profound learning disability.
Column: Why are personalised attacks on children with disabilities, like Greta Thunberg, being tolerated?
We should debate Thunberg’s ideas but comments that focus on the symptoms of her condition are out of order, writes Shane Dunphy.
We need to change the disabled parking logo - so people stop telling me that I'm not disabled when I am
‘I find these interventions by members of the public quite insulting and extremely embarrassing,’ writes cystic fibrosis advocate, Benat Broderick, 15.
'An attack on the most vulnerable': HSE introduces fees for transport to disability day services
One family told their local MEP they were facing a €2,000 annual bill.
Opinion: 'Sometimes it just takes a little moment of courage to change your life forever'
‘One day I realised I didn’t want to hide my arm anymore. I didn’t want to be ashamed of my body. I wanted to embrace it,’ writes Paralympian Ellen Keane.
Opinion: 'Inspiration porn' trending on social media is objectification of disabled people
Stop sharing videos of disabled people attempting to walk up the aisle, or stand for their first dance – pretending to be able-bodied is far from inspirational, writes Eileen Daly.
Opinion: Teaching unions' stance on education plans for students with disabilities sets a worrying precedent
I believe that the unions are targeting industrial action at a minority and that this sets a worrying precedent for all minority groups, writes Adam Harris.
Opinion: 'Nobody should have to live like this - I need more care to meet my basic needs'
The HSE doesn’t recognise my disability. The lack of care hours means choosing between food and a shower, writes Corina Duyn
Luas elevators have been out-of-order for over 1,000 hours in last two years
The service provider said vandalism is the cause in a number of cases.
Hunger Games meets X Factor: Play highlights how people who are 'different' are treated in a post-Trump world
The piece is devised and performed by an ensemble of actors with intellectual disabilities, reflecting satirically on the rise of right-wing authoritarianism.
Opinion: Should disabled characters be played by disabled actors?
‘I’m really not a fan of hiring someone because they have or have not got a disability and I, for one, would not like to be hired for a job on that basis,’ writes filmmaker Paddy Slattery.
Opinion: When I became disabled I thought I had no future but now I'm studying for a PhD
I thought my life was as good as over when I became disabled and lost my business, but studying at the National Learning Network changed everything, writes Keith Murphy.
Mother pleads for funding as daughter spends over 115 days in Wexford General Hospital
The teenager’s family want her moved to a more appropriate residential care unit.
Stephen Hawking's ex-wife said The Theory of Everything ignored the 'day-to-day' care she gave Hawking
“I knew if there were mistakes in the film that they were going to be immortalised.”
One in five disability discrimination reports are about health services
People with disabilities are more likely to experience discrimination than people who don’t have a disability.
'Hearing impairment is an invisible disability - this can lead to assumptions by people, even those who know us well'
Ailís Ní Ríain’s work for the Dublin Fringe Festival has been inspired by her own experiences of communication and the difficulties we can encounter with it.
Bus Éireann in €5k payout over subcontractor who wouldn't let boy with autism eat toast in taxi
The taxi driver changed the routine after he bought a new car.
'I began to feel like I wasn't meant to have a job, or to live a life of my choosing'
Padraig Hannafin tells his story of how the loss of his Personal Assistant has greatly reduced his independence and ability to undertake his day-to-day tasks.
'Broken' wards of courts system 'depriving people of their liberty'
A man lost his bid to leave a nursing home during the week.
'Everyday bus users are refusing to fold up their buggies to allow wheelchair users on board'
The transport committee was told that new regulations are needed to force people to fold up their prams.
Children with disabilities: 'The assessment of need system is in disarray'
Why, at a time when we should be advancing the rights of children with disabilities as citizens of this State, are we letting them down more than ever, asks Paddy Connolly.
Media stereotyping: 'The person with an intellectual disability is treated as either 'heroic' or 'tragic''
This needs to change, writes Nuala Macklin.
'Are there no people with disabilities north of Dublin?': Anger over lack of funding in northwest
An organisation in “urgent need of funding” has criticised the lack of funding given to projects in the northwest as part of a new initiative.
'It's physically and mentally exhausting. I can't be off guard': The life of a single parent carer
Next week is National Carers Week, highlighting the experiences of thousands of family carers across Ireland that look their loved ones.
Column: 'Mummy, tell me the story again of how you made my brother blind'
Ireland does not recognise deafblindness as a distinct disability, writes Hesline Crawford.
'Sarah Jane would like to live independently with support. No such service or plan is possible'
The Dáil finally voted to accept the Convention even though not all legislation has been passed or even enacted, writes Suzy Byrne.
'People with disabilities are represented as one-dimensional, that they're happy all the time'
A new podcast is giving people with disabilities a platform to share their stories.
Disability centre fails inspection despite closure threat
Stewart Care Limited provides residential centres for people with disabilities.
Column: 'I have been asked if I mourn the healthy, normal son that I could have had'
There is still the belief that having a disability means that you are only half the person that you could have been, that it is not ‘normal’ and should be ‘cured’, writes Hesline Crawford.
Lidl Ireland apologises to mum and son who were told to leave store with autism assistance dog
The supermarket chain announced a major autism-awareness initiative earlier this week.
36 hours alone in a bed without so much as a hot drink: lessons to be learned from Storm Emma
The emergency effort co-ordinated by the NECC was impressive, writes Tom Clonan, but there is still a learning curve in reaching out to all vulnerable people.
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