Last week, Declan talked about coming to terms with diagnosis, from the point of view of a father of a son with Autism, in this second installment, he discusses getting…
There are limited places available on the highly successful Aspire Drama in Education Programme, which is run in conjunction with Trinity College Dublin. The places are available for children aged…
These past few weeks the country has been inconsolable due to the Garth Brooks saga. Here at AsIAm.ie we had been feeling very sad about the no-show of everyone’s favourite…
AsIAm.ie is committed to continuously improving the service we offer, in order to live true to our goal of being the “one-stop-shop” for the Autism community in Ireland and also…
Bronagh Flynn is a PhD researcher in the School of Psychology, Trinity College Dublin. She is currently researching the experience of anxiety among young people with high functioning Autism /…
Frequent blogger and AsIAm Liaison Officer, Carrie Burton, writes of the challenges of a third diagnosis in the family, with the recent diagnosis of her son, Jack. On May 11th…
Sinead Farrelly bravely tells us what it’s been like being an ‘aspie’ in college. Originally published by Campus.ie Starting out at college is a tricky time for all people, no…
We were really inspired by the appearance of Martin Finn and his father, John, on the “The Late Late Show” last night. Martin is from Manchester, UK, while his parents…
On Monday a few weeks ago, our family drove up the road to Dublin. As you may know, Adam Harris is a 19 year old aspie, who was launching his…
Primary school teacher Claire Heylin taught in the Asperger’s unit in St Joseph’s CBS, Fairview, Dublin. The below piece, she has given us, appeared in “The Irish Times” to mark…
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