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David O’Connell: One Year Since Covid
March 19, 2021
David O’Connell is an autistic adult and self-advocate living in Mayo. He wrote the following blog reflecting on the year that’s passed since the introduction
Category: COVID-19
Autism, College and Covid Lockdown: Jenny Loughman
March 19, 2021
Jenny Loughman is an autistic blogger studying social care in Limerick Institute of Technology. She hopes to work in services related to autism but her
No consultation on changes to school re-opening plan that will negatively affect 20,000 children with additional needs – Disability and Family Carer Groups
March 19, 2021
Representative groups waiting over a month for engagement from Government on special education issues Four leading advocacy organisations representing children with special educational needs and
New #ChildrensFuturesIRL campaign focuses on children’s right to an adequate education
March 19, 2021
New #ChildrensFuturesIRL campaign focuses on children’s right to an adequate education Leading children’s charities – including AsIAm, Barnardos, Children’s Rights Alliance, Inclusion Ireland, and National
Explainer: Supplementary Education Programme
March 19, 2021
What is this? The Department of Education, along with relevant education stakeholders, has begun a phased return to in-person learning for children with additional needs,
Partial return to special education ‘a mixed day’ for families – Disability, Children’s and Family Carer groups
February 11, 2021
Seven leading advocacy organisations, AsIAm, Down Syndrome Ireland, Family Carers Ireland, Inclusion Ireland, the Children’s Rights Alliance, Barnardos, and the National Parents Council, have described
Students with additional needs face new challenges during COVID-19
December 15, 2020
• 41% of families state their child’s needs more support • 22% of families state their child’s access to an SNA was reduced • Hugh
Life Over Lockdown: Kevin Hanly
September 18, 2020
Kevin Hanly – Being autistic and living through a pandemic!! COVID-19 has affected everyone’s life hugely everything we used do. It turned everything on its
Autistic families concerned about the return to school, survey finds
September 18, 2020
Autistic families concerned about the return to school, survey finds 77% of families feel their child returning to school will need more support, but less
Youth Leadership Team: Lock Down, Unlocked Campaign
September 18, 2020
The AsIAm Youth Leadership Team has developed a campaign aimed at educating other young people and educators about the experiences of autistic people during lockdown,
