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Disability Groups Seek Urgent Meeting With Minister Foley

By / Announcement, Education, Schools
Special Educational Needs Groups

Families ‘devastated’ over special school’s U-turn Disability groups seek urgent meeting with Minister Foley Three leading advocacy organisations representing students with additional needs, Down Syndrome Ireland, Inclusion Ireland and AsIAm, have said that the Government U-turn over the re-opening of special schools has left families of children with special educational needs ‘devastated’, and immediate supports …

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Students with additional needs face new challenges in return to school during COVID-19

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Return to school

    41% of families state their child’s needs more support  22% of families state their child’s access to an SNA was reduced  Hugh majority of parents want school provision for those with additional needs in the event of another lockdown      Wednesday 2nd December: A survey conducted by three of the leading disability …

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Maintaining Calmness about COVID-19/Coronavirus in the Autism Community

By / Featured News, Healthcare

Michael Ryan – Counsellor/Psychotherapist While we cannot control the spread of this virus in the wider community – all each of us can do is to control how we choose to react to the situation. You only need only control your own hygiene practices and leave the general control of the situation to the medical …

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What I (Don’t) Know About Autism: An Autistic Review

By / Art, Family Life, Featured News, Meltdowns, Mental Health

After all our press on Jody O’Neill’s play, we couldn’t wait to see the play ourselves. Our Vice-CEO Fiona Ferris came as part of the Q&A at the end, whereas myself and policy officer Gaibhinn attended in the audience. Unlike other articles this is more of an opinion piece. Before working at AsIAm I wrote …

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What I (Don’t) Know About Autism: Eleanor Walsh Interview

By / Autism and Women, Behaviour, Communication, Featured News, Social Interaction

What I (Don’t) Know About Autism, a play written by Jody O’Neill, will soon hit the stage. The play, directed by Dónal Gallagher, will contain a cast of autistic and neurotypical actors. Using a host of characters and storylines, the play aims to celebrate autistic identity and educate neurotypical audiences. In the lead up to …

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