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NCI Reaching Autism Friendly University Status This Month!

By / October 2, 2019 / Autism Friendly University, Communication, Education, Sensory Processing, Social Stories, Socialising, Special Interests

We’re currently  currently working towards Autism-Friendly Status with National College of Ireland! Having seen great success in our pilot scheme with DCU, AsIAm is committed to making universities across Ireland autism friendly.  This initiative means celebrating students and staff on the autism spectrum and providing a learning environment to help all students and staff to …

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Autism Friendly Schools Pilot Project 2019/2020

By / October 8, 2019 / Accessibility, Adolescence, Advocacy, Education, Schools, Supports

AsIAm are excited to announce the launch the ‘Autism Friendly Schools Pilot Project 2019/2020,’ kindly funded by a grant from the Keith Duffy Foundation. This project aims to support schools in the provision of inclusive educational placements for autistic children and young people alongside specialist provision. This exciting new project will reaffirm good practice and …

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Autism and Higher Education: Steve Silberman and Dr. Magda Mostafa

By / September 25, 2019 / Autism, Dr. Magda Mostafa, Education, Employment, Featured News, Healthcare, Independent Living, Magda Mostafa, Mental Health, Sensory, Sensory Audits, Steve Silberman, Supports

AsIAm recently hosted an informal discussion for autism and higher education. The session began with Robert Ward welcoming staff and guests to the session. The event allowed a chance to ask further questions of both Steve Silberman and Dr. Magda Mostafa. The session was a discussion about higher education. Forgotten History of Autism Steve Silberman, …

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Community Voices: Ella Durrigan on Starting College

By / September 24, 2019 / Anxiety and Meltdowns, Autism, Autism and Women, Blog, College, Community Voices, Education, Mental Health, Routine

Autism vs First Year of college May 2019: I have just finished my summer exams. I had dropped out of college twice before and this was third time lucky. I had finally completed the first year of a degree in Digital Marketing, Communication and Public Relations in Dundalk IT, a course with a mixture of academic, creative and technology skills …

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Robert Byrne’s Sensory Pod

By / September 24, 2019 / Asperger's Syndrome, Assistive Technology, Autism, College, Family Life, Featured News, Healthcare, Mental Health, Primary School, Secondary School, Sensory, Sensory Processing, Uncategorized

Today we sit down with Robert Byrne, creator of the sensory pod. Adapting the capsule hotels commonly found in Asia, Byrne created a new piece of assistive technology. The pod is roghly the side of a sunbed and is an excellent resource for anyone with sensory needs. What led to the pod’s creation? Our main …

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Community Voices: Nóra Nic Oireachtaigh and Bullying

By / September 24, 2019 / Anxiety and Meltdowns, Autism and Women, Behaviour, Challenging Behaviour, Community Voices, Featured News, Healthcare, Meltdowns, Mental Health, Social Anxiety

The following piece is the final piece in our series covering bullying and autism. The first part discussed it in a professional context and the second (largely) discussed bullying in a school context. This final piece hopes to portray how yesterday’s bullying can potentially become tomorrow’s abuse. This article is recommended for a mature audience …

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School and Autism – My Experience: Lauren Martin

By / August 29, 2019 / Community Voices, Featured News, Reduced Timetables, Special Education

August; and it seems as if I have only grown accustomed to the structure deficient summer days. The new academic year approaches too quickly, and nothing but my anxiety can keep up. I am entering sixth year, my final year of second level education, for the second time. For the past fifteen years, this system …

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Special Interests: Napoleon and his Autistic Traits- Cormac O’Brien

By / August 28, 2019 / Special Interests

The media depicts different people who have autism as being strange or weird. In my view I see it as people who experience the world differently, Some Doctors state that you are naive if you have autism but I disagree. One man who many people, myself included, think have the condition, is Napoloen Bonaparte. My …

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Community Voices: Autism and Bullying

By / August 28, 2019 / Autism, Behaviour, Communication, Community Support, Community Voices, Featured News, Parenting, Secondary School, Social Imagination, Social Interaction, Socialising

Hello all. If you haven’t seen our previous interview with Neil Kenny, I’d recommend checking it out. I was inspired to do something on bullying and autism due to the tragic suicide of Joel Langford. As well as expert insight such as Kenny’s, I wanted to demonstrate more personal accounts which stress the impact bullying …

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AsIAm Condemns Cut to Rehabilitative Training Allowance

By / August 21, 2019 / Education, Featured News, Supports

AsIAm, Ireland’s national autism charity, has condemned the Health Service Executive’s decision to cut the Rehabilitative Training (RT) allowance. The allowance, currently paid out at €31.80 per week, is available to school-leavers with a disability who take part in training programmes. These aim to support students’ progression to further education and employment. The €31.80 is …

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