The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause a great deal of uncertainty in people’s lives and their livelihoods. Earlier his week, the Minister for Finance Paschal Donoghue TD and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath TD published the Budget for 2021. This is the largest budget in the State’s history, totaling €17.7 …
A reduced timetable is a method whereby the school will limit the amount of time a child is spending in school for a set period. It may be that the child only does half-days in school, goes to classes in the mornings or afternoons only, or only goes to school for a few days per …
AsIAm has written to Minister Norma Foley today, expressing our concern at the Department of Education’s decision to publish class rankings. From our view, this poses serious risks to autistic pupils’ wellbeing, both educationally and personally. By making such sensitive data freely available, it not only threatens the integrity of the Calculated Grades’ process, but …
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Plan provides an important roadmap which now must be backed up with targets, investment and action Thursday 24th September AsIAm, Ireland’s National Autism Charity, has welcomed the publication today of priorities for action to reform special education provision in Ireland. The priorities, published by Minister Josepha Madigan TD, Minister for Special Education and …
Project develops quality online resources to help autistic students transition smoothly into third-level A programme supporting young autistic students entering third level education for the first time has received €50,000 in funding from Rethink Ireland, the state-funded body which supports innovative charities, social enterprises, and community organisation. The funding has been …
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Apologies for the delay in getting to the next part! As you can imagine, a lot has been happening in the world of autism. Nevertheless, I couldn’t very well leave Autistic Paddies out! Joan McDonald began the broadcast by highlighting areas for improvement in Autism Acceptance month “Autistic people are right at the back of …
SuperValu & AsIAm are delighted to announce the next Community Support Webinar “Back to School: Support for Primary & Secondary School Students” You can register at the link here, This seminar is focusing on ‘Back to School: Support for Primary & Secondary School Students’. Since the outbreak of Covid-19, students across the country have been …
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 than half believe they will receive it Face masks and social distancing a major challenge for autistic students Most autistic students experiencing anxiety about the return to school …
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AsIAm, Ireland’s National Autism Charity, has been working to support our community through the COVID-19 public health emergency. Over the past number of weeks we have generated support materials and a webinar to help autistic people and family members through the uncertainty, anxiety and lack of routine we are all presently experiencing. We have created …
Assistive Technology Passport; The Qualitative Research study In 2016, Enable Ireland and the Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) published a discussion paper on the state of the Assistive Technology (AT) ecosystem in Ireland. Among the recommendations contained in the paper was the establishment of an AT central coordinating agency with the responsibility of coordinating a …
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