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Assistive Technology Passport: A Promising New System

By / Assistive Technology, Featured News, Supports

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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Adrian Carroll: Impact of COVID-19 on Autistic Employees

By / Cornovirus, COVID-19, Covid19, Employment, Uncategorized

Like many others facing difficult times, autistic people will largely have the same concerns about the potential disruption COVID-19 will cause to their livelihood and their daily routine. While people with pre-existing health conditions are particularly at risk from COVID-19, particularly people with respiratory or immune conditions, chronic pain conditions or conditions like Down Syndrome, …

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AsIAm Condemns Cut to Rehabilitative Training Allowance

By / 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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Our Week Online – 1/6/2019

By / Accessibility, Advocacy, Arts and Culture, Challenging Behaviour, Communication, Employment, Featured News, Healthcare, Meltdowns, Our Week Online, Socialising
our week online_asiam ireland's national autism charity and advocacy organisation

Welcome to Our Week Online. This is a bumper edition for the bank holiday – sit back and enjoy. Last week Ireland held local and European elections and another referendum. However, for blind and visually impaired people, voting was cumbersome, time-consuming, and even risky. In the UK, an autistic senior analyst has successfully won a …

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Our Week Online – 12/5/2019

By / Accessibility, Advocacy, Arts and Culture, Education, Employment, Featured News, Independent Living, Our Week Online
our week online_asiam ireland's national autism charity and advocacy organisation

Hello, and welcome to Our Week Online. This week Ireland became the second country in the world to declare a climate and biodiversity emergency. It’s safe to say that the deputies involved would not have been so moved without the tireless advocacy and activism of a young autistic woman, and her millions of followers around …

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What is an Autism Strategy & What’s Happening Tomorrow with Sinn Féin’s Private Member’s Motion?

By / Autism Empowerment Strategy, Featured News, Policy
autism_strategy_AsIAm Ireland's National Autism Charity

Autism Strategy Tomorrow evening, Sinn Féin will be submitting a Private Member’s Bill to establish an All-Party Oireachtas Committee on Autism to mark World Autism Day. This is the first of its kind in Ireland and calls for the development and implementation of an interdepartmental Autism Empowerment Strategy. This Strategy will seek to assess current …

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Our Week Online – 9/12/2018

By / Advocacy, Arts and Culture, Careers, Education, Employment, Featured News, Government, Our Week Online, Policy

Welcome to Our Week Online. Don’t know what it is about December, but the autism and disability stories just keep coming. That, or we just like reading them! This week the Department of Health published two reports, one on the prevalence of autism and another reviewing and making recommendations on autism services, with a view to publishing an …

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