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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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Our Week Online – 30/6/2019

By / June 27, 2019 / Accessibility, Advocacy, Arts and Culture, Communication, Employment, Featured News, Healthcare, Stimming
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Welcome to Our Week Online, where we read the internet so you don’t have to! A disability centre in Dublin has been sanctioned by HIQA after finding that “high-risk issues” were not being adequately addressed. Legislation for a pilot medical cannabis programme was signed by the Minister of Health this week. The aim of the …

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Our Week Online – 1/6/2019

By / May 31, 2019 / Accessibility, Advocacy, Arts and Culture, Challenging Behaviour, Communication, Employment, Featured News, Healthcare, Meltdowns, Our Week Online, Socialising
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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 / May 10, 2019 / Accessibility, Advocacy, Arts and Culture, Education, Employment, Featured News, Independent Living, Our Week Online
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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 / June 26, 2019 / Autism Empowerment Strategy, Featured News, Policy
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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 – 24/2/2019

By / February 24, 2019 / Advocacy, Arts and Culture, Autism and Women, Diagnosis, Employment, Featured News, Our Week Online, Sport

Welcome to Our Week Online. Did anyone else struggle with knowing what to wear in the sudden warm weather this week? We are entering a season of change and transitions (Spring, it’s Spring), and if you’re going through any changes in your own life, take care of yourself. And maybe don’t put away your coats …

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Are You Ready to create your Autism Friendly Town?

By / July 10, 2019 / Campaigns, Featured News, Supports
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AsIAm and SuperValu were proud to partner with the community of Clonakilty in creating Ireland’s first ever autism friendly town. We were delighted with the positive response to this pilot project and would like to invite interested communities right across the country to achieve their own autism-friendly accredited status. This initiative, also known as the …

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A Right to Earn a Living ~ AsIAm Explains

By / April 2, 2019 / Featured News
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Last week, Education and Skills Minister Joe McHugh TD stated that his Department would be appealing a High Court ruling over a Leaving Cert student whose points were incorrectly added up. Justice Humphreys found that “in the modern world, it is difficult and in some cases impossible to earn one’s livelihood without access to higher …

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Our Week Online – 27/1/2019

By / January 27, 2019 / Arts and Culture, Autism and Women, Education, Employment, Family Life, Featured News, Healthcare, Medical, Mental Health, Our Week Online

It’s 2019, and welcome to Our Week Online. How are you doing with your New Year’s Resolutions? If you resolved to keep up with news about autism and disability from Ireland and around the world, then we’re happy to help! If you resolved to spend less time online, buy a newspaper (preferably one that published …

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Our Week Online – 9/12/2018

By / December 7, 2018 / 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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