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# Disability

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Opinion: Disabled people in Ireland need the right to personal assistance
Broken lifts at Dart stations 'getting worse', warn disability activists
I remember texting my friend: 'Not to scare you, but I think I'm going blind'
Changes to summer scheme for children with disabilities to be considered after High Court cases
'Overlooked': Calls for 'housing crisis' among disabled people to be addressed in Budget
Life inside Ireland's disability services: Allegations of abusive staff and unexplained bruising
'They feel there's an unreasonable effort to control them': Watchdog concern over HSE treatment of people with disabilities
Call for change in language requirements for garda recruits with dyslexia
HSE accused of 'robbing Peter to pay Paul' by cutting €31.80 allowance for students with disability
Dublin's sandwich board wars: A council 'money grab' or a step in the right direction?
Male who sexually assaulted his teenage cousin, who has a disability, gets suspended sentence
Opinion: Only the person themselves can decide if they are a 'disabled person' or 'person with a disability'
High Court grants review of decision not to approve child with Down Syndrome for schooling scheme
Column: Why are personalised attacks on children with disabilities, like Greta Thunberg, being tolerated?
We need to change the disabled parking logo - so people stop telling me that I'm not disabled when I am
'An attack on the most vulnerable': HSE introduces fees for transport to disability day services
Opinion: 'Sometimes it just takes a little moment of courage to change your life forever'
Opinion: 'Inspiration porn' trending on social media is objectification of disabled people
Opinion: Teaching unions' stance on education plans for students with disabilities sets a worrying precedent
Opinion: 'Nobody should have to live like this - I need more care to meet my basic needs'
Luas elevators have been out-of-order for over 1,000 hours in last two years
Hunger Games meets X Factor: Play highlights how people who are 'different' are treated in a post-Trump world
Opinion: Should disabled characters be played by disabled actors?
Opinion: When I became disabled I thought I had no future but now I'm studying for a PhD
Mother pleads for funding as daughter spends over 115 days in Wexford General Hospital
Stephen Hawking's ex-wife said The Theory of Everything ignored the 'day-to-day' care she gave Hawking
One in five disability discrimination reports are about health services
'Hearing impairment is an invisible disability - this can lead to assumptions by people, even those who know us well'
Bus Éireann in €5k payout over subcontractor who wouldn't let boy with autism eat toast in taxi
'I began to feel like I wasn't meant to have a job, or to live a life of my choosing'
'Broken' wards of courts system 'depriving people of their liberty'
'Everyday bus users are refusing to fold up their buggies to allow wheelchair users on board'
Children with disabilities: 'The assessment of need system is in disarray'
Media stereotyping: 'The person with an intellectual disability is treated as either 'heroic' or 'tragic''
'Are there no people with disabilities north of Dublin?': Anger over lack of funding in northwest
'It's physically and mentally exhausting. I can't be off guard': The life of a single parent carer
Column: 'Mummy, tell me the story again of how you made my brother blind'
'Sarah Jane would like to live independently with support. No such service or plan is possible'
'People with disabilities are represented as one-dimensional, that they're happy all the time'
Disability centre fails inspection despite closure threat