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# Special Needs

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Child with autism 'kept in cage-like structure' inside classroom
My daughter is clever, funny, and full of life. So why am I so worried about her future?
Horse rescue shelter appeals for missing ponies Bam Bam and Tyson to be returned
This special sensory event is for children who thought they'd never see a panto
Over 300 new resource teaching posts for children with special needs announced
Almost 3,000 children are waiting over a year for speech and language therapy
Why are schools using JobBridge to hire SNAs? The Minister's pledging to find out
Opinion: Baby Gammy's sad story shows how much Down syndrome still scares parents
Parents' shock at €500k cut to disability services for children
Court tells department to give two children with Down syndrome maximum resource teaching hours
Schools are campaigning against new plans for reviews of special needs assistants
"No question" of reducing number of SNA posts, says Department
Martin warns of 'covert clampdown' on Special Needs Assistant supports
Opinion: Children with special needs are being failed – this is not inclusive education
Mother was asked by the HSE if her son 'still had Down syndrome'
Column: Autism – moving beyond labels and limits
Government approves appointment of 390 new posts for special needs assistants
Jack & Jill CEO: 'I get no top-up payments, no bonus, no pension'
Budget 2014: 455 extra resource teaching posts announced
118 new classes to open for children with special needs
Taxi drivers 'badly' needed for this year's special children's outing
Youths in dumper truck damage grounds of special needs school
Working-class boys with special needs most likely to hate school
New bill would recognise Down Syndrome as 'low incidence' disorder
HSE to close special needs pre-schools despite parents’ wishes
Micheál Martin: Reversing special needs assistants cutbacks is only fair
Colm Keaveney hits back: The Labour chief whip is the 'professor of sniping'
Special needs association hopes FF protest heckles don't 'distract from issues'
Special needs assistant cuts protest descends into FF heckles
Demonstration over special needs education to go ahead today
Man charged over sexual assault on woman with special needs
The Evening Fix... now with added Steve Jobs film
TDs will be asked to vote on reversing special needs teaching cuts
INTO organises protest at Leinster House against special needs cuts
Tánaiste insists: We're not cutting the budget for special needs teaching
Cuts in teaching support for special needs children "utterly unacceptable"
Man arrested over sexual assault on woman with special needs
Parents fight against closure of special needs pre-schools
Column: I'm a mother of a special needs child and a pro-choice advocate
Almost 60 per cent of special needs assistants assaulted - survey