# disability - Friday 19 April, 2019
‘One day I realised I didn’t want to hide my arm anymore. I didn’t want to be ashamed of my body. I wanted to embrace it,’ writes Paralympian Ellen Keane.
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# disability - Saturday 16 February, 2019
Stop sharing videos of disabled people attempting to walk up the aisle, or stand for their first dance – pretending to be able-bodied is far from inspirational, writes Eileen Daly.
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# disability - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
I believe that the unions are targeting industrial action at a minority and that this sets a worrying precedent for all minority groups, writes Adam Harris.
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# disability - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
The HSE doesn’t recognise my disability. The lack of care hours means choosing between food and a shower, writes Corina Duyn
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The service provider said vandalism is the cause in a number of cases.
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# disability - Thursday 27 December, 2018
The piece is devised and performed by an ensemble of actors with intellectual disabilities, reflecting satirically on the rise of right-wing authoritarianism.
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# disability - Thursday 13 December, 2018
‘I’m really not a fan of hiring someone because they have or have not got a disability and I, for one, would not like to be hired for a job on that basis,’ writes filmmaker Paddy Slattery.
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# disability - Monday 3 December, 2018
I thought my life was as good as over when I became disabled and lost my business, but studying at the National Learning Network changed everything, writes Keith Murphy.
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# disability - Thursday 22 November, 2018
The teenager’s family want her moved to a more appropriate residential care unit.
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# disability - Thursday 4 October, 2018
“I knew if there were mistakes in the film that they were going to be immortalised.”
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# disability - Monday 1 October, 2018
People with disabilities are more likely to experience discrimination than people who don’t have a disability.
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# disability - Saturday 22 September, 2018
Ailís Ní Ríain’s work for the Dublin Fringe Festival has been inspired by her own experiences of communication and the difficulties we can encounter with it.
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# disability - Thursday 23 August, 2018
The taxi driver changed the routine after he bought a new car.
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# disability - Tuesday 21 August, 2018
Padraig Hannafin tells his story of how the loss of his Personal Assistant has greatly reduced his independence and ability to undertake his day-to-day tasks.
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# disability - Sunday 12 August, 2018
A man lost his bid to leave a nursing home during the week.
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# disability - Sunday 22 July, 2018
The transport committee was told that new regulations are needed to force people to fold up their prams.
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# disability - Saturday 21 July, 2018
Why, at a time when we should be advancing the rights of children with disabilities as citizens of this State, are we letting them down more than ever, asks Paddy Connolly.
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# disability - Saturday 30 June, 2018
This needs to change, writes Nuala Macklin.
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# disability - Saturday 16 June, 2018
An organisation in “urgent need of funding” has criticised the lack of funding given to projects in the northwest as part of a new initiative.
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# disability - Sunday 10 June, 2018
Next week is National Carers Week, highlighting the experiences of thousands of family carers across Ireland that look their loved ones.
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# disability - Sunday 3 June, 2018
Ireland does not recognise deafblindness as a distinct disability, writes Hesline Crawford.
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# disability - Tuesday 24 April, 2018
The Dáil finally voted to accept the Convention even though not all legislation has been passed or even enacted, writes Suzy Byrne.
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# disability - Sunday 22 April, 2018
A new podcast is giving people with disabilities a platform to share their stories.
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# disability - Monday 16 April, 2018
Stewart Care Limited provides residential centres for people with disabilities.
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# disability - Sunday 25 March, 2018
There is still the belief that having a disability means that you are only half the person that you could have been, that it is not ‘normal’ and should be ‘cured’, writes Hesline Crawford.
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# disability - Friday 23 March, 2018
The supermarket chain announced a major autism-awareness initiative earlier this week.
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# disability - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
The government has submitted some reservations on people with disabilities joining the Gardaí or Defence Forces.
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# disability - Sunday 10 December, 2017
Ratifying the UNCRPD is incredibly important for people like me, writes Amy Hassett.
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# disability - Wednesday 6 December, 2017
Almost 200,000 people dedicate their lives caring for loved ones in Ireland.
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# disability - Saturday 2 December, 2017
Going to gigs or performances when you have a disability shouldn’t be a stressful experience. We find out more at the launch of Arts and Disability Ireland’s latest strategy.
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# disability - Thursday 23 November, 2017
“To put it simply, we are not in the business of ‘rehabilitation’. We are in the business of changing hearts and minds around disability.”
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# disability - Sunday 19 November, 2017
West Cork was one of the first places in the country to start this new service and families say they would be lost without it.
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I also think the success I’ve had on social media and on TV shows like First Dates shows that society as a whole is finally ready to see people with disabilities differently, writes Paddy Smyth.
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# disability - Thursday 16 November, 2017
I don’t like to think of what my life would be like without the use of assistive technology, writes Anne O’Brien.
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# disability - Sunday 12 November, 2017
An inspection report found fees were still being paid into the account of a service provider that had its registration cancelled a year beforehand.
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# disability - Monday 6 November, 2017
The centre provides long-term residential care to children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
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# disability - Friday 3 November, 2017
We spoke to industry professionals leading the way on diversity and inclusion in Irish workplaces.
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# disability - Wednesday 1 November, 2017
While there were master keys to individual units at the centre, there was no clarity as to how these could be located in an emergency.
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# disability - Thursday 12 October, 2017
“People absolutely take their eyesight for granted until there’s a problem,” Stephen Duffy said.
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