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#disability

Opinion: 'Inspiration porn' trending on social media is objectification of disabled people

Feb 16th 2019, 7:30 AM 24,806 27

#OPINION
Opinion: Teaching unions' stance on education plans for students with disabilities sets a worrying precedent

Jan 9th 2019, 7:00 AM 16,165 32

#OPINION
Opinion: 'Nobody should have to live like this - I need more care to meet my basic needs'

Jan 2nd 2019, 9:00 PM 64,950 54

#OPINION
Luas elevators have been out-of-order for over 1,000 hours in last two years

Jan 2nd 2019, 4:00 PM 13,198 5

#PUBLIC TRANSPORT
Hunger Games meets X Factor: Play highlights how people who are 'different' are treated in a post-Trump world

Dec 27th 2018, 6:00 PM 9,866 9

#SINGING FOR SURVIVAL
Opinion: Should disabled characters be played by disabled actors?

Dec 13th 2018, 7:00 AM 18,814 55

#OPINION
Opinion: When I became disabled I thought I had no future but now I'm studying for a PhD

Dec 3rd 2018, 7:00 AM 14,996 6

#OPINION
Mother pleads for funding as daughter spends over 115 days in Wexford General Hospital

Nov 22nd 2018, 6:10 AM 67,873 7

#HEALTHCARE
Stephen Hawking's ex-wife said The Theory of Everything ignored the 'day-to-day' care she gave Hawking

Oct 4th 2018, 5:41 PM 7,222 1

#JANE HAWKING
One in five disability discrimination reports are about health services

Oct 1st 2018, 7:26 AM 7,522 8

#ESRI
'Hearing impairment is an invisible disability - this can lead to assumptions by people, even those who know us well'

Sep 22nd 2018, 3:05 PM 11,083 2

#OPINION
Bus Éireann in €5k payout over subcontractor who wouldn't let boy with autism eat toast in taxi

Aug 23rd 2018, 6:10 AM 45,826 115

#DISABILITY
'I began to feel like I wasn't meant to have a job, or to live a life of my choosing'

Aug 21st 2018, 7:00 AM 34,795 24

#OPINION
'Broken' wards of courts system 'depriving people of their liberty'

Aug 12th 2018, 11:00 AM 12,537 0

#DISABILITY
'Everyday bus users are refusing to fold up their buggies to allow wheelchair users on board'

Jul 22nd 2018, 7:45 AM 33,614 107

#DUBLIN BUS
Children with disabilities: 'The assessment of need system is in disarray'

Jul 21st 2018, 9:00 AM 17,921 15

#OPINION
Media stereotyping: 'The person with an intellectual disability is treated as either 'heroic' or 'tragic''

Jun 30th 2018, 7:30 PM 13,429 7

#READ ME
'Are there no people with disabilities north of Dublin?': Anger over lack of funding in northwest

Jun 16th 2018, 12:05 AM 13,835 17

#ABILITY PROGRAMME
'It's physically and mentally exhausting. I can't be off guard': The life of a single parent carer

Jun 10th 2018, 9:00 PM 22,970 42

#NATIONAL CARERS WEEK
Column: 'Mummy, tell me the story again of how you made my brother blind'

Jun 3rd 2018, 7:30 PM 127,142 11

#DEAFBLINDNESS
'Sarah Jane would like to live independently with support. No such service or plan is possible'

Apr 24th 2018, 7:00 AM 14,733 8

#UNCRPD
'People with disabilities are represented as one-dimensional, that they're happy all the time'

Apr 22nd 2018, 6:30 PM 14,469 5

#ALL ABOUT DIS
Disability centre fails inspection despite closure threat

Apr 16th 2018, 1:55 PM 13,853 12

#HIQA
Column: 'I have been asked if I mourn the healthy, normal son that I could have had'

Mar 25th 2018, 8:00 PM 34,634 48

#DISABILITY
Lidl Ireland apologises to mum and son who were told to leave store with autism assistance dog

Mar 23rd 2018, 12:05 AM 113,183 112

#DISCRIMINATION
36 hours alone in a bed without so much as a hot drink: lessons to be learned from Storm Emma

Mar 7th 2018, 8:15 PM 77,808 28

#OPINION
Ireland will ratify UN Convention on Disabilities at end of February

Jan 31st 2018, 8:42 AM 6,136 10

#EQUALITY
Brittle bones: 'It means that my bones break easily and I cannot walk very far'

Dec 10th 2017, 7:30 PM 13,158 5

#COLUMN
'I love her too much to put her in a home': Calls for support after RTÉ doc on the struggles of carers

Dec 6th 2017, 10:15 AM 16,517 44

#CARERS
'So many venues' wheelchair bathrooms won’t have sanitary bins, soap, or mirrors - they barely have a working lock'

Dec 2nd 2017, 8:15 AM 15,530 7

#GOING OUT
Rehab Group to drop its name and spend up to €40,000 on rebranding

Nov 23rd 2017, 9:31 PM 30,122 80

#OUT WITH THE OLD
'They're both excelling': Reform in child disability services begins to show signs of success

Nov 19th 2017, 8:00 PM 14,164 6

#CHANGE
Cerebral palsy: 'I’m like everyone else. I want to party, get drunk, make mistakes'

Nov 19th 2017, 7:30 PM 22,809 36

#READ ME
Assistive technology: 'I have difficulty speaking and I use my iPad as a communications device to speak'

Nov 16th 2017, 7:00 AM 8,588 3

#APHASIA
Fees at centre for residents with autism to be probed over concerns about 'unknown criteria'

Nov 12th 2017, 6:30 AM 10,199 7

#DUNFIRTH FARM
'Physically and psychologically abusive' situation reported at Kilkenny care centre

Nov 6th 2017, 5:12 PM 15,024 11

#DISTRESS
'Diversity equals innovation': Why these Irish workplaces are blazing a trail for inclusiveness

Nov 3rd 2017, 5:10 PM 4,888 5

#DIVERSITY
Concerns raised about how residents would exit disability centre in event of fire

Nov 1st 2017, 1:13 PM 10,123 3

#CAMPHILL
'It puts holes in the retina': Thousands at risk of blindness due to diabetes-linked eye disease

Oct 12th 2017, 6:20 AM 15,492 7

#WORLD SIGHT DAY
Epilepsy drug which has left 400 Irish children with disabilities to come under EU review today

Sep 26th 2017, 6:25 AM 20,208 9

#VALPROATE