Luke Kelly Melia is 13 years old and in primary school in Cavan. Well he was in school until he got an assistance dog and the school refused to allow him bring it to school. I first read about Luke in January and had not heard anything since and thought the matter had been sorted. […]
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The Department of Social Protection are currently inviting organisations to tender for hosting projects to support people with disabilities into employment in the Borders, Midlands and West region. The strategic aim of the Disability Activation Project is to increase the capacity and potential of people on Department of Social Protection disability/illness welfare payments to participate […]
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The Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare have been asked by the Minister for Social Protection to include issues pertaining to Disability Allowance and Domiciliary Care Allowance. In Budget 2012 the Minister proposed cutting the rate of payment for those under 22 to that payable to able bodied young people in training and removing […]
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On Friday an article was published in the Irish Examiner by clinical pyschologist Tony Humphreys. It is one of the most inflamatory pieces of pseudo science I’ve read ever. As someone who works with people living with autism and knows many families who have family members diagnosed I know how dangerous and misguided the views […]
A wheelchair user has won a Equal Status case against Bus Eireann. Karol Doherty submitted that the company should provide busses that were wheelchair accessible and that he should not have ascend the steps of the bus ‘on his bum’ or be carried up by a driver. Bus Eireann thought carrying up the steps or […]
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