disability

Discrimination overall remains most common grounds for bringing case to Workplace Relations Commission

Fórsa trade union conference hears of experiences of woman with hearing loss and man with autism and ADHD identifications

Amid ‘the world’s invisible crisis’, children with disabilities, and the people who love them, face particularly severe challenges

Mason Hayes and Curran told to retrain its managers on disability policies

Care is needed when planning to leave something to a person who is on means-tested social welfare support

The Disabled Drivers Association (DDAI) is calling on city and county councils nationwide to implement the new scheme to ‘combat the misuse of accessible parking bays’

My experience would have me believe that if pain is akin to a black hole, an enigmatic force will pull, tug, expand and contract our being, warping time and everything else within it

David Digan (39) lost an arm following a motorcycle crash and has been unable to find work since

Liam Foley, who has Down syndrome, speaks about his role as People and Culture Champion with the National Lottery

Hospitality and retail remain key areas of employment for people with the condition but the base is broadening, says charity

Mary-Ann O’Brien remembers her husband and their time setting up and running the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation

Overwhelming No-No vote in the referendums does not mean social change has stalled

Department says 100 signatories were either not school leaders or are principals at schools unaffected by the changes

Disability should not have to mean life stops for everyone but my parents feel guilty taking any time off from looking after my brother

Three women who have taken exceptional paths explain what drives them, and what challenges them, as they go about their work in law

The Irish Cerebral Palsy Foundation’s programme of excellence aims to achieve diagnosis within three months

Pandemic era was life-changing for vulnerable learners who were able to access online lectures and alternative assessment - but many say they feel excluded once again

Playwright and activist Rosaleen McDonagh says: ‘The far-right stuff is on my doorstep...I didn’t think people would be burning buildings and blocking libraries. That scares the living daylights out of me’

Problems getting taxis in the west of Ireland are putting people off socialising, say business owners, while drivers decry recent rule introductions

The NCSE recently recommended that all students with special needs ‘should be educated in mainstream schools’. Two parents debate the implications

Parenting in My Shoes: The paralympian says it doesn’t matter what the challenge is you’re facing. ‘We all face our own challenges and you’ve got to learn to get over them, embrace them’

Having an electric wheelchair will be a lot easier on my shoulders and will allow me to keep my independence

Many disabled people ‘hugely concerned’ that discussions about assisted dying would inevitably lead to talks on assisted suicide

Evelyne Cynk (35) says her right to freedom of movement as an EU citizen is not being upheld

Parents being ‘led astray’ by idea there is a system that will work once a diagnosis is in place, whereas reality is ‘No, you go back on another list,’ says Anne Rabbitte

I bought a commode that the HSE should have provided. I paid for the hand railing the HSE should have provided

Plans are a ‘degrading and humiliating’ value judgment, disability activists say

‘There’s not many left like me who lived to tell the tale. I’ve been called loads of names from Hop Along to Keyser Soze’

Art can go a long way to break the shackles of lifelong health conditions endured by teenagers

I am packed with frustration and tingling with fury. My problem, however, is that this is no one’s fault

Budget 2024: Despite swathe of one-off lump sum payments, there is disappointment at just €12 increase in core social welfare and €4 rise in qualified child payment

British television programme demonised welfare recipients, says Social Democrats TD Cian O’Callaghan

PBP’s Paul Murphy accuses Leo Varadkar of emulating UK model of work capability assessments as portrayed in film I, Daniel Blake

First Person: Through the eyes of her 20-year-old son Caoimh, Adrienne Murphy is learning what it’s like to navigate the healthcare system as an autistic person

Early insecurities and pressure to fit in can leave you uneasy with the theory and practice of friendly bonds

Q&A: Claimants will be required to be open to reasonable offers of employment and will have scope for appealing decisions

Plan to categorise people into one of three separate levels depending on severity of their disability

In Ireland, the disabled community miss out on the basic ‘coming of age’ experience

Q&A: Insurance payout over medical error does come into the equation when assessing amount of disability allowance to be paid

‘We cannot continue with business as usual’, coalition of advocacy groups says