disability

Louise Bruton: Penneys’ adaptive lingerie is half the price of Kim Kardashian’s Skims. That’s a game-changer

More and more retailers are making everyday fashion accessible for disabled people, but are they going far enough?

‘A woman of conviction and compassion’: Tributes paid to disability activist Jacqui Browne at funeral Mass

Donal J Browne calls on Government to issue ‘an apology and an acknowledgment’ and a healthcare package to survivors of thalidomide

‘It feels like home to me’: Mr Price staff demonstrate value of employing disabled people

Ireland has ‘one of the lowest employment rates’ in Europe for people with disabilities, which is ‘just not acceptable’, says Minister

Third of referrals for Assessments of Need are ‘inappropriate’, says HSE chief

‘People are pushed into accessing assessment when they shouldn’t be’

Appeals against initial refusal of Domiciliary Care Allowance successful 60% of time

A third of families who applied for the payment were turned down

Ombudsman ‘cautiously optimistic’ ‘injustice’ over personal transport for disabled people ‘about to be righted’

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Disability activist Cara Darmody (14) calls for declaration of national health emergency

Secondary school pupil criticises Government approach as ‘all talk, no action’

How an Irish firm is using AI to make websites accessible to people with a disability

New Innovator: Nexus Inclusion

No action on High Court assessment of needs disability as last government ‘couldn’t agree’

Taoiseach insists Coalition will address issue to ‘use therapists optimally’

Government ‘all talk but no action’ on disability assessment backlog, says activist

Cara Darmody, who has started a 50-hour picket outside Leinster House, made the comments following meeting with Taoiseach

Government to change law in bid to speed up autism and disability assessments

Ministers admit no quick fix for system estimated to have waiting list of 25,000 by end of year

Government says it’s spending more than ever on disability providers. The sector says it’s not enough

Micheál Martin said he would make disability services a priority after Harris’s encounter with carer in Kanturk

Waiting lists for autism assessments set to surge, HSE estimates

Government set to face intense pressure on services as Cara Darmody (14) to hold 50-hour protest outside Leinster House

‘We’re building a deaf empire, making things rather than waiting for Hollywood to greenlight them’

Deaf President Now! directors Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim on their documentary about the Gallaudet University protests of 1988

Five children with special needs bring High Court actions over access to education

One of the children has never been to school, while others say they cannot secure suitable placements

‘It comes from fear’: Aoife Daly on parents’ battles to get autistic children into schools

Inspectors find ‘almost all’ schools in study had criteria which could limit enrolment of pupils with learning difficulties

Hiqa raises ‘significant concerns’ about Dublin disability centre residents

Health and safety watchdog notified of two serious injury incidents and more than 30 unexplained bruising cases at Dublin 6W centre

Businesses run risk of legal action under new digital accessibility rules

Many Irish business not yet ready for new regime, says UX Design Institute, which is offering online course to help businesses become compliant

‘It’s a stunning setting for any cafe, but this one has extra-special credentials’

At Dún Laoghaire’s Happy Out cafe it’s all about elevating expectations around young adults with Down syndrome – as well as good coffee, of course

Image of Grace clutching her toy keys is a painfully fleeting glimpse of her humanity

Amid more than 2,000 pages of dense legalese and Beckettian obsession with process, there are few glimpses of Grace and even fewer answers

Is Northern Ireland’s new car market overly reliant on disability grants?

Half of all cars sold in the North last year were part of Motability scheme

Disability service providers facing funding and governance challenges

Department of Disability says there is a need to better understand and ultimately address the systemic sustainability and stability issues in sector

How UK social welfare reforms hit Northern Ireland

About a quarter of adults of working age in Northern Ireland get disability payments

Report finds 30 incidents of suspected peer-to-peer abuse at Cork disability centre

Provider was “not fully protecting residents from all forms of abuse”, says Hiqa

‘Absolute fear’: UK’s planned benefit cuts alarm vulnerable people in Northern Ireland

Labour’s proposed ‘shake-up’ of the welfare system raises the prospect of people with disabilities losing supports for their personal independence

Households of people with disabilities hit by extra costs and lower income

Up to 93% of household disposable income goes towards mitigating severe disability, report finds

Spiralling numbers being diagnosed with disabilities will have ‘significant impact’ on social welfare spend

Expenditure on disability income supports up from €3.5 billion in 2010 to €6 billion in 2025

‘I feel forgotten about’: Galway wheelchair-user nearly two weeks without power after storm

‘I haven’t really been able to charge my power chair. I got it charged a few days ago but it was really difficult'

Key people ‘too often’ excluded from conversations on how best to revitalise Dublin, architect believes

A two-day conference at Dublin Castle this week aims to examine how cities can ‘promote inclusion, foster connections and unlock their full potential for all inhabitants’

The debate: Are Irish language exemptions given out too freely?

Over 20,000 students who had exemptions from studying Irish at second level on the grounds of literacy difficulties were studying other languages

The Irish Times view on disabilities: proper funding a priority

It offers Simon Harris a chance to atone for his

If you want your body to feel good, you need to treat it better

When you live with chronic illness, you can’t afford to make the sacrifices required for what might be a deemed a ‘perfect appearance’

Call for ‘urgent’ review of new restraint guidelines in schools

Rules fall ‘far short’ short of what is needed to protect vulnerable pupils, special rapporteur on child protection says

Is apartment block management obligated to make doors suitable for owners with disabilities?

The new doors are heavy to open and difficult to unlock and manoeuvre through with a walker

Some disability bodies warn cash crisis may force them to delay payments to Revenue Commissioners

A number of organisations providing services to people with disabilities unhappy they were turned down for special funding by HSE in final weeks of last year

Programme for government aims for ‘step change’ in disability services

Views are mixed among disabled people and their allies as to whether the programme promises progress, with some critical of ‘regressive’ tone

What’s in the programme for government: the main points, from housing and health to transport and trade

Department of Justice will incorporate home affairs and migration

‘I could be beside someone doing the same work for more money.’ The plight of section 39 workers

Simon Harris’s interaction with Charlotte Fallon during the general election campaign brought carers’ issues to the fore. Now they are ‘ready to fight’ for equal pay and better funding

Higher pay for public service staff to afford homes should be time limited and phased out

Rapid growth in highly paid multinational jobs has put significant upward pressure on housing prices

Sinéad Burke: ‘We need greater ambition around the positioning and value of disabled people’

Founder and chief executive of Tilting the Lens, Burke believes her childhood helped instil in her the importance of tenacity and dedication

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