disability

Child with additional needs loses legal challenge over year-long delay getting school transport

High Court says claim can be renewed if transport not available in September

Quarter of children found not to have disability after assessment of need, HSE figures show

‘Astonishing’ that HSE expects number of overdue assessments to rise this year to more than 24,000, says Sinn Féin leader

Let’s face it ‘reach for the stars’ is not a very Irish mantra

Many disabled artists would opt for the ‘humble’ option of requesting lesser or no payment for work. Reaching for the stars is too risky

Spinal cord recovery: Assistive technology was a liberator for me

Tadhg Paul says writing helped him embrace to life again and regain mobility after his spinal cord injury

Beautiful Lives: How We Got Learning Disabilities So Wrong by Stephen Unwin – Too much piousness, not enough pragmatism

Though well-intentioned, the author’s preoccupation with avoiding backlash makes this a blandly balanced and faux-humble read

Two people moved from Cork disability centre ‘for their own safety’ after incident with another resident

Health watchdog carried out unannounced inspection in March after contact regarding quality of care

Disabled man made homeless after bringing subletting issue to rental watchdog

Locks changed and belongings removed after he sought refund on overpaid rent, he said

Ireland’s ‘unhealthiest region’: Limerick and the midwest suffering extreme health inequality

Deprivation and disadvantage lead to worse outcomes for many

Gregg Wallace dropped by BBC over doubts he could ‘change behaviour’

Presenter reportedly preparing to sue BBC for discrimination

Rise in pensioners and disability payments swell welfare bill by one third in a decade

Social welfare payments are spiralling - from €19.9 billion in 2015 to €27 billion a decade later

University Hospital Limerick accused of laughing at patient in wheelchair

Treatment and behaviour ‘unacceptable’, says HSE but Workplace Relations Commission complaint dismissed due to passage of time

Remembering thalidomide survivor Jacqui Browne: ‘She raised the bar for us every day of our lives’

Despite being impacted by thalidomide and having 35 operations in her lifetime, Jacqui Browne was an avid sailor and disability rights activist

More than 30 children without school places taking High Court action

Judge issues ‘word of warning’ saying provision of school places should start earlier next year

I see in real time the perceptions of people change when they realise I am blind

I see in real time the perceptions and opinions of people change when they realise I am blind

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’

Ombudsman

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

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