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
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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’
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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
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