Category: News
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Register your child for a new Special Class or Special School placement
Register your child for a new Special Class or Special School placement for September 2027Parents Notify – Special Class/Special School Placement – NCSERegister on National Council for Special Education (NSNCSE website here Editorial comment – ‘It would be good if the government actually knew already based on health records who needed what places. Also a…
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Annual Carers Forum
This year’s forum took place on May 7th 2026, and the Liam O’Sullivan, CEO, Care Alliance delivered a presentation entitled “Some reflections on state supports for family carers over the past 20 years”. The presentation slide deck can be viewed here. The video recording of parts of the forum together with summarised notes of the…
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How the means test for Carer’s Allowance works
A recent post by the Allan and the team at Financial Wellbeing highlights how the means test for Carer’s Allowance works. Read the full article on their site. Link: https://www.financialwellbeing.ie/carers-allowance/
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HSE is consistently failing in its care for people with disabilities
From costly and ineffective outsourcing to an inability to parse its own data — as it’s all in a single Excel-based file — HSE failure isn’t an anomaly, it’s a pattern, writes Cianan Brennan Cianan Brennan, The Examiner Link: https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41869200.html
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The legal fight to get equal pay for Germany’s disabled workers
A test case before a German court could have implications for hundreds of thousands of disabled people in the country who currently work for less than the legal minimum wage. Amy Zayed, BBC, 25th June 2026 Read the full article
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Lakers Sports & Social, Bray on RTÉ Nationwide
Nationwide meets some participants of the Special Olympics Ireland games, happening this week in Dublin. And in County Wicklow, the team meets members of the Lakers Club. RTÉ Nationwide Wed 17 June 2026 Watch via RTÉ Player Link: https://www.rte.ie/player/series/nationwide/SI0000001172?epguid=IH10016303-26-0067 Lakers Sports & Social Bray
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Summer School Programme (July Provision) in disarray
Scheme for children with additional needs is in disarray due to online application problems and reduced staffing allocations ‘We’re a week out from the end of term and still nothing’ – summer school programme debacle causing chaos for families Irish Independent, Sarah O’Mahony, 23 June 2026 Link to the full article (behind paywall)
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Power to Participate Fund for Disabled Persons’ Organisations launched
€750,000 Power to Participate Fund for Disabled Persons’ Organisations launched The Minister for Children, Disability and Equality, Norma Foley and the Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, Emer Higgins have launched a new €750,000 Power to Participate Fund for Disabled Persons’ Organisations and eligible Civil Society Organisations. Power to Participate: Strengthening Stakeholder Engagement Fund…
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The ID Zone Podcast
The ID Zone Podcast, created and co-hosted by two mums, Claire and Nessa. They realised the significant gap in accessible information available to families and carers navigating the intellectual disability world. They went looking for answers and discovered a whole community ready to share. Join Claire and Nessa in conversation with therapists and advocates connecting…
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Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015 (ADMA) & Decision-Making Representative Order (DMRO)
Key points: This Act shifts the focus from making decisions for someone to supporting someone to make their own choices. Every adult is assumed to have full capacity to make decisions unless proven otherwise. An individual is not declared to “lack capacity” outright; instead, capacity is assessed based on whether they can understand, retain, weigh…