Are there are times when you just wish that there was someone to give you a helping hand at Dublin Airport? Well now there is, with Airport Genie. Airport Genie is a great new service available that offers passengers a range of packages that provide speed, comfort and care when they are jetting to and [...] Read more
Vienna, 25.1.2012 – The “International Conference on Good Policies for Persons with Disabilities” brought NGO and foundation representatives, academics and disability rights activists together in Vienna. The main focus of the conference was on selected laws governing accessibility, inclusive education, supported decision-making and access to justice. The experts and persons with disabilities in attendance engaged [...] Read more
The recent report published by the NDA on attitudes towards disabilities has sparked debates up and down the country this week as the report showed that attitudes towards people with disabilities has shifted in the past 5 years. Speaking on behalf on the NDA on East Coast FM this morning Siobhan Barron said; there has [...] Read more
On Wednesday January 18th The Irish Times ran a story ‘Ageing with dignity and disability.’ This was based on a recent report called ‘Growing older with an Intellectual Disability in Ireland’. Professor Mary McCarron, dean of the faculty of health sciences in Trinity College Dublin and lead researcher in the report said that most of [...] Read more
Caroline Casey is moderating the Zero Conference in Vienna today, the first conference of its kind which will bring together around 240 parliamentarians, NGO and foundation representatives, academics and activists from the rights for the disabled movement. The conference aims to act as an “International Think Tank” to accelerate the implementation of the UN Convention [...] Read more
