Disability Organisations

Where can I find out more information about disability related issues?

There is a whole host of very useful websites that have information on disability related issues. Listed below are just a few of the many sources of information available, including;

• Disability organisations - sensory disabilities
• Disability organisations - physical disabilities
• Disability organisations - learning difficulties
• Disability organisations - learning / intellectual disabilities
• Disability organisations - mental health difficulties
• Education
• Employment
• Equality and Human Rights
• Irish Government Sites
• Public Services
• Travel and Transport
• Further Resources

Disability Organisations - Sensory Disabilities

Access West
http://www.accesswest.ie/sensorydisability/∞


Fighting Blindness
http://www.fightingblindness.ie/∞


Irish Deaf Society
http://www.irishdeafsociety.org/∞


Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind
http://www.guidedogs.ie/∞


Irish Hard of Hearing Association
http://www.ihha.ie∞


National Association for Deaf People (NADP)
http://www.nadi.ie/nadp/asp/section.asp?s=1∞


National Council for the Blind in Ireland (NCBI)
http://www.ncbi.ie/∞


The Irish Deaf online directory
http://www.irishdeaf.com∞


The Visually Impaired Computer Society in Ireland
http://www.iol.ie/~vics/∞





Disability Organisations - Physical Disabilities

Brainwave - The Irish Epilepsy Association
http://www.epilepsy.ie/∞


Central Remedial Clinic
http://www.crc.ie∞


Centre for Independent Living (Dublin)
http://www.dublincil.org∞


Enable Ireland
http://www.enableireland.ie/∞


Headway Ireland - The National Association for Acquired Brain Injury
http://www.headwayireland.ie/∞


Irish Kidney Association
http://www.ika.ie/∞


Irish Wheelchair Association
http://www.iwa.ie/∞


MS Society Ireland
http://www.ms-society.ie/∞


Muscular Dystrophy Ireland
http://www.mdi.ie/∞




Disability Organisations - Learning Difficulties

Aspire - The Asperger’s Syndrome Association of Ireland
www.aspire-irl.com


Dyslexia Association
http://www.clubi.ie/dyslexia/acld.html∞


The Dyspraxia Association of Ireland
http://www.dyspraxiaireland.com/∞



Disability Organisations - Learning / Intellectual Disabilities


Down Syndrome Ireland
http://www.downsyndrome.ie∞


St John of Gods Services
http://www.sjog.ie/sjog/services/services_intell_main.html∞


St Michael's House (Dublin)
http://www.smh.ie∞


Sunbeam House Services
http://www.sunbeam.ie∞


The Rehab Group
http://www.rehab.ie/∞




Disability Organisations - Mental Health Difficulties

Aware - Helping Defeat Depression:
http://www.aware.ie∞


Mental Health Ireland
http://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/default.asp∞




Education

AHEAD - The Association for Higher Education Access and Disability
http://www.ahead.ie∞


Higher Education Accessibility Guide
http://www.heagnet.org/∞


SKILL - (the British equivalent to AHEAD)
http://www.skill.org.uk∞


National Centre for Technology in Education
http://www.ncte.ie/SpecialNeedsICT/TechnologyAdvice/AdviceSheets/SpecificLearningDisability/∞


Quest for Learning
http://www.questforlearning.org∞

The Higher Education Authority
http://www.hea.ie/∞


The National Access Office
http://www.hea.ie/index.cfm/page/category/id/141∞


University of St Thomas (information on study guides and strategies)
http://www.studygs.net/∞


Department of Education & Science “Looking at our School – an aid to self evaluation in second-level schools” (on-line publication)
http://www.education.ie/servlet/blobservlet/laos_PP_contents.html∞


Lancaster University “Student Mental Health, planning, guidance & training”
http://www.studentmentalhealth.org.uk/∞


University of Melbourne & the Australian Catholic University "Towards Success In Tertiary Study”
http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/ellp/publications/towards.html∞




Employment

AccessAbility
http://www.accessability.ie/∞

Equal
http://www.equal-ci.ie/∞


eSight Careers Network
http://www.esight.org/∞


FAS
http://www.fas.ie∞


Irish Congress of Trade Union
http://www.ictu.ie∞


The Aisling Foundation
http://www.theaislingfoundation.org/∞


Workway
http://www.workway.ie/home/index.php∞




Equality and Human Rights

Equality Authority
http://www.equality.ie/∞


Irish Council for Civil Liberties
http://www.iccl.ie∞


NUI Galway Disability Law and Policy Research Unit:
http://www.nuigalway.ie/law/disability.html∞


The Equality Tribunal
http://www.equalitytribunal.ie/∞




Irish Government Sites

Irish Government
http://www.irlgov.ie/∞


Department of Education and Science (DES)
http://www.education.ie/home/home.jsp?pcategory=27173&ecategory=27173&language=EN∞


Department of the Environment and Local Government (DELG)
http://www.environ.ie/doei/doeihome.nsf?Open∞


Department of Social & Family Affairs (DSFA)
http://www.welfare.ie/∞



Department of Health and Children (DoHC)
http://www.doh.ie/∞


Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE)
http://www.entemp.ie/∞


Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (DJELR)
http://www.justice.ie∞


Department of Transport (DoT)
http://www.transport.ie/∞


National Disability Authority
http://www.nda.ie∞


Oireachtas
http://www.gov.ie/oireachtas/frame.htm∞



Public Services

Comhairle
http://www.comhairle.ie∞


Oasis (information on benefits & allowances)
http://www.oasis.gov.ie/∞


Reach Services
https://www.reachservices.ie/reachPortal/appmanager/portal/default∞



Travel and Transport

Bus Eireann (access)
http://www.buseireann.ie/site/about_us/accessibility.asp∞

Disabled Drivers Association
http://www.iol.ie/~ability/∞

Dublin Airport (access)
http://www.dub.aero/AR_Dublin/Live/Lv_pres_GenTemplate.asp?strPage_Name=DN_Disability∞

Dublin Bus (access)
http://www.dublinbus.ie/about_us/accessibility.asp∞

Irish Rail
http://www.irishrail.ie∞


Further Resources

Access Ireland - information on wheelchair access in Ireland
http://www.accessireland.info/∞


Access West has a very useful A-Z on-line disability information publication
http://www.accesswest.ie/indextopics.html∞


Comhairle Directory of National Voluntary Organisations Online http://www.cidb.ie/comhairleVCS.nsf/HTMLPages/DirOrganisationsNS?Opendocument∞


Disability.ie – is a portal site for disability related information in Ireland
http://www.disability.ie∞


Disability Action advocates for the inclusion of people with disabilities
http://www.disabilityaction.org/∞


Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) is the national support organisation for voluntary organisations in Ireland who provide services to people with disabilities.
http://www.disability-federation.ie/∞


Disability World is an online magazine
http://www.disabilityworld.org/∞

Enablenet has detailed information on various disabilities
http://www.enable.net.au/∞


European Disability Forum represents more than 50 million people with disabilities across Europe.
http://www.edf-feph.org∞


Institute of Independent Living offers resources for people with disabilities
http://www.independentliving.org/∞


People with Disabilities in Ireland (PwDI) provides support and information to people with disabilities
http://www.pwdi.ie/∞


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