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Mapping the Brainis an exhibition of pictorial stories created by people with an acquired brain injury at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin.
Through workshops with artist Marie-Claire Cassidy, participants used images as an alternative to language. Their finished work is on show in the Mill Theatre, Dundrum, from Thursday to June 30th. See Milltheatre.ie/ exhibition/mapping-brain
* The director of the National Cochlear Implant Programme, Laura Viani, will give a free public talk, Journey Out of Silence, on Thursday at 7.30pm in the Royal College of Surgeons, St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2. The event is organised by the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland. See rami.ie.
* The Alexander Technique Centre in Galway is open to the public from next Tuesday to Friday (June 7th-10th). Free talks on The Alexander Technique (Tuesday, 4.30pm), The Relationship between Posture and Pain (Wednesday, 11.30am) and How to Improve Breathing without Effort (Thursday, 11.30am) will be held alongside practical demonstrations. Tel: 091-555800 or see alexandertechnique ireland.com for details.
* The Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway will hold its third international summer school with the Harvard Law School Project on Disability from June 6th-11th. Its aim is to translate the generalities of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into tangible reform. Tel: 091-495888 or see nuigalway.ie/cdlp.
* A 30km moonlit walk through the streets of Dublin led by tour guide Pat Liddy starts at 10pm on Saturday, June 25th. The walk, in aid of the Diabetes Federation of Ireland, will finish with breakfast in the Burlington Hotel. To register, tel: 1850-909909 or see diabetes.ie
