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
disability
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
‘Absolute fear’: UK’s planned benefit cuts alarm vulnerable people in Northern Ireland
Labour’s proposed ‘shake-up’ of the welfare system raises the prospect of people with disabilities losing supports for their personal independence
Households of people with disabilities hit by extra costs and lower income
Up to 93% of household disposable income goes towards mitigating severe disability, report finds
Spiralling numbers being diagnosed with disabilities will have ‘significant impact’ on social welfare spend
Expenditure on disability income supports up from €3.5 billion in 2010 to €6 billion in 2025
‘I feel forgotten about’: Galway wheelchair-user nearly two weeks without power after storm
‘I haven’t really been able to charge my power chair. I got it charged a few days ago but it was really difficult'
Key people ‘too often’ excluded from conversations on how best to revitalise Dublin, architect believes
A two-day conference at Dublin Castle this week aims to examine how cities can ‘promote inclusion, foster connections and unlock their full potential for all inhabitants’
The debate: Are Irish language exemptions given out too freely?
Over 20,000 students who had exemptions from studying Irish at second level on the grounds of literacy difficulties were studying other languages
The Irish Times view on disabilities: proper funding a priority
It offers Simon Harris a chance to atone for his
If you want your body to feel good, you need to treat it better
When you live with chronic illness, you can’t afford to make the sacrifices required for what might be a deemed a ‘perfect appearance’
Call for ‘urgent’ review of new restraint guidelines in schools
Rules fall ‘far short’ short of what is needed to protect vulnerable pupils, special rapporteur on child protection says
Is apartment block management obligated to make doors suitable for owners with disabilities?
The new doors are heavy to open and difficult to unlock and manoeuvre through with a walker
Some disability bodies warn cash crisis may force them to delay payments to Revenue Commissioners
A number of organisations providing services to people with disabilities unhappy they were turned down for special funding by HSE in final weeks of last year
Programme for government aims for ‘step change’ in disability services
Views are mixed among disabled people and their allies as to whether the programme promises progress, with some critical of ‘regressive’ tone
What’s in the programme for government: the main points, from housing and health to transport and trade
Department of Justice will incorporate home affairs and migration
‘I could be beside someone doing the same work for more money.’ The plight of section 39 workers
Simon Harris’s interaction with Charlotte Fallon during the general election campaign brought carers’ issues to the fore. Now they are ‘ready to fight’ for equal pay and better funding
Higher pay for public service staff to afford homes should be time limited and phased out
Rapid growth in highly paid multinational jobs has put significant upward pressure on housing prices
Sinéad Burke: ‘We need greater ambition around the positioning and value of disabled people’
Founder and chief executive of Tilting the Lens, Burke believes her childhood helped instil in her the importance of tenacity and dedication
Orla Tinsley: The reality of having to fight for basic rights from all angles is exhausting
Next government needs to urgently implement a rights-based model of disability
Number of under 30s in receipt of disability allowance has doubled in a decade
Substantial part of the increase among younger people is attributed to mental health issues
‘Not inevitable’ Independents will be in new government, say Social Democrats
Cian O'Callaghan says his party will continue discussions with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil into the New Year with constructive engagement on its key issues.
‘People make assumptions about us’: How third level is becoming a real option for people with intellectual disabilities
Universities are providing more programmes for disabled students - but learners say we need to do far more to promote greater inclusion in education
Disability rights campaigner thanks Colin Farrell for giving her voice in US
Actor flew Cara Darmody (14) to Chicago to address event organised by his charity foundation
Living with disability: ‘I told my manager I had epilepsy and was told any slacking off would not be tolerated’
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, an epilepsy sufferer writes about attitudes to disabilities in Ireland
‘It’s given me the motivation to say, I’m not just a mam stuck at home with a disability who can’t do stuff’: Social enterprise Town Scientist
Sessions developed by engineer, scientist, writer and performer Dr Niamh Shaw inspire parents to start new conversations around the kitchen table
Carers and the election: ‘I had to borrow €35,000 because my son has never had a public therapy session’
Winners at Netwatch Family Carer of the Year Awards call on next Government to improve services
Fine Gael says contact with RTÉ over viral clip was ‘appropriate’
Simon Harris claims Fine Gael wanted to ‘offer information’ to broadcaster after his controversial exchange with disability carer
Moving people with disabilities to community-based premises ‘stalled’, says Hiqa
Delay has significant impact on residents’ quality of life, report shows
Orchestrating change: ‘Once we are on stage, the disability becomes irrelevant as it’s all about how good the artists are’
The world’s first orchestra of musicians with and without disabilities will perform in the National Concert Hall on November 30th
Like many two-year-olds, my nephew hates socks and loves blueberries. He’s also unlike other little boys
Tom is not the problem. It’s the rest of us
As a disabled person, creating art can become a Faustian bargain
I like to think that each year, outside of journalism, I complete at least one substantial project. But last year I had nothing to declare
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