Image via Wikipedia I’m on holiday at the moment so have not been able to follow the release of the Report of the Special Group on Public Service Numbers and Expenditure Programmes but have done a search of the impact of the proposed cuts on people with disabilities. A quick comment… Cuts to 2000 Special […]
Tags:Bord Snip·Department of Justice Equality and Law Reform·Dermot Ahern·Disability·Human rights
…I can’t get into the Jury Box Jury Service in Ireland The rules about eligibility for jury service in Ireland are set down in Section 6 of the Juries Act, 1976. Disqualification The following persons are disqualified from jury service: Those who have been convicted of a serious offence in Ireland. Those who have ever […]
Batt O’Keefe, Minister for Education, has told primary schools that resource teachers for children with learning disabilities are to be withdrawn if they have less than 9 children in the school – it’s a particularly nasty cut especially as getting assessed for a learning disability and required supports is so difficult so the excuse of […]
Tags:Disability·Education
Tommy Collison is one of the youngest bloggers in Ireland. He’s now also the winner of the Junior Category of the Social and Behavioural Sciences Section in the BT Young Scientist Exhibition. Like many other bloggers I read about the development of the project and was looking forward to seeing the results. Tommy’s project was […]
Tags:BT Young Scientist Exhibition·Cerebral Palsy·Disability·Sociology
When I heard this morning that Tanni Grey-Thompson (Dame (as in royal honored and not panto) and paralympian extraordinaire) was pointing out the lack of parity in UK honours awarded to able bodied and disabled olympians I was a bit shocked. I had heard she was on the committee that awards the gongs these days […]
Tags:Disability·Gold·Orders decorations and medals of the United Kingdom·Paralympian·Paralympic Games·Sport·Tanni Grey-Thompson·UK