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Links and Resources

Links and Resources

Irish Disability Organisations

 

Independent Living Movement Ireland (ILMI) 
www.ilmi.ie

 

Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) 
www.disability-federation.ie

 

Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)

www.iwa.ie

 

Chime

www.chime.ie

 

Inclusion Ireland

www.inclusionireland.ie

 

Muscular Dystrophy Ireland (MDI)

www.mdi.ie

 

AsIAm

www.asiam.ie

 

National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI)

www.ncbi.ie

 

Stewarts Services

www.stewartscare.ie

 

Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind

www.guidedogs.ie

 

Cheeverstown House

www.cheeverstown.ie

 

 

Education and Employment

 

AHEAD - Association for Higher Education Access and Disability
www.ahead.ie

 

National Council for Special Education
NCTE: National Centre for Technology in Education | National Council for Special Education - CPD and In-School Support (sess.ie)

 

Union of Students in Ireland
www.usi.ie

 

Employ Ability

www.employability.ie

 

Solas

www.solas.ie

 

 

Legislation

 

Citizens Information Act 2007

Citizens Information Act 2007 (irishstatutebook.ie)

 

Disability Act 2005

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2005/act/14/enacted/en/html

 

Education of Persons with Special Educational Needs (EPSEN) Act 2004

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2004/act/30/enacted/en/html

 

Employment Equality Act 1998

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1998/act/21/enacted/en/html

 

Equal Status Act 2000

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2000/act/8/enacted/en/html

 

Irish Sign Language Act 2017

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2017/act/40/enacted/en/html

 

Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2015/act/64/enacted/en/html

 

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014/act/25/enacted/en/html

 

UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

http://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/convention/convention_accessible_pdf.pdf

 

 

Equality and Human Rights

 

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission

www.ihrec.ie

 

Irish Congress of Trade Union - Equality
Equality News » Equality » Congress - Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ictu.ie)

 

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

www.iccl.ie

 

Workplace Relations

www.workplacerelations.ie

 

 

General Online Resources

 

Centre for Disability Studies, University of Leeds

www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies

 

Centre for Excellence in Universal Design

www.universaldesign.ie

 

Institute for Design and Disability

http://www.idd.ie/index.htm

 

Irish Disability Studies Association

(10) Irish Disability Studies Association | Facebook

 

Museum of disAbility

www.museumofdisability.org

 

National Adult Literacy Agency
http://www.nala.ie

NUI Galway Centre for Disability Law and Policy

www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp

 

Community Exchange

www.activelink.ie

 

The Carers Association

www.carersireland.com

 

South Dublin County Partnership

www.sdcpartnership.ie

Housing

The Housing Agency

www.housing.ie

 

Housing Association for Integrated Living

www.hail.ie

 

Irish Council for Social Housing

www.icsh.ie

 

National Housing Strategy for People with a Disability 2011 - 2016

Housing for People with a Disability | Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

 

International Links

Independent Living Institute

www.independentliving.org

 

European Disability Forum

www.edf-feph.org

 

European Network on Independent Living

http://enil.eu/

 

AccessAble

www.accessable.co.uk

 

Irish Government and Public Services

Irish Government - information on the Irish State
www.gov.ie

 

National Disability Authority
www.nda.ie

 

Combat Poverty Agency (Archive)
www.combatpoverty.ie/index.html

Public Service Information 
www.citizensinformation.ie/categories

Ombudsman and Disability
The Disability Act 2005| Ombudsman.ie | The Office Of The Ombudsman

The Citizens Information Board
www.citizensinformationboard.ie

National Advocacy Service for Disabled People

www.advocacy.ie

Travel and Transport

Bus Eireann access information

Accessibility - Bus Éireann - View Ireland Bus and Coach Timetables & Buy Tickets (buseireann.ie)

 

Disabled Drivers Association

www.ddai.ie

 

Dublin Airport access information

www.dublinairport.com/plan-your-trip/reduced-mobility

 

Dublin Bus access information

http://www.dublinbus.ie/Your-Journey1/Accessibility/

 

Irish Rail access information

http://www.irishrail.ie/travel-information/disabled-access

 

Luas access information

https://luas.ie/accessibility.html

 

Accessible Community Transport Southside (ACTS)

www.actsltd.ie

 

Lucan Disability Action Group (LDAG)

www.ldag.ie