by Angela Lynch, Principal physiotherapist with KARE Services Co. Kildare
While progress has been made in many aspects of support for people with intellectual disability in Bulgaria—largely prompted by the EU accession process—little changes...
by Deirdre Carroll, CEO, Inclusion Ireland
Last year in Frontline (72), I expressed the view that there might be an upside to these more straightened economic times for people with...
Fiona Reynolds, Art Facilitator, Cill Cuan
Lucy attends day service three days a week at the Cill Cuan Resource Centre in Mullingar Co. Westmeath. She takes part in a group...
by Stephen Kealy
ISSUE 76 of FRONTLINE circulates at a time of unprecedented national economic uncertainty, with government signalling extraordinary and deep cuts throughout all sections of...
Reviewed by Rose Hayden C.N.M., St. Paul’s Services
Lisa Kurtz is a paediatric occupational therapist and is also the author of Visual Perception problems in children with AD/HD, Autism and other learning...
Reviewed by Olive Potterton,
Senior Speech & Language Therapist,
Sisters of Charity of Jesus & Mary Services
This book is recommended reading for professionals and parents and, indeed,anyone closely involved with children with special needs. The author, Helen Warner, and fellow-contributors...
by Kathy O’Grady
Mr John Moloney, TD and Minister of State for Equality, Disability and Mental Health, visited the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Trinity College,...
Shay Caffrey, Bob McCormack, Ann Power and Denise Kavanagh
This article is based on a paper given by Shay Caffrey and Bob McCormack at a recent Pavilion Conference in Dublin.
There have been many myths over the centuries relating to the sexuality of people with intellectual disabilities. The image has varied from the asexual...
by Karina Wallis, Muiriosa Foundation
Optimal Individual Service Design (OISD) is a model of service delivery that operates from the principle of serving one person at a time. The...
Surf2heal is a voluntary group of Surfers whose aim it is to bring children with autism into our great sport. Surfing has proven to...
