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Our Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) colleague, Donal Fitzpatrick, is speaking at today's #DisabilityShow about Universal Design and the European Accessibility Act. The #EAA will come into effect on 28 June 2025.

We are delighted to be sponsoring The Big Idea UD School of the Year award at this year's Big Idea showcase, taking place next Wednesday, 14 May. #UniversalDesign The Big Idea

Our Senior Policy Advisor Ruth O'Reilly attended this stakeholder meeting on ‘Practical Housing Options for Positive Ageing’ today. Ruth highlighted the importance of providing choice & options for older people, and of integrating Universal Design into housing design.

🚨 Recruitment news! We are recruiting for the position of Standards and Monitoring Officer, Built Environment (Higher Executive Officer grade). This is a one year contract, offered on a full-time basis. Deadline: Friday, 23 May (2pm) nda.ie/news/we-are-re…

This evening, our Research Officer Des Delaney will attend the ISPA seminar on GrowingUpinIreland & its Influence on Social Policy. We used the GUI data to examine how parental expectations influenced the educational outcomes of disabled children: nda.ie/education/educ…

Our Policy Team is represented at today's HEA & Department of Further and Higher Education National Access Forum. Our Final Review of Progress under the Comprehensive Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities highlights progress in the area of higher education: nda.ie/news/nda-publi…

Colleagues from our Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) attended The Big Idea showcase yesterday. 🏆 We were delighted to sponsor the Universal Design School of the Year award and offer our congratulations to Castletroy College on winning this award. #UD #UniversalDesign nda.ie/news/the-big-i…

Today, we are in Galway at an information event for people discharging from wardship & their Committees. We are speaking to attendees about participating in our research project examining the impact of the ending of the wardship system. Read more below: nda.ie/news/research-…

We welcome the Building Blocks Extension Scheme which requires early learning & care services obtaining funding to extend their premises to incorporate our UD Guidelines for Early Learning & Care Settings. Read about our Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) guidelines here: nda.ie/education/univ…

📣 Come work with us! We are recruiting for the position of Standards and Monitoring Officer, Built Environment (Higher Executive Officer grade). This is a one year contract, offered on a full-time basis. Deadline: Friday, 23 May (2pm) nda.ie/news/we-are-re…

Following requests, we have re-opened our family survey on Children’s Disability Network Team (CDNT) services. We invite families to share their views and experiences, both positive and negative, through our survey by June 8, 2025. nda.ie/news/we-would-…

On 9 June, our Centre for Excellence in Universal Design (CEUD) and Ollscoil na Gaillimhe | University of Galway, in collaboration with #AccessibleEU, will host a one day event on the topic of Universal Design in Education. The event is taking place in person at the University of Galway. Registration details are below #UD nda.ie/news/universal…

Yesterday, our Senior Policy Advisor Ciarán Finlay attended the An Coimisiún Toghcháin, The Electoral Commission National Election and Democracy Study event. Earlier this year, we published research on the experiences of disabled candidates who stood in the 2024 local & European elections: nda.ie/publications/d…

Today, our Policy Team is represented at the Mental Health & Capacity Law Conference 2025. In February, we published a background paper considering Ireland's progress in meeting Article 12 UNCRPD following the introduction of new capacity legislation: nda.ie/publications/b…

We have just launched our new Communications & Engagement Strategy 2025-2027. The Strategy sets out our overarching high-level external & internal communications objectives for the next three years. Click on the link below for more information. nda.ie/news/nda-commu…

🚨 One week to go! There is less than one week to go until #UDGC 2025 entries close. If you are a student in the Republic of Ireland, enter your design idea on our dedicated awards platform before 02 June 2025 to be in with a chance to make the finals. universaldesign.awardsplatform.com

Today, we are at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality Pre-Estimates event to discuss priorities and options for Budget 2026. We welcome in particular the discussion on supporting the delivery of the forthcoming National Disability Strategy.

Our Head of Policy, Research & Public Affairs, Dr Ros Tamming, is attending a conference today on Shaping the Future of Intellectual Disability Nursing in Ireland. #STF2025RNID

We welcome the publication of this latest PEER and An Coimisiún Toghcháin, The Electoral Commission continued focus on accessibility and the barriers faced by disabled people when voting, including postal voting. Some of these issues were explored as part of our 2023 annual conference on Article 29 #UNCRPD.