Love a Tea? Have a Passion for Disability Rights? Well we have a treat for you. We are hosting an online coffee morning for disabled post grads. Know someone who would love this, well tag them below. You can find the link here buff.ly/3z7NlW8

Was great to speak with Maureen Haran to international colleagues at the #UD2024 conference in Oslo today about ALTITUDE - the National Charter for Universal Design in Tertiary Education. Mind is fizzing with ideas after engagement in all the #UniversalDesign sessions today!

Join us for a festive #LaunchPad Postgrad Virtual Tea this Friday at 12pm ⛄️ We are interested in your input that can shape the Virtual Teas going forward. Catherine Gallagher will be facilitating this month's gathering ☕️🍰 Details to register buff.ly/3z7NlW8

In #GE2020 50% of disabled voters reported barriers to voting in our survey.Tomorrow in #GE2024 many will face similar barriers.Unable to be involved in a big decision that concerns them.We as a nation can do better.ALL disabled voters deserve a say & have a right to vote Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission

Was lovely to represent AHEAD Ireland at the Trinity College Dublin INC project showcase and evaluation today to present on why adoption of the ALTITUDE Charter offers the next step in the evolution of the great work achieved so far. Great to present with HEA Access on the national picture!

The General Election is over, but the political parties are racing to form the next Government. Here is our three core policy priorities that would ensure tertiary education and employment is more inclusive of people with disabilities. Read more here: buff.ly/3B4WBvx

Familiar story. We could do so much in Ireland to address the disability employment gap if we build a welfare system based on empathy and human rights, which addresses the *added* cost of living with a disability without seeming to punish people for working and building a career.

Don't forget to register for the upcoming #AccessibleEU webinar at: zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Gisèle Pelicot is the person of the year.

Evan is Deaf and he was last seen boarding a train from Connolly to Hazelhatch at 8.40pm last Wednesday evening. He was wearing the same clothes as this picture below and possibly carrying a SuperValu bag #MissingPersonsIreland

The addition of promoting inclusive research by supporting disabled researchers & staff in #programmeforgovernment is vry welcome.Thanks for listening to us & we in National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee #LaunchPAD AHEAD Ireland look forward to the removal of the glassceiling.Dara Ryder Dr Aoife Price Michael Shevlin

What an achievement for all working on this🎉. I am proud to be part of this small but growing community as Co-Chair of National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee and working in partnership with AHEAD Ireland on the #LaunchPAD project.

Come work with us - we are very serious about our work but pure sound too!

We have extended our deadline for applications until the 19th of February. We have partnered with several Local Authorities to facilitate paid graduate level positions for people with disabilities Apply through the link: buff.ly/2NLhhu7

AHEAD, in partnership with ETBI, have today released a suite of new tools for ETBs, supporting them to review their disability support provision and plan for improvements. Visit the Resource Hub for more info - buff.ly/3MbxJn8

This annual AHEAD Ireland research event is not to be missed. Registration Link below. richie healy Dara Ryder

We are delighted to adopt ALTITUDE and welcome all the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) and Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) who are announcing their adoption of ALTITUDE, the National Charter for Universal Design in Tertiary Education today. solas.ie/latest-news/so…

My colleagues in AHEAD Ireland National Disabled Postgraduate Advisory Committee and I were delighted to support Research Ireland in developing this new Disability Supplement. Thanks to all the disabled researchers in the LaunchPAD community that contibuted, and to Research Ireland for inviting them into the design process