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Data Protection Commission to contact Department of Health over dossiers on children with autism

Department kept dossiers for use in legal cases, RTÉ documentary to report

Schools reopen but students with additional needs ‘left behind’, say groups

Autism charity criticises ‘half-baked’ plans for phased return to in-person teaching

Summer school plan unveiled for less well off affected by closures

Advocacy groups urge expanded scheme for July and August in response to disruption

Government abandons plans to reopen special schools this week

Unions ‘refused to accept advice provided by public health specialists’, says Norma Foley

Special school pupils to return on alternate days from Thursday

INTO says reopening will depend on ‘improvement in public health landscape’

Reopening schools for special needs pupils to be prioritised, says Minister

Plans being examined to provide support for vulnerable families during school closures

Call to vaccinate special education staff to speed up schools reopening

Foley to meet advocacy groups amid fears school closures could last months

Government to focus on special needs supports while schools remain closed – Donohoe

‘Sense of devastation’ for families as classes ‘stripped away’, says head of autism support charity

Special schools and classes likely to remain open for vulnerable children

Ombudsman says blanket closure of schools is ‘not a viable option’

Vulnerable children ‘losing out’ on vital supports since schools reopened - poll

Survey finds many have reduced access to SNAs due to Covid-19 restrictions

Face mask rules pose ‘huge challenge’ for autistic pupils

Polls shows parents worried over lack of clarity on how children will be supported

Leo Cullen says rotation will be key as Leinster look to keep on winning

‘We hopefully won’t have that many weekends off because we want to continue to win games’

School return to prove particularly challenging for children with autism

Autism support charity As I Am has produced a useful booklet – Bridge Back to School – to help with the transition

Autism provision is blocked by lack of partnership and investment

Everyone agrees that children with autism have a right to education. Underfunded, overcrowded schools need significant investment to provide it

Schools in affluent areas of south Dublin resisting special classes, say campaigners

Department of Education compels 39 schools in area to open classes for children with autism

Reopening could be very stressful for children with autism

Preparing children with special needs for school in September has to start now

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