Inclusion Ireland

Class ‘key factor’ behind reluctance of schools to enrol autistic pupils

Few special classes provided in wealthy parts of south Dublin, Oireachtas committee hears

Keep Covid-19 suppressed to ensure schools remain open, urge campaigners

One million students and staff return to classrooms as schools fully reopen

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

‘Unconstitutional’ school closures violate children’s rights, say campaigners

Groups say online lessons do not translate into adequate education for all children

Partial reopening of special schools ‘a mixed day’ for families

Parents worry that limited return to class may be even more disruptive for children

Special needs schools: Families ‘deeply upset’ at reopening stand-off

Department and Fórsa union issue contradictory statement over reopening plans

Schools and classes for children with additional needs to reopen next Thursday

Agreement reached with unions over phased return of vulnerable children to classrooms

Union to support reopening special needs schools if concerns addressed

Advocacy groups say move is a ‘significant step’ in the right direction

Call to vaccinate special education staff to speed up schools reopening

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

Parents of children with special needs: ‘It’s just going to chip away at our children’

Government has scrapped plans for special education to resume on Monday due to Covid-19

‘I’m beyond words. We’re ecstatic’: Parents react to special schools reopening

Thousands of vulnerable children regressed and lost key skills during the last school shutdown

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

Irish people with disabilities still ‘locked out’ of public spaces

Wheelchair association says 77% of people with disabilities face problems using public pavements, parking and pedestrian crossings

Watchdog review of disabled in institutions sparks call for action

Inclusion Ireland critical of Hiqa reports noting disability experience in residential care

Coronavirus: Disability services must reopen urgently, Dáil committee told

Many people with disabilities ‘depressed and regressing’ in absence of supports

Ireland needs to ‘rapidly upscale’ before second wave, committee to hear

Infectious diseases expert will emphasise rapid testing and contact tracing

Vulnerable students face ‘real risk of regression’

Disability groups to tell Covid-19 committee of children excluded from summer supports

Summer scheme to bridge education gap for special-needs children

Rising concern over vulnerable children losing key skills due to school closures

Dublin city playgrounds to remain shut despite Taoiseach’s announcement

Council says it does not operate supervised playgrounds so will not be reopening facilities

McHugh insists summer programme will not exclude children with disabilities

Campaigners express alarm that plans could exclude thousands of vulnerable children

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