An apt date (4th July) for our book to be published. “Adopting a UDL Attitude within Academia: Understanding and Practicing Inclusion Across Higher Education.” @msmaryquirke @conormcguckin @SchoolofEdTCD @tcdlibrary @tcddublin https://t.co/rZkFcTtsGs

It was such a relief to have a fully accessible voting experience yesterday.This is what I want to see for ALL disabled voters including postal voters.The low turnout in-part reflects the structural barriers voters face. What was your experience as a disabled voter?

Meet some of our new LaunchPAD Ambassadors Group coordinated by AHEAD and NDPAC! We’ll post a couple of videos over the coming weeks to introduce them. Learn more about the @hea_irl -funded LaunchPAD here https://t.co/tuKcDwjX0w

National Academic Integrity Week 2025 kicks off next week: 13 to 17 October! Get ready for a week of powerful conversations, practical tools, and inspiring ideas to strengthen #AcademicIntegrity across education. Explore the programme: https://t.co/7HJdgRD7Xp #NAIN #NAIW2025

AHEAD Journal - Issue 19 - Call for Submissions! Contact our sub-editor Lorraine Gallagher at lorraine.gallagher@ahead.ie to discuss your ideas and for a copy of the guidelines on the submission process for the AHEAD Journal. Closing date for submissions is 9th January 2026.

This afternoon, we hosted a webinar to launch new research from @tcddublin exploring the scale & impact of physical disability in people experiencing homelessness in Ireland. We funded the research under our 2023-24 Research Promotion Scheme. Read more: https://t.co/8XQnTybd6O

⏰Reminder! Join us on 6 October for a webinar on homelessness & physical disability. Dr Julie Broderick will present research funded through our RPS scheme, with a @DeptHousingIRL response. More info, including on how to register, here: https://t.co/qQFA183aHr

We have just published a review paper on Article 23 UNCRPD which focuses on respect for home and the family. This paper provides information on relevant research, legislation and policy in Ireland relevant to Article 23 UNCRPD. https://t.co/5iO3A61s9P…

A huge thank you to all our exhibitors for their time, demonstrations & support at our family day. To the families who joined us, we hope you walked away with new insights, practical information & the reassurance that you’re not alone. @ChildVisionVI @mccartpm @visionsportsirl

Dr @mccartpm is researching the educational experiences of blind and VI children in Ireland. Please partake in her research. The more who get involved a truer picture will emerge of the situation. For our members education is the biggest concern parents have year on year.

2025 Vision Sports' Education Bursary is now open for applications! The bursary is designed to assist students who are blind or vision impaired in pursuing their academic and career goals, by offering financial support. Full details and application form - https://t.co/YoBgeR4WB9

3rd Level staff - With #CAO choices announced, you could have a blind/visually impaired student starting in your course next month. Contact info@feach.ie for guides specifically written with 3rd level in mind, by those with experience @tcddublin @ucddublin @DCU @SETU_CWScience

Teachers! Are you interested in building your inclusion practice through #UDL? We have a last minute opportunity for you to participate in a small UDL research project that includes completing the MU 10 credit UDL micro-credential which starts September 27. For more details and

Blindness being equated to something negative, as if being blind equals destruction, weakness, or the worst possible outcome is unacceptable and wrong. That framing is harmful, because blindness is simply a way of living, not a tragedy that strips people of humanity.

Delighted that our book chapter “Transforming the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Agenda: Including Disability as an Intersectional Consideration” has been published. @RathVivian @leesonl David Loughrey Declan Treanor https://t.co/5kXqYxslG4

As we finalise the #UDLirl25 International Symposium schedule this week, its time to share some of our presenters from near and far. Dr Lisa Carey @KennedyKrieger will be facilitating a 1 hour interactive workshop to explore our, and our learners, #ExecutivefFunctioning (EF).

Happy #InternationalDogDay to everyone. I am a working #GuideDog so I’m a very special dog. I’m also a very good boy so as well as working hard I also love to play (what we call #FreeRuns) which are a really important part of my life.

🏠 If your address has changed since you last voted you can update your details online at https://t.co/5a8Ne2txcP 🏠 It's quick, easy, and can be done completely online 📱

NDPAC as part of its partnership with @aheadireland in the form of LaunchPAD were delighted to guide this important development of the Disability Policy and Supplemental Grant with @Researchirel @SimonHarrisTD @HEAaccess @DeptofFHed

@abigailruthf @Researchirel @aheadireland @SimonHarrisTD @AoifePrice @TCDgradstudies @mshevlin @IUAofficial @mccartpm @lawlessj @NormaFoleyTD1 @SchoolofEdTCD @HEAaccess @NDPAC_ @abigailruthf truly wonderful people to work with. Working in a way that epitomises how policy should be developed with disabled people in mind, that is with disabled people at the centre. We & the @aheadireland #LaunchPAD community look forward to further developments.

@RathVivian @Researchirel @aheadireland @SimonHarrisTD @AoifePrice @TCDgradstudies @mshevlin @IUAofficial @mccartpm @lawlessj @NormaFoleyTD1 @SchoolofEdTCD @HEAaccess Thanks for your very valuable conversations with us, Vivian. You and your colleagues @NDPAC_ have been great advocates and partners. Shout out to the Research Policy and Individual-led Reseach teams @Researchirel for their work to make this happen.