A campaign by transition year students during the pandemic for Scoil Dara in Kilcock to adopt a community dog was successful — and now teacher Melissa Hickey says she cannot imagine school life without Viggo.

The Workplace Relations Commission ruled that they had discriminated against the child by failing to provide reasonable accommodation for someone with a disability

For all the current emphasis on wellbeing, the State's primitive approach to regulation shows what a low priority it really is

The boy’s younger brother has also settled his High Court action while his older sister has a case pending

Couple say they cannot access services for their son in Ireland

Personal transport supports for people with disabilities are inadequate, unfair, and inequitable, Ombudsman Ger Deering told the Oireachtas committee on autism.

Schools will be able to recruit newly-qualified teachers graduating this summer as well as undergraduate student teachers who have registered with the Teaching Council

The case against the HSE was settled, the court heard, without an admission of liability.

Every Wednesday from January 18, she will sit with her father Mark in areas where TDs congregate and ask them to support a petition, she has submitted to the Oireachtas for better autism services

The campaign is similar to one adopted by climate activist Greta Thunberg, with 12-year-old Cara Darmody lobbying TDs every Wednesday.

A preschool that launched a pilot project aiming to create a ‘bridge’ of early intervention therapies for autistic children has seen official support for the project dropped.

Inspired by an inclusive surf school in the US, Tom Losey set up Liquid Therapy to cater for children with complex physical and mental needs

Method has been contested due to 'lack of evidence on its efficacy' for augmentative and alternative communication

Douglas Rochestown Educate Together had planned to open two special classes after it moves to its new permanent building

A move to ban career breaks “is not going to produce a solution” to a shortage of teachers, the Dáil has heard.

The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism recommends that sufficient resources are provided to schools in order that they may offer a comprehensive provision of the Summer Programme in 2023

20 Irish families taking court cases related to the prescribing of medication containing sodium valproate during pregnancy

Plus we met a boy who could single-handedly make mullets cool and a birthday girl who got the trip of a lifetime with her heroes

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said 18,000 children are on a waiting list to get initial contact with the children’s disability team

The Sunflower lanyard network recognises the symbol worn by those with a non-visible disability and anyone who may require extra assistance

Molly McNulty told the Child Talks event at Leinster House that the only time she didn't feel ashamed leaving her emergency accommodation was at Halloween 'because I had a mask on'

Proposed amendment to admissions legislation to allow schools receive advance applications from children who need a special class 24 months in advance of start date. 

A 12-year-old schoolgirl has become the youngest person to pass a Junior Cert exam — and she got 97%. Cara Darmody’s maths exam result has just been broadcast live on Friday’s Late Late Show.

'Cara promised Micheál Martin she would be back if she was not convinced he is doing everything he said he would do for autism services in this country. Well, guess what? She’s coming back'

Court told this was the biggest settlement in such a case where it was sought to establish an alleged link between autism and brain injury

Recent meetings between his group and senior politicians have seen the volunteers' plans gather pace.

It is very difficult indeed to reconcile Fianna Fáil’s latest manifesto, ‘An Ireland For All’, with the Taoiseach’s refusal to give assurances when pressed that those with a prepay electricity meter will also be covered by the proposed moratorium on ...

The five-year-old says her parents have had to borrow a car in order to drive her to the nearest school with a suitable place which is 18kms away

While on bail, Eamonn Deegan had abused another woman on Facebook whose child had recently taken their own life

Oireachtas hears struggles of frustrated parents whose children cannot access summer programmes 

Education columnist Jennifer Horgan consults experts in the field of neurodiversity for simple approaches that work for all children across schools.

Project, which will include a bakery, art gallery, restaurant, and a pottery business, will benefit people with autism, ADHD, and dyspraxia

Political pressure around autism classes for schools in June saw Minister Josepha Madigan pushing schools to open autism classes for September. But what happens when the 'quick fix' breaks children?

When five-year-old Nathan O’Driscoll fell at the Rainbow Club in Cork in the summer of 2021, he was scooped up by autistic volunteer Niall Quinlan. And so began a programme of life-changing physical therapy and a deep and trusting friendship between the two

Josepha Madigan announces a record number of new special classes — but teachers and inclusion advocates say the provision is still only minimal

It's just what the doctor ordered — a large and inspired dose of artistic talent to help make visits to a hospital's busy injury clinic a little less stressful.

The mother of a Cork teenager who has complex needs said she feels like the family has been “left to rot” with no support over the summer.

The attack on Salman Rushdie serves as a stark reminder that freedom of speech is a right we dare not take for granted.

The 11-year-old Tipperary schoolgirl, who raises money for autism services in and around her home town and is in the media demanding HSE and government action, is fast becoming to autism what Greta Thunberg is to the environment

The 6th class student made an impassioned plea on national radio to have the issue solved 

The WRC has ordered a clinic to pay out €3,000 compensation to a patient with autism concerning his discrimination claim relating to the non-wearing of a mask during Covid-19

Harassment began with silent phone calls in middle of night before 'crossing the boundaries' beyond mere verbal abuse, says judge

Last week, an Oireachtas committee heard how families are being pushed into poverty to pay for private assessments for their children while they remain on lengthy HSE waiting lists.

Sara Prodoni thought she had lost her son when he ran out in front of a truck, but now that he has Indi the dog, new opportunities have opened up for Ruben