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Access:

• Access Ireland - information on Wheelchair and general access in Ireland: http://www.accessireland.info/
• Institute for Design and Disability:
  http://www.idd.ie/

Arts/ Design

• Dráiocht - Arts & Disability:
  http://www.draiocht.ie
• The Arts Council:
  http://www.artscouncil.ie/english.html
• Arts and Disability Forum (Belfast, Northern Ireland):
  http://www.adf.dnet.co.uk/aboutadf.htm

Community/ Voluntary

• Carers Association: http://www.carersireland.com
• Community Exchange - communication channel for those involved or interested in the work of community and voluntary organisations: http://www.activelink.ie/ce/index.html
• Volunteering Ireland: http://www.volunteeringireland.com
• The Wheel - resources for community and voluntary sector:http://www.wheel.ie
• Directory of National Voluntary Organisations Online: http://www.cidb.ie/comhairleVCS.nsf/HTMLPages/DirOrganisationsNS?Opendocument

Benefits and Allowances

• Carer's Allowance:
  http://www.oasis.gov.ie/health/health_related_benefits_and_entitlements/carers_allowance.html
• Carers Benefit:
  http://www.oasis.gov.ie/health/health_related_benefits_and_entitlements/carers_benefit.html
• Department of Health and Children - Ill and disabled:
  http://ill.welfare.ie/home/index.xml
• Disability Allowance:
  http://www.oasis.gov.ie/health/health_related_benefits_and_entitlements/disability_allowance.html
• Disability Benefit:
  http://www.oasis.gov.ie/health/health_related_benefits_and_entitlements/disability_benefit.html
• Disablement Benefit:
  http://www.oasis.gov.ie/health/health_related_benefits_and_entitlements/disablement_benefit.html
• Housing - Disabled person's Housing Grant:
  http://www.oasis.gov.ie/housing/housing_grants/disabled_persons_grants.html

Disability Organisations

General

• Dart - Outreach group of citizens, people with disabilities and advocates of community development and disability issues:
  http://www.dartoutreach.org/
• Disability Action - Disability Action works to ensure that people with disabilities attain their full rights as citizens, by supporting inclusion, influencing Government policy and changing attitudes in partnership with disabled people (Northern Ireland).:
  http://www.disabilityaction.org/
• Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI)
  http://www.disability-federation.ie/
• Centre for Independent Living:
  http://www.dublincil.org
• Forum of People with Disabilities -promoting identity, rights and choice among disabled people:
  http://www.inforum.ie
• Naitonal Forum on Europe:
  http://www.forumoneurope.ie
• Headway Ireland - The National Association for Acquired Brain Injury
  http://www.headwayireland.ie/

Disability Organisations - Sensory Disabilities

• Access West - Sensory Disability:
  http://www.accesswest.ie/sensorydisability/
• Fighting Blindness:
  http://www.fightingblindness.ie/
• Irish Deaf Society:
  http://www.irishdeafsociety.org/
• Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind:
  http://www.guidedogs.ie/
• Irish Hard of Hearing Association:
  http://www.ihha.ie
• National Council for the Blind in Ireland:
  http://www.ncbi.ie/
• The Irish Deaf - online directory:
  http://www.irishdeaf.com
• The Visually Impaired Computer Society in Ireland:
  http://www.iol.ie/~vics/

Disability Organisations - Physical Disabilities

• Migraine Ireland:
  http://www.migraine.ie/
• Neurological Alliance of Ireland:
  http://www.nai.ie/
• Brainwave - The Irish Epilepsy Association:
  http://www.epilepsy.ie/
• Brainresearch - Dedicated to raising funds to support research and teaching of central nervous system disorders in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland:
  http://www.brainresearch.ie/
• Central Remedial Clinic - national centre for the care, treatment and development of children and adults with physical and multiple disabilities:
  http://www.crc.ie
• Cheshire Foundation - services for people with physical disabilities:
  http://www.cheshire-foundation.ie/
• Enable Ireland - support for the sufferers physical disabilities:
  http://www.enableireland.ie/
• Friedreichs Ataxia Society Ireland - information on Ataxia:
  http://www.fasi.ie/
• Irish Kidney Association:
  http://www.ika.ie/
• Irish Wheelchair Association:
  http://www.iwa.ie/
• MS Society Ireland - helping those affected with Multiple Sclerosis:
  http://www.ms-society.ie/
• Muscular Dystrophy Ireland:
  http://www.mdi.ie/
• Post Polio Support Group:
  http://www.ppsg.ie/

Disability Organisations - Intellectual and Learning Disabilities

• namhi – National Association for People with an Intellectual Disability’:
  http://www.namhi.ie .ie
• Down Syndrome Ireland:
  http://www.downsyndrome.ie
• Dyslexia Association:
  http://www.clubi.ie/dyslexia/acld.html
• L'Arche - provides a service of support for people with intellectual disabilities.:
  http://www.larche.ie/
• National Federation of Voluntary Bodies - voluntary association of organisations who provide services to persons with intellectual disability and their families:
  http://www.fed-vol.com/
• Peter Bradley Foundation - brain injury services:
  http://www.peterbradleyfoundation.ie/
• St John of Gods Services for people with intellectual disabilities:
  http://www.sjog.ie/sjog/services/services_intell_main.html
• St Michael's House - range of specialized day and residential services to people with learning disabilities throughout Dublin city and county:
  http://www.smh.ie
• Sunbeam House Services - provides training, employment and care services for adults with a learning disability:
  http://www.sunbeam.ie
• The European Association of Societies of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and their Families:
  http://www.inclusion-europe.org/

Disability Organisations - Mental and Emotional Disabilities

• Alzheimer Society of Ireland:
  http://www.alzheimer.ie/
• Aware - Helping Defeat Depression:
  http://www.aware.ie
• Camphill - Mental disability:
  http://www.camphill.ie/indexhome.shtml
• Mental Health Ireland:
  http://www.mentalhealthireland.ie/mhi/index.asp

Education

General

• AHEAD - Association for Higher Education Access and Disability:
  http://ahead.ie
• National Centre for Technology in Education:
  http://www.ncte.ie/SpecialNeedsICT/TechnologyAdvice/AdviceSheets/SpecificLearningDisability/
• Aisling Foundation:
  http://www.theaislingfoundation.org/
• NUI Galway Disability Law and Policy Research Unit:
  http://www.nuigalway.ie/law/disability.html

Education - Universities - Disability Services:

• Dublin City University:
  http://www.dcu.ie/disability/
• Dublin Institute of Technology :
  http://www.dit.ie/DIT/students/support/disability.html
• NUI Galway:
  http://www.nuigalway.ie/student_life/student_services/disability_office/
• NUI Maynooth:
  http://www.may.ie/registrar/access/Disability.shtml
• Trinity College Dublin:
  www.tcd.ie/disability
• Union of Students in Ireland:
  http://www.usi.ie/campaigns/disability.htm
• University College Cork:
  http://www.ucc.ie/services/dss/
• University College Dublin:
  http://www.ucd.ie/~disabil/
• University of Limerick:
  http://www.ul.ie/careers/careers/stugrad/disability.shtml
• Waterford Institute of Technology:
  http://www.wit.ie/chart/disability.html

Employment

• Equal - seeks to identify and address fundamental forms of discrimination and inequality in the labour market:
  http://www.equal-ci.ie/index1.html
• Fás:http://www.fas.ie
• Irish Congress of Trade Union - Integrating people with disabilities into the workplace:
  http://www.ictu.ie/html/priority/discrimination/disability.htm
• Workway - Employment & Training for people with disabilities:
  http://www.workway.ie/index.asp

Equality and Human Rights

• Equality Authority:
  http://www.equality.ie/
• Equal Status Act 2000:
  http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA8Y2000S4.html
• Irish Council for Civil Liberties:
  http://www.iccl.ie
• ODEI - the Equality Tribunal - first location for equality cases arising under both employment equality and equal status legislation:
  http://www.odei.ie

Events

• Special Olympics:
  http://www.2003specialolympics.com
• European Year of People with Disabilities 2003 - Ireland:
  www.able.ie or www.eypd2003.ie

General

• Disability.ie - portal site for disability related information in Ireland :
  http://www.disability.ie/home.asp

Health Boards

• Eastern Coast Area Health Board:
  http://www.erha.ie/view_categories.php?nCatId=276
  Dublin South, Dublin South East, Wicklow
• Mid Western Health Board:
  http://www.mwhb.ie/index.htm
  Limerick, Tipperary N.R., East Limerick, Clare
• Midland Health Board:
  http://www.mhb.ie/mhb/
  Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath
• Northern Area Health Board:
  http://www.erha.ie/view_categories.php?nCatId=275
  Dublin North Central, Dublin North West, Dublin North
• North Western Health Board:
  http://www.nwhb.ie/
  Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal
• South Eastern Health Board:
  http://www.sehb.ie/index.htm
  Carlow, Kilkenny, South Tipperary, Waterford, Wexford
• Southern Health Board:
  http://www.shb.ie/
  Cork (North/South Lee), North Cork, West Cork, Kerry
• South Western Area Health Board:
  http://www.erha.ie/view_categories.php?nCatId=277
  Dublin South, Dublin South West, Dublin West, Kildare/West Wicklow
• Western Health Board:
  http://www.whb.ie/
  Galway, Mayo, Roscommon

Housing

• Housing Association for Integrated Living:
  http://www.hail.ie/home.html
• Irish Council for Social Housing:
  http://www.icsh.ie

International Links

• European Disability Forum:
  http://www.edf-feph.org
• European Year of People with Disabilities:
  http://www.eypd2003.org/eypd/index.jsp
• Disability World - online magazine:
  http://www.disabilityworld.org/
• Institute of Independent Living - serve self-help organisations of disabled people who work for equal opportunities, self-determination and self-respect:
  http://www.independentliving.org/
• The European Association of Societies of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and their Families:
  http://www.inclusion-europe.org/

Irish Government

• Equal Status Act 2000:
  http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/ZZA8Y2000S4.html
• Irish Government - information on the Irish State:
  http://www.irlgov.ie/
• Irish Government Departments:
  http://www.irlgov.ie/departments/index.asp
• Department of Social & Family Affairs:
  http://portal.welfare.ie/index.xml
• Department of Health and Children:
  http://www.doh.ie/
• Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform:
  http://www.justice.ie
• Members of the Government - 29th Dáil:
  http://www.irlgov.ie/oireachtas/Members-29th-Dail/govmembers.htm
• National Disability Authority:
  http://www.nda.ie
• Oireachtas - information and contact details for Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann:
  http://www.gov.ie/oireachtas/frame.htm

Public Services

• Contact information for public services in Ireland:
  http://contacts.gov.ie/
• Combat Poverty Agency - promoting a just and inclusive society by working for the prevention and elimination of poverty and social exclusion:
  http://www.combatpoverty.ie/index.html
• Comhairle - Comhairle is the national support agency responsible for the provision of information, advice and advocacy to members of the public on social services.:
  http://www.comhairle.ie
• Dublin City Corporation Disability Services:
  http://www.dublincity.ie/disability/
• Information Commissioner, the Office of:
  www.irlgov.ie/oic
• Oasis - info on Public Services:
  http://www.oasis.gov.ie/
• Ombudsman and Disability: http:
  http://ombudsman.gov.ie/23fe_156.htm
• Reach Services - connecting people and public services:
  http://www.reachservices.ie/static/

Support services

• National Adult Literacy Agency:
  http://www.nala.ie/
• Rehab Care - training, employment, social care and commercial services:
  http://www.rehab.ie
• Samaritans:
  http://www.samaritans.org/
• Youthreach - Early School leavers:
  http://www.youthreach.ie

Travel and Transport

• Bus Éireann
  http://www.buseireann.ie
• Bus Éireann disabled access:
  http://www.buseireann.ie/site/about_us/accessibility.asp
• Disabled Drivers Association:
  http://www.iol.ie/~ability/
• Dublin Airport - Travellers with a disability:
  http://www.dub.aero/AR_Dublin/Live/Lv_pres_GenTemplate.asp?strPage_Name=DN_Disability
• Dublin Bus:
  http://www.dublinbus.ie/
• Dublin Bus disabled access:
  http://www.dublinbus.ie/about_us/accessibility.asp
• Irish Rail:
  http://www.irishrail.ie/
• Irish Rail disabled access:
  http://www.irishrail.ie/about_us/disabled_access.asp

Training

• Disability Consultancy Services
  http://www.disabilityconsultancy.ie/

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