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In 2002, the Department of Education published guidance for teachers regarding autistic spectrum disorders, [1] and an evaluation of the provision of services for autistic children in Northern Ireland. [2] In 2007, the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency published a review of early intervention provision for autism. It recommended a ...
According to the Irish Examiner, the charity commences training of the dogs when they are puppies, which are then sent to a foster family for further practice, and are later matched with a family which has an autistic child. [5] [6] It receives no State funding. [7] In 2015, AADI lobbied for recognition of autism assistance dogs in Irish law.
This law has amended the DDA to clarify whether the term disability applies to autism spectrum conditions. [19] Other legislation. The Special Education Needs and Disability Act 2001, [20] and The Special Educational Needs and Disability (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 [21] offer protection from discrimination in education.
The people it supports have learning disabilities, mental ill health, dementia and autism. [2] Praxis Care has a dedicated in-house research department which monitors issues as diverse as staff and supported people satisfaction and the evaluation of schemes, as well as doing research into relevant issues.
Enable Ireland was founded in 1948 originally as Cerebral Palsy Ireland. Its founder, Dr Robert Collis, used a £100 donation from the Marrowbone Fund to establish an assessment clinic for children with disabilities. Initially, assessment and treatment services were provided on a voluntary basis.
The organisation operates in several countries and provides services to people with disabilities (physical, sensory and intellectual), people with autism, people with acquired brain injury, people with mental health issues, older people, carers and others who are marginalised. [citation needed]
These include the exclusion of disability populations from groups designated for physical health disparity research grants, the designation of autism as a "primary disease;" a designation used as a rationale for some National Institutes of Health (e.g., the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) to exclude research focused on autistic ...
The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (Irish: An Roinn Leanaí, Comhionannais, Míchumais, Lánpháirtíochta agus Óige) is a department of the Government of Ireland. It is led by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.