Links

Social Work

• Irish Association Of Social Workers https://www.iasw.ie/
• National Association Of Social Workers http://socialworkers.org/
• National Home-sharing & Short-breaks Network http://www.nhsn.ie/
• Short Breaks Network http://www.shortbreaksnetwork.org.uk/

Inclusion Ireland

• Inclusion Ireland has releases some new instructional videos. Check them out http://www.youtube.com/InclusionIreland or www.inclusionireland.ie.

Access

• Access Ireland - information on Wheelchair and general access in Ireland:http://www.accessireland.info/

Community/Voluntary

• Carers Association: http://www.carersireland.com
• Volunteering Ireland: http://www.volunteeringireland.com
• The Wheel - resources for community and voluntary sector:http://www.wheel.ie
• Galway Advocacy Service: http://www.galwayadvocacyservice.ie/

Disability Organisations
General

• Assessing your Child's need under the Dissability Act 2005 http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/4/disability/Disability_Assessment/ 
• Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI): http://www.disability-federation.ie/
• National Forum on Europe: http://www.forumoneurope.ie
• People with Disabilities in Ireland: http://www.pwdi.ie/

Autism Ireland http://www.autismireland.ie/benefits-entitlements/housing-adaptation-gra... 

• disABILITY: http://www.disability.ie/
• Galway Centre for Independent Living: http://www.gcil.ie/index.html

Disability Schemes/Organisations - Intellectual and Learning Disabilities

• Home Share Galway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4hA7ArvR4s
• Inclusion Ireland: http://www.inclusionireland.ie
• Down Syndrome Ireland: http://www.downsyndrome.ie
• 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.fedvol.ie/
• Sunbeam House Services - provides training, employment and care services for adults with a learning disability: http://www.sunbeam.ie

Education
General

• AHEAD - Association for Higher Education Access and Disability:http://ahead.ie
• Kanchi (formerly The Aisling Foundation): http://www.kanchi.org/
• NUI Galway Disability Law and Policy Research Unit:http://www.nuigalway.ie/cdlp/

Education - Universities - Disability Services

• NUI Galway:http://www.nuigalway.ie/student_life/student_services/disability_office/
• Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT)

http://www.gmit.ie/access-office/students-with-disabilities.html

• Trinity College Dublin: www.tcd.ie/disability
• 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

Employment

• Fás: http://www.fas.ie
• IASE(Irish Association of Supported Employment) aim of promoting and developing supported employment throughout Ireland. http://www.iase.ie
• Employ Ability Galway: http://www.employabilitygalway.ie/disability-services.aspx

 
Equality and Human Rights

• Equality Authority: http://www.equality.ie/
• Irish Council for Civil Liberties: http://www.iccl.ie

Events

• Special Olympics Ireland: http://www.specialolympics.ie

 
Health

• Health Service Executive:http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/Find_a_Service/LHO/Galway/Disability_Services/

 
Housing

• Irish Council for Social Housing: http://www.icsh.ie

International Links

• European Disability Forum: http://www.edf-feph.org
• 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/
• World Cerebral Palsy http://www.worldcpday.org/ambassadors/

Government

• 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.dohc.ie/
• Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform: http://www.justice.ie
• 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
• Galway City Council:http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/Accessibility/ServicesforPersonswithaDisability/
• Galway County Council:http://www.galway.ie/en/AboutYourCouncil/CustomerService/Accessibility/AccessibleInformationPolicy/
• Regulating Health and Social Care Professionals http://www.coru.ie/

Public Services

• Information Commissioner, the Office of: www.irlgov.ie/oic
• Citizen Information National Advocacy Service: http://www.citizensinformationboard.ie/en/services/advocacy//

Supported Living

• http://www.galwaycity.ie/AllServices/Housing/FormsandGuidelines/220113_01.pdf for the application to the city council for housing support.
• http://www.galway.ie/en/Services/Housing/ApplicationForms/FilesTable/Application%20Form%20for%20Social%20Housing%20Support.pdf for the application to the county council for housing support.
• http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/housing/local_authority_and_social_housing/applying_for_local_authority_housing.html
• http://www.welfare.ie/en/pdf/swa_rs1.pdf​ Dept of Social Protection.

Support services

• National Adult Literacy Agency: http://www.nala.ie/

Travel and Transport

• Disabled Drivers Association: http://www.ddai.ie/
• Irish Rail: http://www.irishrail.ie/

http://www.irishrail.ie/your_journey/disabled_access.asp

• Bus Eireann: http://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=120

 
Training

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