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Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in 3rd level education & employment - Irish centre of expertise. Includes SLDs like Dyslexia... AHEAD is a national centre of expertise in inclusive practices for education & employment.
AHEAD, Association for Higher Education Access and Disability is an independent non-profit organisation working to promote full access to and participation in further and higher education for students with disabilities and to enhance their employment prospects on graduation.
AHEAD provides information to students and graduates with disabilities, teachers, guidance counsellors and parents on disability issues in education.
AHEAD works with graduates and employers through the GET AHEAD Graduate Forum and the WAM Mentored Work Placement Programme.
AHEAD coordinates LINK an Erasmus funded network of organisations promoting the inclusion of students & graduates with disabilities within the EU.
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facebook.comSome tips for looking after your #mentalhealth over the Christmas season http://ow.ly/S3Eo30hmXv9
You can find a draft schedule for our Conference 2018, Let’s Bring the Elephant into the Room - Reshaping the #inclusive environment in #further & #higher #education, on our website now #elephantAHEAD http://ow.ly/R9iO30hmQ3J
Do you have #college #exams coming up after Christmas? Here's some tips on how to balance study and taking time off to enjoy the holidays http://ow.ly/N56l30hlD46
AHEADSTART, is AHEAD's blended learning #training #course on supporting #students with #disabilities in #further and #higher #education. For more information or to register for our January term have a look on our website. http://ow.ly/QLTK30hlfVN
Appwatch: Voice Dream Reader reads documents aloud, and can be tailored to every reading style and level http://ow.ly/l65r30hlf06
AHEAD conference, 20th& 21st March 2018,Let’s Bring the Elephant into the Room, examines best #practice approaches on the #institution, #faculty and #student #support level. For more information visit our website http://ow.ly/VrXX30hjHnv
#Computational thinking (CT) is essential to the development of #computer applications, but it can also be used to #support #problem solving across all disciplines, including #maths, #science, and the #humanities http://ow.ly/yIx530hjBiU
Video Fri: To celebrate the #YestoISL bill, here's a clip of our staff member Caroline, performing Adele - Set Fire To The Rain in #IrishSignLanguage https://www.facebook.com/DublinMFD/videos/1593019777389129/
Irish #author Brona Mills who has #dyslexia, published first novel, A Time For Everything, the first independently published book to be carried in Tesco stores in Ireland http://ow.ly/XeDD30hdFQk
Legislation to officially recognise Irish Sign Language (#ISL) set to pass through Dáil today http://ow.ly/i1d830hdBWA
Microsoft welcomed UK PM Theresa May announcement to expand the “fit note” scheme and #training for work coaches. It aims to help people with #disabilities and those with physical and #mentalhealth conditions find #employment and progress in those #roles http://ow.ly/sbwv30hcixl
Appwatch: DEAL Talking Tags is a talking label maker/#reader #application, #designed in support of #accommodating the access needs of individuals who are #blind. http://ow.ly/YbEA30hcabd
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