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Fantastic support - thanks for lighting up to shine a spotlight on disability #PurpleLights23 #IDPwD23

I am waiting for my shots to download from today, hopefully I have some good ones #PurpleLights22 has been different. Some people go out of their way to help and some to hinder. All that counts is we celebrate today UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities @DisabilityFed

Many thanks to Reverend Stephen Neill of Celbridge Christ Church Celbridge & Straffan with Newcastle-Lyons for lighting Christ Church in purple to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities. #PurpleLights23 #IDPWD23 #KildareDisabilityWeek #CommunitySupport #inclusion

International Day of Persons with Disability. @James22034777 , you have thought me resilience, you’ve thought me strength, you’ve thought me how to adapt, positivity &that difference is beautiful and full of ability. Thank you for being you &showing us just how it’s done.🤍♿️

Episode 2: DDAI Member Nikki Bradley, motivational speaker, adaptive adventurer, and disability activist. Nikki was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer called Ewings Sarcoma when she was 16 years old. open.spotify.com/episode/0KAwK2…

'My Driving Force' - A NEW DDAI PODCAST about what drives people to reach their goals and achieve their full potential in life. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/my-… Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/57QgZjZRl… Amazon/Audient: amzn.eu/d/2V8VpOC

I’m Asking Everyone Who Knows Me & Supports Me - Please Share This Article - We Must Resist & Stop This Appalling Tory Proposal For #Disabled Irish Citizens - Tom Clonan: Disability rights in Ireland are in free fall — and new proposals will make it worse irishexaminer.com/opinion/commen…

What a turn out for the @MyrtleTheCoast residents demonstration around the access issue in Clongriffin dart station! We need universal access and we need it now!! @ClongriffinTown @ClongriffinTT @DisabilityFed @centralremedial @IrishWheelchair @InclusionIre @ILMIreland @adayinmywheels @NewstalkFM @joeliveline @CarersIreland @adayinmywheels @adayinmywheels @struggleiswheel @fussireland

Delighted to have a @ChangingPlacesI place open in Dun Laoghaire baths . It’s been a long wait to get something open in the town. @dlrcc @dlrcommunity #changingplacestoilet #weallgottogo

Update on the disability parking bays in the Council car park. The♿️bays have been reinstated and have received a fresh coat of paint .A big thank you 🙏 to the staff in the local area engineer’s office for their positive engagement on this matter.#Inclusion #AccessMatters

Galway is brilliant! Learning so much at Disability Law Summer School @uniofgalway . Also visited Salthill for a spin this evening 🦽

👏 👏👏👏👏👏 Well done to Leigh Gath for her determined lobbying and advocacy on the Disabled Drivers scheme. Great work. Pic Leigh + Eugene Gath, both Thalidomiders, and @mmcgrathtd gov.ie/en/press-relea…

Save the date! The @NDAIreland Annual Conference 2023 will take place on October 26th. The theme this year is #UNCRPD article 29 - Guaranteeing the equal participation of disabled people in public and political life in Ireland. nda.ie/events/save-th…

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨 Following on from the report published by the @OfficeOmbudsman last week Sean will be interviewing the Ombudsman himself, Ger Deering, this Friday from 4-5pm to discuss the findings of the report. We are delighted to be given this opportunity to chat with him around this important report and this is an interview not to be missed. If there is something you think we could discuss let us know and Sean will endeavour to discuss it. #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs dublinsouthfm.ie @WaterfordDN @NCBI_sightloss @IrishDeafSoc @AsIAmIreland @spinalinjuries @IrelandPhysical @DADACampaign @_DPIreland @FreedomSaoirse @DublinSouthFM

The Minister for Finance Michael McGrath, TD has signed regulations that establishes a fourth category of reliefs in the Disabled Drivers and Disabled Passengers Scheme - ddai.ie/news

So today is exactly one year since my first adventure on Jimbos Accessible Adventures. Thanks so much for watching my journey and excited about next few months 🦼🚌🚝

The best weekend with the best people. Thank you @Donna_Scully & @tedthered77 & @LiverpoolDSA for all my dreams come through. What a win 🥇 ⚽️ #YNWA

When I complain about the state of disabled parking spaces in Ireland, and I tell @DubCityCouncil fix their ones and install them correctly in the first place. I always think of this one. Outside @DisabilityFed @IrishWheelchair @AnneRabbitte @HollyCairnsTD @PaulineTullyTD

We're hearing of disabled people cutting back on heating due to #CostOfLiving. In 2022 1 in 5 people unable to work due to long-standing health problems (disability) were unable to afford to keep their home adequately warm (19.5%), compared to 5.7% of employed or retired people.

Busy week In hospital appointments this week and it’s only Tuesday