ALL Institute: Assisting Living & Learning

ALL Member Dr. Ana Maria Sanchez Rodriguez at 11th Conference of States Parties, New York

Tuesday, June 12, 2018 - 12:45

Ana Maria participated with the Humanity and Inclusion delegation in the 11th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), from June 12 to June 14 201. The COSP is the space where states parties meet to consider matters relating to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It takes place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The COSP overarching theme for this year was “Leaving no one behind through the full implementation of the CRPD”. This year 9 members of the Committee of the CRPD were selected.

Photo of Ana with Humanity and Inclusion delegation at COSP event

Humanity and Inclusion team and women with disabilities activists

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Screenshot form Oireachtas TV about joint committee on disability matters

ALL Institute co-director Mac MacLachlan spoke to the Joint Committee on Disability Matters in the Oireachtas this morning.

Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute co-director Mac MacLachlan spoke to the Joint Committee on Disability Matters in the Oireachtas on behalf of Maynooth University this morning 6th October 2022.

Date: Thursday, 06 October 2022

SHAPES Consortium meeting in Thessaloniki

SHAPES Consortium 2nd in person meeting at the end of the third year of the project and post Covid looks forward to more frequent meetings.

Date: Wednesday, 05 October 2022

Dr Katriona O Sullivan in front of participants of the STEM Passport for Inclusion Project

STEM Passport for Inclusion program has been nominated for the 1st Annual Women in Tech European Award – Most Impactful Initiative Award

STEM Passport for Inclusion program, led by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member Dr Katriona O'Sullivan, has been nominated for the 1st Annual Women in Tech European Award for Most Impactful Initiative Award, taking place in Amsterdam on the 20th September.

Date: Thursday, 08 September 2022

Holly Foley speaking at the STEMP Inc graduation in front of a Maynooth University backdrop

Dr Holly Foley appointed the Universal Design for Learning lead for Maynooth University this year.

Dr Holly Foley, ALL Institute member and Project Manager for the STEM Passport for Inclusion Project, will be the Universal Design for Learning lead for Maynooth this year. Booking is now open for Maynooth staff (you don’t have to be teaching/lecturing).

Date: Thursday, 25 August 2022

Clinical Psychology Forum Number 353 - May 2022. Special Issue: Interrogating Disability, Part One. Edited by The Interrogating Disability Collective. Cover

ALL Co-Director Mac MacLachlan publishes article in Special Issue of the Clinical Psychology Forum

ALL Co-Director Mac MacLachlan publishes article entitled, ‘Structure power and practice: Designing a new rights-based national clinical programme for people with disability in Ireland’ in Clinical Psychology Forum Special Issue: Interrogating Disability, Part One

Date: Tuesday, 16 August 2022

Disability & Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology Cover Page

Publication in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology by ALL Institute members and WHO representatives entitled ‘Assistive technologies are central to the realization of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’

Publication in Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute members and World Health Organisation (WHO) representatives entitled ‘Assistive technologies are central to the realization of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’

Date: Friday, 29 July 2022

ALL Member Emma Smith awarded RESNA award for her contributions to the field of rehabilitation engineering & assistive technology, and service to the organization.

Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Member and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow Dr Emma Smith has been awarded the 2022 RESNA (Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America) Fellow Award for her contributions to the field of rehabilitation engineering & assistive technology, and service to the organization.

Date: Wednesday, 27 July 2022

Master of Science Scholarship in Monitoring of Organisations of People with Disabilities (OPDs) Participation in Development Programmes and Policies

The Assisting Living & Learning (ALL) Institute of Maynooth University and the International Disability Alliance (IDA) are pleased to announce that a Master of Science (MSc) Scholarship will be available for one student intending to commence MSc studies in 2022.

Date: Wednesday, 20 July 2022

Several people sitting around on a panel discussion at conference

Members of the ALL Institute present at the ICCHP AAATE conference that took place in Lecco, Italy

Members of the Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute presented at the Joint International Conference on Digital Inclusion, Assistive Technology & Accessibility - ICCHP-AAATE 2022, Lecco, Italy

Date: Tuesday, 19 July 2022

Over 40% of Irish adults have a mental health disorder and one in ten have attempted suicide – MU, NCI and Trinity College research

People with a mental health disorder were five times more likely than those without to have attempted suicide.

Date: Tuesday, 28 June 2022

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