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MU at UM! ALL Institute Member Dr. Emma Smith recently gave an Invited Lecture on Assistive Technology and Human Rights as part of the University of Manitoba’s Illuminate Speaker Series
ALL Institute Member Dr. Emma Smith recently gave an Invited Lecture on Assistive Technology and Human Rights as part of the University of Manitoba’s Illuminate Speaker Series. Dr. Smith described how assistive technology is critical to the realization of human rights for persons with disabilities. A recording of her lecture is available below, and a copy of the slides (screen reader compatible) is available by emailing Dr. Smith at Emma.Smith@mu.ie
Date: Thursday, 20 January 2022
Ideas in ALL: ALL Blog One Year Anniversary
Today, 3rd December 2021, the ALL Blog: Ideas In ALL, is celebrating our First Anniversary! Once again coinciding with the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2021. To celebrate we have arranged a virtual symposium of various posts commemorating International Day for Persons with Disabilities, across a variety of disciplines. The First Anniversary Symposium is thanks to our wonderful new editorial board - Lea Urzel, Hannah Casey, Matthew McKenna, Managing Editor Anastasia Campbell and our Blog Director Professor Delia Ferri A huge thanks to our contributors who produced fantastic posts and we are so grateful to be able to host such a wonderful collection of posts to mark our Anniversary and the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
Date: Friday, 03 December 2021
Publication by ALL member Rosemary Gowran and colleague Kimberly Mathis in 'Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology'
Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member Rosemary Gowran and colleague Kimberly Mathis publish a new paper in 'Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology' entitled, 'A cross-sectional survey investigating wheelchair skills training in Ireland'
Date: Thursday, 18 November 2021
New publication in journal Nature Communications for ALL members Katriona O’Sullivan, Serena Clark, Kevin Marshall and Mac MacLachlan.
‘A Just Digital framework to ensure equitable achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals’ article published today in Springer: Nature Communications by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute members Katriona O’Sullivan, Serena Clark, Kevin Marshall and Mac MacLachlan.
Date: Wednesday, 03 November 2021
Co-Director of ALL Institute Prof Deirdre Desmond working on the DEPTH Study that has Identified Key Guiding Principles for the Role of Technology in Promoting Inclusive Higher Education
Prof. Pamela Gallagher (School of Psychology, DCU); Postdoctoral Researcher Dr Klavdija Zorec (School of Psychology, DCU); Trevor Boland (AHEAD); Prof. Deirdre Desmond (Department of Psychology & ALL Institute, Maynooth University); and Anne O’Connor (Disability and Learning Support Service, DCU), are working on The DEPTH Study: Designing for Enhanced Participation through Technology in Higher Education. This project funded by the Irish Research Council, explores the experiences of college students with disabilities and the role of technology in promoting inclusive higher education in Ireland.
Date: Monday, 01 November 2021
New publication by ALL Member Dr Rosie Gowran and colleagues entitled, 'Understanding Parents’ Perspectives of Support Services for People Living with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus in Ireland: A Qualitative Exploration'
New publication by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Member Rosie Gowran and colleagues Maeve Buckley and Pauline Boland entitled, 'Understanding Parents’ Perspectives of Support Services for People Living with Spina Bifida and/or Hydrocephalus in Ireland: A Qualitative Exploration' the published in Disabilities
Date: Friday, 29 October 2021
ALL Member Dr Katriona O'Sullivan has been awarded the 2021 Early Career Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Achievement Award and overall recipient of the 2021 Maynooth University Early Career Research Achievement Award
Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Member and Dept of Psychology lecturer Dr Katriona O'Sullivan has been awarded the 2021 Early Career Faculty of Science and Engineering Research Achievement Award and overall recipient of the 2021 Maynooth University Early Career Research Achievement Award .
Date: Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Publication by ALL Institute member Dr Nicola Mountford and Dr Gillian Moran chapter entitled, 'Please don’t put a price on our lives”: Social media and the contestation of value in Ireland’s pricing of orphan drugs'
Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member Dr Nicola Mountford and Dr Gillian Moran, School of Business, published chapter entitled, 'Please don’t put a price on our lives”: Social media and the contestation of value in Ireland’s pricing of orphan drugs.' in the book 'Healthcare Activism: Markets, Morals, and the Collective Good' edited by Professor Susi Geiger published by Oxford University Press, U.K
Date: Friday, 01 October 2021
Dr Katriona O'Sullivan ALL members' MU ‘Digital Wealth Project’ awarded close to half a million euro in funding
The Digital Wealth Project, a collaboration between Maynooth University and Microsoft Education Ireland, has been awarded a Rethink Ireland Education grant of €450,000.The project led by Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute Maynooth University and Microsoft Education Ireland is a school outreach programme which aims to address digital poverty and increase the digital capacity of 135 schools across Ireland.
Date: Monday, 27 September 2021
Publication by ALL Institute member Dr Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez in journal 'Disability and Society'
Publication by Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member Dr Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez in journal 'Disability and Society' entitled 'Disability-inclusive development: a postcolonial analysis in Lao PDR'
Date: Tuesday, 14 September 2021