by MM Support | Tuesday, 25 May, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Mary Cole Following the events of the previous year, this is inevitably a time of reflection. There is a sense that when we finally emerge from the pandemic, we can not simply return to the way things were pre-Covid. I believe this is certainly true about how...
by MM Support | Tuesday, 18 May, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Amy Jonson I am a full-time carer for my beautiful 9-year-old son who has Spastic Quad Cerebral Palsy. I also look after my elderly mum when her illness means she has trouble looking after herself. I am proud of who I am, what I do and I have a name, I am not just...
by MM Support | Saturday, 15 May, 2021 | Uncategorized
By Rachel Mewes After having listened to Brendan O’Connor’s interview with Richard Dawkins on RTE I was filled with such rage that I feel the need to write about this. Firstly, O’Connor handled Dawkins’ hateful views towards people with Down’s Syndrome with grace and...
by Dan White | Tuesday, 11 May, 2021 | Uncategorized
When I was 3, I taught myself how to play violin. My grandma Rose had played, and it was hers. I would play it almost upside down with the scroll propped up in a corner. They just assumed I was bored. “They” as in most of my family (I was bored. Don’t get me...
by Dan White | Tuesday, 4 May, 2021 | Uncategorized
Disability is the forgotten sibling of any progressive social movement. Disability is always last in line for political and media attention and deserves better as a talented, multi-diverse, and progressive community bordering on 14 million people. The exact same can...
by Dan White | Tuesday, 20 April, 2021 | Uncategorized
Political silence. The one thing you would not expect in the charity sector, especially in an era when disability is being ground deeper and sadly further into the dirt by an ableist and unwilling to listen Government. But it is there, and why you might ask. Well, in...
