The ALL Institute is pleased to congratulate two of our own, Prof. Mac MacLachlan, ALL Co-Director, and Dr. Emma Smith, Postdoctoral Researcher, who were honoured last week with awards from the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) for their work in the field of assistive technology.
Prof. Mac MacLachlan received the Honorary Fellow award. RESNA Honorary Fellow Awards recognize non-members who have promoted issues and demonstrated leadership highly relevant to the field of assistive technology and rehabilitation engineering, and who have encouraged the independence of individuals with disabilities. The award was given to recognize his contributions to advancing the field of assistive technology at the global level, including his work to promote equity for persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups in policy development and implementation.
Dr. Emma Smith received the Distinguished Service award, which recognizes members for their sustained contributions and service to RESNA and to the field of assistive technology and rehabilitation engineering. Dr. Smith was recognized for her her contributions to the RESNA Professional Standards Board, Special Interest Groups, Board of Directors, Student Design Competition, Annual Conference, and as the incoming Editor-in-Chief of the Assistive Technology Journal.
ALL Institute: Assisting Living & Learning
ToggleCongratulations to Prof. Mac MacLachlan, ALL Co-Director, and Dr. Emma Smith, Postdoctoral Researcher, who were honoured last week with awards from the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA)
News
International Disability Alliance Announce Preliminary Results of the First Global Survey DPO Participation
Joanne McVeigh, Delia Ferri, Mac MacLachlan and Hasheem Hannan (UCD) have been working on the IDA Global Survey on DPO Participation in Development Programmes and Policies
Date: Sunday, 09 June 2019
ALL Member, Rebecca Maguire has Article Published on RTE's Brainstorm
Fears, hopes and expectations: How thinking about the future can help us cope with illness
Date: Friday, 07 June 2019
ALL Member, Ana Maria Sanchez Rodriguez Presented a Paper at the Law and Society Annual Meeting in Washington
"Strengthening Disability People's Organizations to Scale Up – Case Study in Lao PDR"
Date: Sunday, 02 June 2019
Congratulations to Mac MacLachlan, Director, ALL Institute on Award from BPS
Congratulations Mac MacLachlan, on your Equality of Opportunity Award
Date: Friday, 31 May 2019
ALL Member, Ciarán Mac an Bhaird Wins MU Teaching Award
The Maynooth University Staff Recognition Awards were celebrated at a ceremony in Phoenix on Thursday, 30th May
Date: Thursday, 30 May 2019
ALL Institute Member, Ana Maria Sánchez Rodríguez, organized the first workshop on scaling for disability people’s organisations in Lao
The event was organized with the support of Humanity and Inclusion in LAO PDR and the Lao Disabled People’s (LDPA)
Date: Friday, 24 May 2019
ALL Member, Dr. Delia Ferri has New Article Published in Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies
Article entitle 'The Social Dimension of EU State Aid Law and Policy'
Date: Tuesday, 21 May 2019
ALL Member, Katriona O'Sullivan in the Irish Times
Irish Times Article: "Long division: Are we doing enough to narrow the inequality gap in Irish schools? A gaping chasm remains in outcomes between our poorest schools and others"
Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2019
Ronan Foley, ALL Member Presents at 2 Conferences in Ireland this Spring
"Green and Blue Spaces and Health: A Health-led Approach" "Valuing Blue Space for Health & Wellbeing: Indoor and Outdoor Perspectives"
Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2019
Dreamspace leads to a dream partnership!
Katriona O'Sullivan from the ALL Institute, has been awarded a research grant from Microsoft Ireland to establish the educational impact of Dreamspace
Date: Friday, 10 May 2019