Delia Ferri, of the Department of Law, Maynooth University, and ALL Institute member presented on "The Role of the European Union in Protecting the Rights of Asylum Seekers with Disabilities: Insights for UNPRPD Projects".
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
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
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
People with a mental health disorder were five times more likely than those without to have attempted suicide.
Date: Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Ana María Sánchez Rodríguez, Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member and adjunct assistant professor at Maynooth University was selected to participate in the 2022 Global Scholars Academy (GSA) in Budapest.
Date: Friday, 17 June 2022
The graduation of STEM Passport for Inclusion students will take place in Maynooth University 24th May in Iontas Lecture theatre. The STEM Passport for Inclusion is a SFI Discover Project spearheaded by Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, ALL Institute-Maynooth University in partnership with Microsoft, MTU, Accenture, teen-turn and the RDI Hub
Date: Monday, 23 May 2022
Dr Katriona O’Sullivan, Dept of Psychology and Assisting Living and Learning (ALL) Institute member, has been invited to present in the Oireachtas today, Thursday, 19 May 22 by the gender equality committee.
Date: Thursday, 19 May 2022
ALL co-director Mac MacLachlan attended the launch of the Global Report on Assistive Technology published by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF on 16 May 2022.
Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
New research by the Maynooth University Centre for Mental Health and Community Research has recommended the development of a ‘whole of family’ approach within mental health services, including automatic consideration of children when a parent has a mental health illness.
Date: Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Publication by ALL member Emma Smith and colleagues Krista L. Best, W. Ben Mortensen and Zach Lauzière-Fitzgerald entitled, Language matters! The long-standing debate between identity-first language and person first language in Assistive Technology: The Official Journal pf RESNA
Date: Thursday, 28 April 2022