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2/12/2011 - Disability studies association of ireland proposed at international day of persons with disabilities celebration

The NUIG Centre for Disability Law at Policy together with UCD Centre for Disability Studies, TCD National Institute for Intellectual Disability and University of Ulster held an event celebrating the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on the 2nd of December 2011 in TCD. Prestigious speakers such as Anna Lawson, Professor Patricia Noonan Walsh, Professor Gerard Quinn and Eithne Fitzgerald spoke at the event which was chaired by Martin Naughton.

Professor Quinn discussed the proposal of an inclusive and inter-disciplinary Disability Studies of Ireland and presented a memo which explores options for the establishment of this Disability Studies Association in Ireland or a similar body (North and South). The memo mentioned can be found here.

The founding partners (TCD NIID, UCD Centre for Disability Studies, the University of Ulster and NUI Galway Centre for Disability Law & Policy) will host a follow-through meeting of all institutions and individuals interested to be held in UCD on 12 March next. For further information contact roisin.fitzpatricknuigalway.ie or any of the four founding centres.  

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