Who to contact?

 If you would like to contact someone in the Disability Support Service Team, please choose from the options below: 

 

Meet the Disability Support Team 

Administrative Team

Jessica McCreanor
Administrative Assistant
Email: disabilityservice@universityofgalway.ie 

Hazel Stanley
Administrative Assistant
Email: disabilityservice@universityofgalway.ie

Area of support: Provides disability support related information to students, colleagues and members of the public, and administrative support to the Disability Support Service Team.

 

Disability Officer

Bernie McGee
Disability Officer
Email: Bernie McGee

Area of support: Overall management of the Disability Support Service.

 

Disability Advisors

Catherine Dufficy
Assistant Disability Officer
Email: Catherine Dufficy

Area of support: Needs assessments and advisor for students who apply to the Disability Support Service with physical, sensory and ongoing medical conditions. Provides support to the Disability Officer.

 

Maeve McCaldin 
Disability Advisor
Email: Maeve McCaldin

Area of support: Needs assessments and advisor for students who apply to the Disability Support Service with mental health and neurological conditions. Campus accommodation for students with disabilities. Placement planning for students with disabilities.

 

Pearce Johnson
Disability Advisor
Email: Pearce Johnson

Area of support: Needs assessments and advisor for students who apply to the Disability Support Service with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia/dyscalculia), developmental coordinator disorder (dyspraxia) and attention deficit disorders (ADD/ADHD).

 

Siobhan Jordan
Disability Advisor
Email: Siobhan Jordan

Area of support: Needs assessments and advisor for students who apply to the Disability Support Service.

 

Grace Denny
Disability Advisor
Email: Grace Denny

Area of support: Needs assessments and advisor for students who apply to the Disability Support Service.

Assistive Technology Team

 

Denise Keaveney
Assistive Technology Officer
Email: Denise Keaveney

Sylvia Nutley   
Assistive Technology Officer
Email: Sylvia Nutley

Area of support: Provides assistive technology and related training to students registered with the Disability Support Service.


Email enquiries should be directed to disabilityservice@universityofgalway.ie

 

Occupational Therapists

Jessica Duggan
Senior Occupational Therapist
Email: Jessica Duggan

Area of Support: Supports students registered with the Disability Support Service to participate fully in the activities of college life and engage in their academic study.  

 

 

Location

Photo of the student services building on-campus
Áras Ui Chathail

The Disability Support Service (DSS) is located in the Access Centre on the ground floor of Áras Ui Chathail.

See location of Áras Ui Chathail on the college interactive map or on this Campus Map (accessibility).
The front entrance on the right-hand side of the building is an automatic door.