Prospective Students
NUI Galway and its Disability Support Service are committed to providing educational opportunities to all students with disabilities, prospective or current.
The DSS welcomes students with a variety of disabilities including:
Aspergers Syndrome/Autism, Dyspraxia, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Physical disabilities, ADD/ADHD, Mental Health Conditions, Blind/Vision Impairment, Deaf/Hearing Impaired, Neurological Conditions and Signifcant Ongoing Illnesses.
If you have any queries that are not answered by this website, please contact us at 091 - 492813.
If you wish to apply to NUI Galway through the Disability Access Route to Education (DARE), please see
http://www.accesscollege.ie/
DARE & HEAR Application Advice Clinics
Saturday January 14th 2012. 10am - 2pm.
- Drop in anytime between 10am and 2pm for information on the HEAR and DARE Schemes
- Talk to DARE and HEAR advisors about your application.
- Information Videos will be shown hourly throughout the morning.
- Applicants, parents, guardians, teachers, guidance counsellors all welcome
Click here
http://www.accesscollege.ie/dare/DAREHEARAppAdviceClinic2011.php for more information and to download a brochure
Assistive Technology (AT) Exhibition & Demonstration Wednesday 8th February 2012
The Disability Support Services are holding an Assistive Technology (AT) Exhibition & Demonstration to provide students, parents, teachers and professionals the opportunity to review specialised software and equipment.
The event is being held in
Áras na Mac Léinn, National University of Ireland, Galway
on
Wednesday 8th February 2012 from
11am to 3pm. The exhibition and demonstration is open to all, no booking is required and you are welcome to come along at some stage during the event.
It is an ideal opportunity for school & college staff, parents and students and others who are interested to view and discuss the many technologies (software and hardware) available with expert providers and how the assistive technology can be of benefit to students with disabilities or specific learning difficulties in their everyday school and personal lives.
For further details please visit
http://www.nuigalway.dss.ie/ for list of exhibitors and demonstration schedule or alternatively contact
Brid McGann at
brid.mcgann
nuigalway.ie
or phone 091-492744
or 091-492813