The NUI Galway Centre for Disability Law at Policy
together with University College Dublin Centre for Disability Studies, Trinity College
Dublin 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 that was chaired by Martin
Naughton.
From left to right: Patricia Bray, Dr Suzanne Guerin, Anna Lawson, Associate Prof Christine Linehan, Eithne Fitzgerald, Martin Naughton, Prof Patricia Noonan Walsh, Prof Gerard Quinn
Professor Quinn discussed the proposal of an inclusive
and inter-disciplinary Disability Studies of Ireland and presented a memo that
explores options for the establishment of this Disability Studies Association
in Ireland or a similar body (North and South). The memo 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.fitzpatrick@nuigalway.ie
or any of the four founding centres.
