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NDA Annual Conference 2010

This year the NDA Annual Conference 'Promoting Independent Living and Community Participation for People with Disabilities: A Whole Systems Approach' will take place in the Aviva Stadium, Lansdowne Road, Dublin on October 13th.

Consultation on eLearning Module Design

The NDA has commissioned Line Communications to develop an eLearning module to provide introductory Disability Equality Training for public sector staff in Ireland. For more background on this project, see the eLearning Project FAQs. The NDA is now consulting with interested parties about the draft content of this eLearning module and the technical and accessibility specifications.

Pregnancy, childbirth, early motherhood project

In November 2007 NDA commissioned research, in a joint initiative with the National Women’s Council of Ireland, to explore the strengths and weaknesses of publicly funded Irish health services provided to women with disabilities in relation to pregnancy, childbirth and early motherhood. The research, funded by NDA, was carried out by a team of researchers from the School of Nursing and Midwifery in Trinity College Dublin.

NDA Strategic Plan 2010-2012 - Progressing the Disability Agenda

The National Disability Authority launched its Strategic Plan 2010-2012 - Progressing the Disability Agenda on 10 March 2010

Report on employment of people with disabilities in the public service in 2008

The NDA has presented its third statutory report on Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005, to Mr Dermot Ahern TD, Minister for Justice and Law Reform. Under Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005 all public bodies are required to promote and support the employment of people with disabilities in the public service and to reach a statutory minimum target of 3% of staff with disabilities.

Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005: Monitoring and Reporting process - resources for 2009

The statutory reporting forms and the NDA's guidance materials are available to download in English, Irish and accessible HTML. Other formats can be made available on request.

Disclosing Disability in the Workplace a Review of Literature and Practice in the Irish Public Sector

One of the functions of the National Disability Authority is to monitor the compliance with the 3% target for the employment of people with disabilities in Public Bodies. The National Disability Authority commissioned researchers to gain an understanding of how people with disabilities who are employed in the public sector view the monitoring process as well as the factors they feel facilitate and hinder the disclosure of a disability in the workplace.

NDA's 2008 Annual Report

NDA's 2008 Annual Report details the progress made by the NDA in the many issues directly related to the lives of people with disabilities in the key areas of policy, research, standards and universal design. The full report can be read or downloaded at the link above.

Representation and Portrayal of People with Disabilities in Irish Broadcasting

A unique report examining the Representation and Portrayal of People with Disabilities in Irish Broadcasting was published on the 17th July 2009 by the National Disability Authority (NDA) and the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI). The report presents three pieces of research which afford unprecedented insight into the portrayal of people with disabilities, into Irish people’s attitudes towards this representation in Irish broadcasting and into existing models of best practice in other countries.

NDA Annual Conferences

To facilitate the development of policy and practice and to improve the dissemination of research findings, the National Disability Authority hosts an annual conference. To read the proceedings from conferences in previous years, please follow this link.

Ethical Guidance for Research with People with Disabilities

NDA has developed new revised ethical guidance for research with people with disabilities. The guidance sets out core ethical values for research with people with disabilities, an outline for good practice and case studies. It builds on the 2005 NDA publication, taking into account developments such as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) and the experience of the National Disability Survey (2006). We hope that the guidance will be widely used and disseminated and contribute to excellent research.

Recent Policy Submission from NDA

You can find some recent policy submissions from the NDA here.

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