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A Galway charity has been added to a list of seven organisations nationwide that will benefit from government funding of over €700,000 in a bid to support and improve employment opportunities for family carers.

A child’s encounters with maths in the early years in primary school will influence how confident they feel about maths and how they will perform in the higher primary classes, into secondary school and beyond. Maths skills are life skills. Maths teaches us to think independently and to solve problems.

Quiet spaces designed to reduce the sensory load on autistic students on campus were unveiled by local Senator Micheál Carrigy, chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Autism, at the Technological University of the Shannon in Athlone.

The urgent need to provide Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) classes within local school settings is the predominant focus of Autism Parents Athlone, who will host a protest march in the town on Saturday afternoon to enhance public awareness of their collective cause.

AsIAm, Ireland’s National Autism Charity, has introduced a new free telephone information line, email and webchat service, providing information and guidance to support autistic people and their support networks.

Be A SuPAWhero will run from October 1 to 31 and funds raised will go towards training a further 25 autism assistance dogs.

To mark Autism Awareness Month this April SuperValu & AsIAm have launched a national colouring competition as part of their “Say Yes to Autism Acceptance” campaign. Autistic people often face invisible barriers because of how the world works and the judgment and attitudes of others, they are used to hearing ‘No’. This World Autism Month SuperValu and AsIAm are encouraging people to say ‘Yes’ for a change: Yes to employment, Yes to education and Yes to community inclusion.

Government funding of almost €30,000 has been approved for facilities in local public libraries for the benefit of individuals with sensory impairments, special educational needs, other learning differences, and those on the autism spectrum.

Government funding of close to €30,000 has been approved for facilities in local public libraries to assist those on the autism spectrum, as well as those with sensory impairments, special educational needs, or other learning differences.

Lego-based therapy, an initiative supported by Western Care’s Autism Supports Advisors, is yielding amazing results in primary and secondary schools for students with autism and their peers, according to the organisation.