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A launch and information afternoon, relating to people with disabilities, will be held by the Helping Ourselves Live with Disability Group in the Gateway Hotel, Swinford, on Tuesday November 24 from 3pm to 5pm.

While welcoming a report on the disability strategic plan for Mayo County Council at their monthly meeting last week, a number of Ballina councillors raised concerns about the work being done outside public buildings in relation to disability issues in the town.

A local support agency organised a job shadow day last week (April 22) in Athlone, with widespread participation across the Midlands.

There are 700 car parking spaces in the town core of Westport, of which 31 are disabled car parking spaces. Nineteen of these spaces are fully accessible for wheelchair users. The remaining 12 are ambulant disabled car parking spaces, provided for non wheelchair users.

Enable Ireland Disability Services is asking people with disabilities and parents of children with disabilities in Mayo to take part in an online survey investigating their experiences of taking part in social and leisure activities.

A range of technologies designed to make the lives of visually impaired people easier will be on display at the Victoria Hotel in Galway on Saturday November 21 from 11 to 4pm.

Action Week on Disability takes place this month, and one Galway company is already planning to promote pizza parties in aid of Enable Ireland.

Kilkenny Borough councillors are to begin working on creating a mindset change among the public towards disability access.

Westmeath Community Development, in conjunction with the Department of Social and Family Affairs, are organising a further services and information open day for people with disabilities on Thursday September 10 from 11am-4pm in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel Athlone.

One the world’s leading thinkers on equality and non-discrimination law will give a public lecture at NUI Galway tomorrow (Friday).