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This spring, Acquired Brain Injury Ireland challenges you to face your fears while making a life-changing difference to survivors of brain injury and their families.

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.

I have been in the Haematology Ward at University Hospital Galway five weeks tomorrow. We all have our own rooms, with en suite bathroom. Every patient in here has some type of blood cancer.

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.

In a time when the world seems consumed by the Covid-19 pandemic, it can be easy to forget there are other conditions with which people are living. This week the Galway Advertiser spoke to Amanda O’Malley about her family’s fundraising campaign Le Chéile do Molli - Let’s get Molli Moving for daughter Molli who suffers from the rare spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Type 1.

Have you ever wondered what affects the occurrence of migraines? Psychologists at NUI Galway’s School of Psychology are interested in examining this phenomenon in adults from Ireland and the UK, and want to investigate the psychological factors that could contribute to migraines by carrying out an online study.

The most common complication of Shingles is pain, also known as Post Herpatic Neuralgia (PHN) and is due to damage to the skin and nerves after the acute stage of this disease.

The most common complication of Shingles is pain, also known as Post Herpetic Neuralgia (PHN) and is due to damage to the skin and nerves after the acute stage of this disease.

A new study published by NUI Galway researchers provides original insights into the economic impact of childhood autism spectrum disorders in Ireland. The study highlights the extent to which families pay for services relative to state funded services and provides a compelling case for significant additional state funded investment. The study was published this week in the international journal, Autism – The International Journal of Research and Practice.