Wexford County Council is set to produce a report addressing the long-term housing needs of adults with intellectual disabilities. #Cookies #Security #InternetAccess
Gavan Reilly emphasizes the need to prioritize his and his wife's health in order to care for their daughter Doireann, who has autism and significant intellectual disabilities, while expressing frustration with the lack of support from the public system. #AutismAwareness #ParentingChallenges #CaregiverSupport
In 2027, the economic limits for extraordinary leave provided by Law 104 will increase, with estimates predicting an increase of up to about 59,514 euros per year, to support workers who care for relatives with severe disabilities. #Legge104 #CongedoStraordinario #Disabilità (translated)
Six young people have been reported for assaulting and filming a 33-year-old with disabilities, then publishing the images on social media and exacerbating the consequences of the crime. #Pavia #Disabilità #Cyberbullismo (translated)
A group of six boys, aged between 16 and 21, was reported for assaulting and beating a 33-year-old disabled person in Pavia, subsequently sharing videos of the incident on social media. #Bullismo #Disabilità #Cyberbullismo (translated)
Despite a court ruling recognizing his right to a suitable wheelchair for his severe mobility disability, Christian Durso from Naples continues to be deprived of the necessary device, while the health authority appeals the decision, requesting the intervention of Governor Fico. #DirittiDeiDisabili #Napoli #Disabilità (translated)
Two boys have been accused of torturing a fifteen-year-old with a psychological disability during a Halloween party, but they were acquitted by the first-instance judges, sparking a rebellion from the prosecutor's office, which seeks to reform the sentence, claiming that the facts represent serious acts of violence and abuse. #Giustizia #Violenza #Disabilità (translated)
Olivia Ninotti's article highlights how support for people with disabilities ceases long before adulthood, leading to a lack of adequate services and an increasing invisibility of this population, which often lives in a situation of total dependence on the family. #Disabilità #Crescita #SupportoFamiliare (translated)
It is Trieste, on the occasion of the 58th edition of the Barcolana, to welcome the conclusion of the World Tour Amerigo Vespucci - North America Campaign 2026, the initiative of the Ministry of Defense and the Navy, produced by Defense Services, announced in September 2025 by the Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto and developed in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, the Minister for Sport and Youth, and the Minister for Disabilities. #Barcolana #Trieste #AmerigoVespucci (translated)
School inclusion in Italy is still hindered by physical and cultural barriers, with proposals for differentiated classes for students with disabilities re-emerging in public debate, while the importance of creating an educational community that involves all teachers and values the heterogeneity of classes is emphasized. #Disabilità #Inclusione #Scuola (translated)
We left at six in the morning to save on the ticket. At a certain point, we started circling over Catania, and the captain told us that we would be landing in Comiso due to the eruption of Mount Etna,” said coach Mauro Olivieri. #Disabilità #SportInclusivo #TrasportiAccessibili (translated)
The wheelchair rugby team Mastini Cangrandi from Verona experienced an odyssey in Sicily, with cancelled flights, inaccessible transport, and a total cost of nearly 10,000 euros, highlighting the mobility challenges faced by athletes with disabilities. #Disabilità #SportInclusivo #TrasportiAccessibili (translated)
The author described the introduction of a permanent Cost of Disability payment as a significant first and a breakthrough in supporting people who needed it most. They called it a solid starting point and said they would work to build on it in the years ahead.
🚨 🧩 Screens and cognitive, mental or psychological disabilities: little data, but seven intervention levers, each illustrated by an existing project, and the testimony of a DIME. 📒 Preventing problematic screen use among people with cognitive, mental or psychological disabilities ✍️ Caroline Tête (Health Promotion Federation), Agathe Sandon (Health Promotion Burgundy-Franche-Comté), Mathilde Leroux and Claire Sanzani (FRAPS Health Promotion Centre-Val de Loire), Nathalie Leray and Yannick Lemoine-Maulny (Health Promotion Pays de la Loire). Collection under the direction of Christine Ferron, file coordinated by Séverine Lafitte - Health Promotion Federation Audio Capsules of Health Practices 🎙️🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3YqwbQdBfk 🧩 Screens and cognitive, mental or psychological disabilities: little data, but seven intervention levers, each illustrated by an existing project, and the testimony of a DIME. 🤝🏫 Families, critical thinking, psychosocial skills, environments: guidelines for decision-makers, with the testimony of an establishment. Analysis of Health Practices and link to the source ℹ️➕ Preventing problematic screen use among people with cognitive, mental or psychological disabilities 📌 The file presents itself as a decision aid: it provides accessible data to support the implementation of health promotion projects (back cover). It brings together key points for decision-makers on one page (p. 2), definitions of the three targeted forms of disabilities (p. 3), a benefits-risk table (p. 10), seven intervention levers (p. 11-13) illustrated by seven examples of projects with their links (p. 14) and the account of a implementation in an establishment (p. 15). The complete bibliography is available online (p. 16). 🇬🇧: Preventing problematic screen use among people with cognitive, mental or psychological disabilities - Preventing problematic screen use among people with cognitive, mental or psychological disabilities #️⃣ #healthpractices #Disability #ScreensAndHealth #ProblematicScreenUse #PsychosocialSkills #MediaEducation #ESMS #HealthPromotion #pratiquesensante #Handicap #ÉcransEtSanté #UsageProblématiqueDesÉcrans #CompétencesPsychosociales #ÉducationAuxMédias #ESMS #PromotionDeLaSanté (translated)
The author said a government-commissioned report estimated the cost of disability at €10,000–€15,000 a year. They called the temporary €500 cost-of-disability payment “a sick joke” and said it would not reverse the €1,400 in cuts disabled people had faced the previous year. https://t.co/uvXSMmYDPg #DisabilityRights #SocialJustice #Equality #IE
The author said a government-commissioned report estimated the cost of disability at well over €10,000 a year, and called a €500 “cost of disability payment” a “sick joke”. They added that it would not make up for the €1,400 in cuts disabled people faced last year.
The author said the Budget was intended to support families and workers facing rising costs, with measures to increase workers’ take-home pay, help families and carers with childcare and disability costs, and ease fuel and energy bills for those most in need.
A disabled student was burned with a lighter by a classmate in the changing rooms of the Prever hotel institute in Pinerolo, while the parents of the aggressor did not show up for the meeting called by the principal. #Scuola #Disabilità #Aggressione (translated)
The BBC spoke to one of three residents at a care home who were sexually assaulted by a staff member. #DisabilityRights #SexualAbuse #JusticeForVictims
The Council of State has authorized the transfer in excess for university students with severe disabilities, establishing an important legislative precedent that guarantees them the right to education and access to restricted entry degree courses, even in situations of health emergencies. #DirittiDisabili #UniversitàInclusiva #AccessibilitàStudente (translated)
