In 1995, I was a struggling writer who needed a job. I replied to an ad in the DCU newsletter for an organisation I’d never heard of – the Center… read more →
Time to have our Voices Heard #PASNOW As part of our strategic plan we have identified that one of the ways to bring about change is to work together as… read more →
EMBARGOED UNTIL Saturday 22nd September Independent Living Movement Ireland launches as new Disabled Person’s Organisation campaigning for freedom, choice and control for disabled people in Ireland. Today (Saturday 22nd 2018)… read more →
Something Deep Inside – Author Sarah Fitzgerald Three years later, I still can’t make up my mind what I want. I really thought that what I wanted was to be… read more →
A Growing role for Disability Equality led Intersectionality within the Irish experience of rights-based practice. It is important to recognise that Irish disabled people – us ‘crips’- are not just… read more →
Center for Independent Living launches Independent Voices video campaign to increase awareness of Independent Living Today (Monday 23rd July 2018) The Center for Independent Living (CIL) will launch its online… read more →
Center for Independent Living calls on Department to make personalised budgets a reality for disabled people The Center for Independent Living (CIL) welcomed the publication of the Task Force on… read more →
Sometimes, when I become disillusioned with the world, I have to remind myself that had I been born twenty years earlier than I was, there is a good chance that… read more →
On the 15th of March we commenced our consultative sessions to develop a collective policy on Personal Assistance Services. The first took place in Ennis, County Clare with the second… read more →
Center for Independent Living welcomes approval by Dáil Éireann of the terms of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Ratification of UN Convention long overdue and… read more →