M.Sc. in Disability Studies News
The MSc in Disability Studies at TCD is pleased to announce
the next Public Lecture:
Disability Equality in Europe?: Policy challenges
by Prof. Mark Priestley
25th September, 4.30 pm
Trinity College Dublin
To book a place, please RSVP to Fiona Clarke at clarkef@tcd.ie.
Please indicate any access accommodations you require when you RSVP.
03rd September 2014
Open Evening: M.Sc. in Disability Studies
School of Social Work and Social Policy, TCD
Thursday, 29th May 2014 from 16.30 to 18.30
Room 2026, Arts Building,
Trinity College Dublin
The M.Sc. in Disability Studies at Trinity College Dublin is now taking applications for the 2014 intake.
This M.Sc. programme, which can be completed on a one year, full-time or a two year, part-time basis, is an innovative programme that provides students with a deep understanding of disability from social, historical, cultural, economic, and political perspectives.
Graduates of the M.Sc. are equipped with the knowledge, analytical skills and perspectives to translate rights into reality in the field of disability.
You will have the opportunity at our Open Evening to hear more about this M.Sc. and to speak directly to the teaching team and graduates of the programme.
For more information on the programme, see http://socialwork-socialpolicy.tcd.ie/postgraduate/progs/msc-disability.php
ALL WELCOME!
Please RSVP to Laura Cusack at lcusack@tcd.ie.
Please indicate if you need access accommodation when you RSVP.
M.Sc. in Disability Studies now taking applications
09th May 2014
The M.Sc. In Disability Studies, School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin,presents the seminar
Somebody to love: Sexuality and Disability in Ireland
Date: Friday, April 25th
Time: 10 am – 1 pm
Venue: Long Room Hub
This seminar explores issues of sexuality, decision making capacity, and current legislation in the context of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The recently released documentary “Somebody to Love” will open the seminar by presenting the stories of Irish people with disabilities around sexuality and relationships. The documentary director, Anna Rodgers, and four of the documentary participants, Mandy Finlay (TCD graduate) and her mother Frieda Finlay, Sarah Fitzgerald (TCD graduate) and her partner JP Fitzgerald will discuss their experiences on these issues. A presentation by Dr. Rosarie McCarthy, Senior Policy and Public Affairs Adviser at the National Disability Authority (NDA), will follow on the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Bill 2013 and the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences Act) 1993. Darren McCausland will close the seminar with the findings from the Intellectual Disability Supplement (IDS) to the TILDA study on older people with intellectual disabilities' relationships. All are welcome.
To book a place contact Sheila Mc Groarty 01 896 3885 or email niid@tcd.ie. Please let us know if you require any access accommodations when you RSVP.
02nd April 2014
Seminar Series
This innovative series of seminars explores the various ways in which disability has been represented in literature from the perspectives of academics, writers, artists and activists in local and international contexts.
It is organized by the School of English, Trinity College Dublin, in conjunction with the MSc in Disability Studies (School of Social Work and Social Policy), and is co-hosted by the Trinity Long Room Hub. Read more here
https://www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub/events/details/2014-01-13disability_and_literature.php.
14th January 2014
Genevieve Ruiz O'Sullivan participates at the Seminar and Workshop “Technology Development for the Exercise of People with Disabilities’ Rights”
Genevieve Ruiz O’Sullivan, a graduate of the M.Sc. in Disability Studies, participated as a guest speaker at the Seminar and Workshop “Technology Development for the Exercise of People with Disabilities’ Rights” organised by the Lindavista Centre for Research, Information, and Support to Culture held in Mexico City in September 2013.
Professionals, people with disabilities, academics, and researchers from Mexican and Spanish academic and governmental institutions and from civil society exchanged experiences and knowledge aiming to develop policy on universal design and implement technological advancements in the areas of education and employment in Mexico. Genevieve Ruiz O’Sullivan delivered a paper on “Disability in Ireland” in which she addressed Irish developments on accessibility and emphasised the importance of people with disabilities’ active participation in the social, leisure, economic, and political life within their communities.
Photo caption. From right to left, Alvaro Altamirano, Interdisciplinary Professional Unit on Engineering and Advanced Tecnologies (UPIITA), National Polytechnic Institute (IPN); Andres Balcazar de la Cruz, Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments; Genevieve Ruiz O’Sullivan, Graduate of Trinity College Dublin; and Carlos Alberto Diaz, Technical University of Cartagena (UPCT).
06th November 2013
Public Lecture by Prof Tamar Heller
Prof. Tamar Heller delivered last Friday, October 18th 2013, a fascinating public lecture on family support to a diverse audience of approximately 50 people including students, self-advoactes, families, researchers, and service providers. This public lecture was organized as part of the M.Sc. In Disability Studies Public Lecture Series in collaboration with the recently established Irish Disability Studies Association. Three formal responses followed Prof. Heller's lecture, by Margaret Turley, a graduate of the Certificate in Contemporary Living, Paddy Connolly, CEO of Inclusion Ireland, and Prof. Patricia Noonan Walsh, Chair of the Irish Disability Studies Association. To hear the public lecture, please click here.
24 October 2013
M.Sc. in Disability Studies
2013-2014 Public Lecture Series
Family Support through the Life Course: Current Issues, Controversies, and Solutions
By Prof. Tamar Heller, University of Illinois at Chicago
Friday 18th October 2013, 5.30pm
Room 4.02/4.03, 3 College Green, Trinity College Dublin
Organised by the M.Sc. in Disability Studies in collaboration with the
Irish Disability Studies Association
In this public lecture, Prof. Heller will examine challenges, debates, policies and practices pertaining to families of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities throughout the life course. Prof. Heller will also discuss recommendations for future family support research and policies.
Tamar Heller, Ph.D., Professor, is Head of the Department of Disability and Human Development, University of Illinois at Chicago and director of its University Center of Excellence in Developmental Disabilities for the State of Illinois. She also directs the Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities: Lifespan Health and Function and projects on family support and health promotion interventions for individuals with disabilities. One of these projects is the Special Olympics Research Collaborating Center.
Prof. Heller has written nearly 200 publications on family support interventions and policies, self-determination, health promotion, and aging of people with developmental disabilities. She has co-edited and co-written four books and edited special issues of Technology and Disability, American Journal on Mental Retardation, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, and Family Relations.
She is past President of the board of the Association of University Centers on Disabilities. As a co-founder of the national Sibling Leadership Network, she is a member of its executive committee. Her awards include the 2009 Autism Ally for Public Policy Award of The Arc/The Autism Program of Illinois; the 2008 Lifetime Research Achievement Award, International Association for the Scientific Study of Intellectual Disabilities, Special Interest Group on Aging and Intellectual Disabilities; and the 2009 Community Partner Award of Community Support Services. In 2005 she was Senator Obama's delegate to the White House Conference on Aging.
30th September 2013
Erasmus Intensive Programme: Works in Progress
The second Works in Progress Intensive Programme took place in the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal, from the 14th to 25th May 2013. The event brought together taught master students in health and social sciences from five European higher educational institutions: Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), Oslo and Akersus University College (Norway), Jesenice College of Nursing (Slovenia), Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (Portugal) and University of Malta (Malta). The Works in Progress aims to develop master students' knowledge and appreciation of the research process by facilitating the development of their research proposals through discussion, workshops, methodological masterclasses and supervision.
This year's programme included five students from Trinity College, two of whom (Stephanie Emmanuelle Martin and Genevieve Ruiz-O'Sullivan) are students on the M.Sc. in Disability Studies in the School of Social Work and Social Policy. The programme also has a focus on intercultural awareness and this was addressed through a very successful social programme which included visits to Fatima and Nazare. The next Works in Progress IP will take place in Malta in May 2014. Applications from eligible master students will be invited in early 2014.
For further information please email Dr. Fintan Sheerin
6th June 2013
'The End of Normal: Disability, Diversity and Neoliberalism', a fascinating lecture by Professor Lennard Davis, University of Illinois at Chicago
“Normal” seems to be ending its tyrannical reign over bodies, particularly identities. Instead, it has been replaced by “diversity.” Yet the one area that “normal” reigns supreme is in the realm of disability. These were the issues explored by Prof Davis in his lecture as he tried to account for this discrepancy by considering aspects of life under neoliberalism.
Lennard J. Davis, Professor of English, Disability and Human Development, and Medical Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, delivered his lecture as part of the M.Sc. in Disability Studies Public Lecture Series 2012-13 which was organised in collaboration with the Centre for Deaf Studies and the School of English at TCD. The Director of the Trinity Long Room Hub was delighted to chair the lecture given the relevance of this topic to Trinity's new research theme on identities in transformation recently launched by the President of Ireland.
Podcast:
The full text of Prof Davis's speech can be read here.
9th May 2013
Prof. Lennard Davis, University of Illinois Chicago, to give Public Lecture
The M.Sc. in Disability Studies in collaboration with the Centre for Deaf Studies and the School of English are delighted to announce a public lecture by Prof. Lennard Davis, University of Illinois Chicago on “Disability and Diversity: Identity and Neoliberalism”. The lecture will take place on Wednesday 8th May 2013, 4.00 - 5.30pm at the Neil Hoey Theatre, Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. The lecture will be introduced by Prof. Juergen Barkhoff and discussed by Dr. John Conama, Assistant Professor at the Centre for Deaf Studies (TCD), and Mr. Donal Toolan, writer, actor and journalist.
In this Disability Studies public lecture, Prof. Davis explores how “Normal” seems to be ending its tyrannical reign over bodies, particularly identities. Instead, it has been replaced by “diversity.” Yet the one area that “normal” reigns supreme is in the realm of disability. This lecture explores these issues and tries to account for this discrepancy by considering aspects of life under neoliberalism.
All are welcome!
Lennard J. Davis is Professor in the English Department in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he had also served as Head. In addition, he is Professor of Disability and Human Development in the School of Applied Health Sciences of the University of Illinois at Chicago, as well as Professor of Medical Education in the College of Medicine. Read more....
Please RSVP to Laura Cusack at lcusack@tcd.ie. There will be ISL interpretation at the lecture. Please indicate if you require access accommodations when you RSVP.
19 April 2013
Seminar Series: Prof. Seamus Hegarty
The M.Sc. in Disability Studies presents a Seminar and a Workshop by Professor Seamus Hegarty, Thursday 16th May 2013 in the Mháirtín Uí Chadhain Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
19 April 2013
M.Sc. in Disability Studies presents a Seminar and a Workshop, Thursday 16th May 2013
Seminar:
“So you want to get published!!!: A dozen guaranteed ways to irritate your editor” by Professor Seamus Hegarty at 2.30pm in the Mháirtín Uí Chadhain Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
Academic publishing in peer-reviewed journals may look dated in these days of electronic communication but it is still an important backdrop to the lives of academics and researchers the world over. Seamus Hegarty has been involved with journal publishing as author, reviewer and editor for more than 30 years. In this seminar he will draw on this experience to describe some of the ways in which academic writers make the passage into print more difficult for themselves. Avoiding these pitfalls will not guarantee that acceptance letter - there is no substitute for good research, clearly reported - but ignoring them increases the likelihood that you will be told to try elsewhere.
Audience: All welcome
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Workshop:
“Is your Thesis in a drawer? Publication process in academic journals, professional magazines and journalistic publications” by Professor Seamus Hegarty, Stephen Kealy, Editor Frontline Magazine, and Bryan Collins, Journalist at 4.30pm in the Mháirtín Uí Chadhain Theatre, Arts Building, TCD
Is your thesis in a drawer? If you have completed your masters or Ph.D. degree and you want to publish it, this workshop will explore the publication process in three types of publications: academic journals, professional magazines, and journalistic publications. Three speakers will take you through the process of 1) identifying what type of publication is right for you and 2) developing your publication plan. Send your abstract when you RSVP.
Audience: M.Sc. in Disability Studies students and alumni, MSW students and alumni who have conducted research in the area of disability, limited places are available to other post-graduate students/alumni who have conducted research in the area of disability.
Please RSVP to Laura Cusack at lcusack@tcd.ie.
Please indicate if you require access accommodations when you RSVP.
19 April 2013
Open Evening: M.Sc. in Disability Studies
School of Social Work and Social Policy, TCD
Wednesday, June 5th from 16.30 to 18.30
Room 2026, Arts Building, Trinity College Dublin
(Entrance via Nassau Street)
The M.Sc. in Disability Studies at Trinity College Dublin is now taking applications for the 2013 intake.
This M.Sc. programme, which can be completed on a one year, full-time or a two year, part-time basis, is an innovative programme that provides students with a deep understanding of disability from social, historical, cultural, economic, and political perspectives.
Graduates of the M.Sc. are equipped with the knowledge, analytical skills and perspectives to translate rights into reality in the field of disability.
You will have the opportunity at our Open Evening to hear more about this M.Sc. and to speak directly to the teaching team and graduates of the programme.
For more information on the programme, see http://www.socialwork-socialpolicy.tcd.ie/postgraduate/progs/msc-disability.php.
Apply here: https://www.tcd.ie/courses/postgraduate/az/course.php?id=DPTSW-DISS-1F09
ALL WELCOME!
19 April 2013
Dr. Edurne Garcia Iriarte participates at the 2013 Special Olympics Winter Games Global Scholars Meeting in Pyenog-Chang, South Korea
2013 Special Olympics Global Scholars Meeting, Pyenog-Chang, South Korea. From right to left, Prof. William Alford, Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Dr. Edurne Garcia Iriarte, Chihun Kim, and Prof. Cheolung Je.
Dr. Edurne Garcia Iriarte, Director of the M.Sc. in Disability Studies, participated in a panel on the monitoring of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at the 2013 Special Olympics Winter Games Global Scholars Meeting in Pyeong- Chang, South Korea. The panel was chaired by Prof. William Alford, Director of the Harvard Disability Project and included panelists Ecuatorian Ambassador Luis Gallegos, Prof. Cheolung Je, Hanyang University, and Chihun Kim, Korea Parent’s Network for People with Disabilities. Dr. Garcia Iriarte presented the European Union Fundamental Rights Agency study on the Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities and persons with Mental Health Problems (2012) and discussed the role of participatory research in monitoring the CRPD and human rights laws.
5 February 2013
M.Sc. in Disability Studies students, TCD, at the Reframing Disability Exhibition, Dublin City Library and Archive
“The M.Sc. in Disability Studies, Trinity College Dublin, opened the 2012-2013 academic year with a visit to the exhibition Re-framing disability: portraits from the Royal College of Physicians in the Dublin City Library and Archives. A diverse group of students from five different countries (Canada, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, and Nigeria) looked at a collection of portraits of disabled individuals from the 17th to the 19th centuries many of whom exhibited themselves to earn a living. The exhibition is accompanied by the commentary of 27 disabled individuals who have looked at the portraits and reflected on the public display of disability and its impact on the lives of disabled people nowadays. This exhibition on a snapshot of the history of disability and contemporary debates served as an excellent opportunity for M.Sc. in Disability Studies students to explore core themes addressed through the different modules in the programme such as historical perspectives on disability, disability experience and identity, normalcy, and disability models and classifications in a global framework.”
2 November 2012
Disability through the Life Course Lecture Podcast and Slides
Prof. Tamar Heller opened the M.Sc. in Disability Studies Public Lecture Series of the academic year 2012-2013 yesterday, October 4th, at the Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin. Over 30 people including academics, professionals, students, self-advocates and researchers from the public sector attended Prof. Heller’s talk on 'Disability through the Life Course'. You can listen to the presentation here. To download a copy of the presentation please click here.
08 October 2012