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The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities (TCPID) is delighted to announce a generous gift from the Rory McDonagh Trust which will allow us to significantly upgrade and enhance classroom technology in the Centre. This new technology will vastly improve the learning experience for our students over the coming years, creating a truly interactive and engaging learning environment.

I felt that the Certificate in Arts, Science, and Inclusive Applied Practice would help me to discover my potential, identify my skills and focus my attention on my future career. It did this in buckets, and I got so much more than I ever imagined. I made great friends with classmates and staff. I had a super college experience.

Like everyone Coronavirus can be very scary to understand but for people with a disability it can be even more scary to understand. Some really useful insights and advice from our TCPID graduate and A&L Goodbody employee Tomas Murphy. Tomas includes excellent advice both for employers and employees.

The Trinity Centre for People with Intellectual Disabilities are delighted to announce the launch of the new Margaret McLoughlin TCPID Student Scholarship programme. The Scholarship programme is named in honour of Margaret McLoughlin, daughter of Joan and Tony McLoughlin, and sister of Kieran, David and Louise. The aim of the McLoughlin family has always been to help support people with intellectual disabilities to reach their true potential. This scholarship programme builds upon the very solid foundation of the existing support provided to the TCPID by the McLoughlin family.

Our TCPID graduate Margaret Turley on how she is adapting to life with Covid 19. In Margarets own words: To have a disability and learn to work can be challenging but to have your routine turned upside down due to the COVID-19 is unsettling. I am learning to adapt to working from home. Read the complete article here.

Thursday May 28th 2020 should have been the date of our now annual SciFest@TCPID student exhibition in the Science Gallery in Trinity College Dublin. The SciFest programme has run every year since 2017 in association with Abbott Ireland and SciFest. Since we were unable to hold the exhibition this year, we have decided to mark the occasion with a celebration of the past 3 years of SciFest@TCPID with quotes from many of the student participants and some fabulous photos of the 3 student exhibitions that have already taken place.

Our TCPID graduate Eavan Daly has put togegther some valuable tips for coping with the current COVID 19 crisis. Read her wonderful article here.

This article includes a video and an interview with our TCPID graduate Dairine O Rourke. Dairine graduated from the Certificate in Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice in Trinity College Dublin in June 2018. She is now a permanent employee of our TCPID Business Partner Fidelity Invesments. Dairine is very much looking forward to returning to work in Fidelity once the current COVID 19 crisis is over.

Read an interview with our TCPID graduate Marian O Rourke about her time in Trinity College Dublin, her permanent role in Cpl Resources and how she is coping with the current COVID 19 crisis.

In a good news story during these difficult times, Luke Campion, one of our most recent TCPID graduates has just been offered a permanent contract with EY. Luke has been working with EY since finishing his course in Trinity College in June 2019. Luke has had a hugely positive impact on his team in EY since he started there and we are all very proud of him!. You can read here our interiew with Luke and with some of his EY team.

Our TCPID graduate Niamh Biddulph has composed this wonderful article about her strategies for coping with self-isolation during this unprecendented COVID-19 crisis. The aim of the article is to help other people who may be finding it difficult to cope with the change to their regular routines.

We are now accepting applications for our Certificate in Arts, Science and Inclusive Applied Practice for September 2020. Due to the current COVID-19 crisis, we are unable to accept postal applications so please send your completed applications to the following email address: tcpid@tcd.ie.