National Accessibility Week 2015 - Celebrating Accessible South Dublin County

30/11/2015

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National Accessibility Week 2015 – Celebrating Accessible South Dublin County

Local Authority National Accessibility Week 2015 starts Monday, 30th November and will run until the 7th December.

This Week is an important annual opportunity for local authorities to encourage everyone to focus on issues of accessibility for disabled people. Councils, businesses and community groups across the country are using the week to highlight the accessibility of their facilities and services; and to encourage the wider society to also be more inclusive of the varied access needs of disabled people. The week is an initiative of the Local Authority Access Officer Network and the LGMA National Disability Steering Committee.  

South Dublin County Council will be promoting accessibility in various ways throughout the week including lunchtime screenings of:

Somebody to Love (Tuesday, 1 December):This observational documentary provides a diverse range of stories from all around Ireland from individuals and couples with different disabilities, both physical and intellectual.

Unbreakable – The Mark Pollock Story (Wednesday, 2 December): This is a moving, fascinating and intimate film which tells the story of Mark’s mission to find and connect people worldwide to fast track a cure for paralysis, a mission which gives the audience a glimpse of the frontiers of robotics.

Throughout the week staff across South Dublin Libraries will be demonstrating the large variety of assistive technologies and accessibility available throughout the library network. They will also be promoting the Disability Studies Catalogue and online resources list.

An extensive programme of events has been developed across the County for National Accessibility Week (available for download from http://www.sdcc.ie/the-council/policies-and-plans/disability-access.

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For further information contact: Selina Bonnie, Disability Liaison, Access and Equality Officer

Mobile 087 2708918 Email: sbonnie@sdublincoco.ie or the Communications Unit at communications@sdublincoco.ie