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A Dublin couple set up a GAA team for children with additional needs because they wanted their twins, who have autism, to engage in more activities.

At Ranelagh Rockets, children are free to regulate, have meltdowns and progress in an understanding and nonjudgmental environment

The work of artists with autism will be featured at a craft and design fair in Dublin this week.

The first of a number of Joint Oireachtas Committees on Autism was held today. TD's and Senators met with members of The National Council for Special Educati...

12.37 23 Apr 2021 Newstalks own Eoghan Murphy gives an update on the number of children waiting for speech therapy. He highlighting that some of the blackspots with the highest waiting lists include North Dublin, Kildare, and the Donegal/Sligo area. As a result, a third of children in these areas have been waiting over a year for an initial assesment, and some nearly two years. He described these findings as a geographical lottery. Miriam Kenny, chairperson of Involve Autism, also spoke about t...

17.44 8 Mar 2021 Almost 45,000 children across Ireland are on waiting lists for speech and language assessments and therapy, according to the latest figures from the HSE. More than 14,000 of these children have been waiting for more than 12 months for services. To disucss this further, Kieran Cuddihy was joined by Lorraine Dempsey, Evelyn Byrne, Mother of Charlie and Miriam Kenny in Dublin 6W who also runs Involve Autism - parent group. Listen and subscribe to