Annual Report 2007 - Enable Ireland

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ANNUAL REPORT 2007 Enable Ireland
High Tech Assistive Technology
AT Loan Library
More progress was made on the collaborative project to establish a much needed online
AT Loan Library, in partnership with National Rehabilitation Hospital, Dun Laoghaire,
NCBI, Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association and ACTON, the Association of AT Advisors
in Third Level Education. The planned launch date for this Loan Library is May 2008.
Extending Our Influence
A diverse range of AT training workshops were delivered in 15 different locations
nationwide throughout 2007. As well as delivering training in local Enable Ireland
centres in Crumlin, Sandymount, kilkenny, Cork, Limerick and Clare, we worked with
the Cedar Foundation, the Open Training College, the Irish Association of Teachers in
Special Education, TCD, NALA and DIT to deliver customised training to meet their needs.
Recognising the need to strengthen links in the third level sector, we expanded our
training portfolio to include an AT module on DIT’s Product Design Degree Course
(final year), and secured commercial sponsorship for a student award for best AT project.
The first of these awards was presented at Dublin City Council in June 2007.
Taking
Action on
Disability
Minister for Trade, Enterprise and
Employment Micheal Martin pictured
with AT Training Centre Manager
Siobhan Long at the opening of the
National Assistive Technology Service