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Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
70 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 661 4911, 8.00am – 7.00pm Mon to Fri and 9.00am – 4.00pm Sat
Helpline Freephone: 1800 778 888, 24 hours Fax: (01) 661 0873
Email: rcc@indigo.ie Web: www.drcc.ie
Provides a 24-hour national telephone helpline service for victims of rape and
sexual abuse. The Centre provides individual and group counselling and therapy
for both men and women who are victims of rape, sexual assault and sexual
abuse. It has a comprehensive training and education service, running courses
for professionals who come into contact with victims of sexual violence.
Publications: The Legal Process and Victims of Rape; The SAVI Report (Sexual
Abuse and Violence in Ireland); Without Fear–25 years of the Dublin Rape
Crisis Centre; annual reports and statistics.
Dyslexia Association
Suffolk Chambers, 1 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2
Tel: (01) 679 0276, 9.30am – 5.00pm Fax: (01) 679 0276
Email: info@dyslexia.ie Web: www.dyslexia.ie
Aims to promote the understanding, treatment and prevention of the
problems associated with dyslexia, a specific learning disability. The
association lobbies for appropriate services for people with dyslexia, and also
acts as a service provider, offering assessment, specialist tuition, and training.
Publications: newsletters; annual report; information booklets on dyslexia.
Dyspraxia Association
69 Cookstown Industrial Estate, Tallaght, Dublin 24
Tel: (01) 295 7125, 9.30am – 4.30pm
Email: dyspraxiaireland@eircom.net Web: www.dyspraxiaireland.com
Provides information and support relating to dyspraxia, which is a difficulty
with thinking out, planning and carrying out sensory or motor tasks. The
Association carries out the following activities: raises awareness; provides an
information-sharing and support network for parents; operates a helpline;
distributes information packs; maintains a website; gives presentations to
teachers and other professionals; organises conferences; makes submissions
to government on health and education issues; fundraises.
Publications: Quarterly newsletter; Dyspraxia/DCD in Irish primary Schools;
Survey of provisions for children with Dyspraxia/DCD in Republic of Ireland.
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