Organization
Inclusion Ireland
Inclusion Ireland is the national association advocating for the rights of people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland, working to secure full implementation of the UNCRPD and build a genuinely inclusive society where people with intellectual disabilities participate as equal citizens. It champions self-advocacy and holds the Irish state accountable to its human rights commitments.
About
Inclusion Ireland — the National Association for People with an Intellectual Disability — works towards the full inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in Irish society. The organisation is headquartered at The Steelworks, Foley Street, Dublin 1, and operates as an independent advocacy body committed to a rights-based approach to intellectual disability policy and practice.
What They Do
Inclusion Ireland advocates at national and European level for legal and policy reforms affecting people with intellectual disabilities, supports self-advocacy by providing training and accessible resources so that people with intellectual disabilities can speak for themselves, monitors the Irish state's progress on UNCRPD implementation, and produces policy submissions, accessible rights guides, and research on entitlements, service standards, and decision-making legislation.
Who They Serve
People with intellectual disabilities in Ireland, their families and carers, and the organisations and professionals who support them, with a particular commitment to amplifying the voices of self-advocates in national policy spaces.
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