Upcoming Advocacy Meetings

Dates have been set for the next Anne Sullivan Centre (ASC) Advocacy Working Groups. The Cork Advocacy Group will meet on Wednesday 21st November from 11am-1pm in Cork Deaf Association Offices on MacCurtain Street, Cork city. The Dublin Advocacy Group will meet on Wednesday 12th December (Note: postponed until January) from 11am-1pm in the Anne Sullivan Centre on Brewery Road, Co… Continue reading Upcoming Advocacy Meetings



Upcoming 2nd Annual CHARGE Syndrome Workshop

The Anne Sullivan Centre is pleased to announce our 2nd annual CHARGE syndrome workshop with our guest speaker: Grete Steigen from Norway Location: The Maldron Hotel, Southern Ring Road, Roxboro, Limerick V94 EDP4 Professionals’ Workshop: Friday October 5th 2018, 1-4pm Family Day: Saturday October 6th 2018, 12-3pm Grete is mother of a 30 year old… Continue reading Upcoming 2nd Annual CHARGE Syndrome Workshop



Upcoming Seminars and Workshops

Here are some links to upcoming  seminars and workshops in Ireland and the UK that  may be of interest to the community of people who are deafblind: Gordon Dutton workshop on Cortical Visual Impairment  Sept 29 10-3 at Child Vision, Drumcondra: Register here for the CIV workshop CHARGE Syndrome Professionals Day Oct 19, 2018  in Birmingham… Continue reading Upcoming Seminars and Workshops



Hospitals Initiative 2018

The staff of the Anne Sullivan Centre, in collaboration with members of the Dublin Advocacy Working Group, have been busy raising awareness of deafblindness in our national hospitals. Four major Irish hospitals signed up to receive awareness training with us- the Mater hospital, St Vincents hospital, St Luke’s Hospital Kilkenny and the Eye and Ear… Continue reading Hospitals Initiative 2018


ASC awarded funding for research by Teaching Council of Ireland

In January 2018, the Anne Sullivan Centre was awarded a grant from the Teaching Council of Ireland to carry out research examining the impact of training in specific communication strategies on teacher’s ability to support children who have any level of hearing and vision loss. Consequently, The ASC is hoping to facilitate short intensive training… Continue reading ASC awarded funding for research by Teaching Council of Ireland


DATES FOR NEXT ADVOCACY WORKING GROUP MEETINGS IN DUBLIN AND CORK

Dates have been set for the next Anne Sullivan Centre (ASC) Advocacy Working Groups. The Dublin Advocacy Group will meet on June 6th from 2pm-4pm in the Anne Sullivan Centre on Brewery Road, Co Dublin. The Cork Advocacy Group will meet on June 27th from 11am-1pm in Cork Deaf Association Offices on MacCurtain Street, Cork… Continue reading DATES FOR NEXT ADVOCACY WORKING GROUP MEETINGS IN DUBLIN AND CORK


Movement for Wellbeing classes

Since September 2015 Laura Sarah Dowdall has been facilitating a creative dance workshop for the residents of the Anne Sullivan Centre and their key workers. She combines her skills as a professional dancer, healing yoga and movement facilitator to create customised workshops for people with learning, motor and sensory disabilities. She believes that dance should… Continue reading Movement for Wellbeing classes