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[1:35:8] Who’s Elisabeth Lamers and how she started her work

[4:17:2] What comes after a child with disabilities finishes school?

[6:24:7] When Elisabeth joined UNAPEI

[10:09:0] How UNAPI works

[12:49:9] Self-advocacy in UNAPEI

[18:02:2] The survey

[31:41:3] UNAPEI’s purposes

[40:09:7] The achievements of UNAPEI

[1:30:0] The beginning of the story. A journey of commitment and passion

[8:35:0] Jyrki joins Inclusion Finland

[9:43:0] When Jyrki realises that getting services for children with disabilities can be hard

[13:01:00] Start of advocacy

[15:46:0] The efforts of Jyrki arrives to the politicians

[19:52:0] The work that’s left to do for people with disabilities

[27:34:0] The application of the UNCRPD

[49:31:0] Parents of children with disabilities

[54:07:0] The importance of Inclusion Europe and the other organisations

Conversation with former President of Inclusion Europe, Maureen Piggot.



Time stamps:

[00:00:42] Maureen’s youth and her first approach to disabilities 

[00:07:51] Maureen’s work with Mencap 

[00:13:13] Disability awareness in 1988 and today 

[00:16:23] The parents movement and the Disability Discrimination Act 

[00:36:41] The importance of self-advocacy and deinstitutionalisation 

[00:55:03] Maureen’s experience in Inclusion International 

Marie Devitt (TCPID Employment Pathways Coordinator) and Hugo MacNeill (TCPID Ambassador) gave an overview of their innovative TCPID programme and their partnerships with businesses. Sadbh Feehan (TCPID Graduate Intern) presented her own experiences, as a student in Trinity College Dublin and more recently as a graduate intern.



Timestamps

2:00 Introductions

3:17 Programme description

4:23 Internships, new programme and graduation

5:40 Business partner offers and financial support

9:20 Variety of programmes and value to partners students and society

11:35 Student work placement

12:10 Graduate internship programme

13:21 College team and mentor training

16:14 Developments into permanent roles

17:24 Feedback and success of the programme

20:51 Working with the Government of Ireland

22:32 Story of a student, graduate intern

28:29 First internship experience

41:04 If employees were reluctant to give young people on or they didn't know what type of vote to give a young person, what would you say to those employers?

44:01 Economic point of view, these are young people who are paying tax



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