Intent: Secure rights-based national guidelines
Details: Highlighting the need for new national guidelines on school Codes of Behaviour to be compliant with the rights of Autistic students
Intent: Updating guidelines and reporting mechanism to ensure they are robust, child-centred and rights-based
Details: Campaigned to strengthen the Department's recently published 'Behaviour of Concern' Guidelines
Intent: Promote the parents voice in matters that affect them and their children in education in the areas outlined relating to legislation and public policy
Details: 1. Complaints/Child Protection/Special Ed 2. Student/Parent Charter 3. Senior Cycle Reform. 4.Behaviours of concern 5. Road map to inclusion
Intent: Increased provision of educational assessments and supports for families experiencing disadvantage in primary and post primary schools
Details: Highlighting the problems experienced by families accessing supports for children with special needs.
Intent: Extra resources to support school leadership with the implementation of proposed plans around SNA employment.
Details: SNA Workforce Development Plan
Intent: Additional resources and supports for voluntary secondary schools and in particular increased deputy principal positions.
Details: Pre-budget Submission 2026
Intent: Understanding of the policy concerns of the Autism community and support for the work of AsIAm
Details: Invited and hosted designated public officials at AsIAm National Autism Conference
Intent: Support for and awareness of the work of AsIAm::Improved understanding of the barriers experienced by Autistic people in Irish society and best practise policy solutions
Details: Invited a range of senior officials to the AsIAm National Autism Conference (5th October 2024)
Intent: secure an adequate increase in capitation to fund schools in the next budget
Details: Highlight the need to increase the capitation grant
Intent: Securing a paused on the implementation of changes to the Special Education Teaching (SET) Allocation Ensuring a budgeted, independent review and appeals mechanism was in place Ensuring Autistic young people could access the SET allocation they require
Details: SET Allocations
