Shine Ireland - The Autism Charity

Welcome To The Shine Ireland Website

The Irish Progressive Association for Autism

Welcome to SHINE, the website of the Irish Progressive Association for Autism. We hope that you will find this site both informative and interesting as we try to give you an insight into the world of Autism. SHINE and the IPAA are committed to supporting and working with families to overcome the challenges that autism brings them. We will continue to work to bring the issues that face the autistic community to the fore as we all strive to improve the outcome for our children and our families.

The underlying message of SHINE is to "brighten the future" and by working together we can give our children the opportunity to grow and develop to their full potential. The purpose of this site is to assist you so please feel free to ask us for information that you need or any questions you may have. We also welcome any comments or suggestions you may have on how you feel we can improve this website.

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Where Next For ABA Education In Ireland ?

We have been getting a large number of emails from parents very worried about their chances of their children getting an ABA education in Ireland and fear that any chance will now be removed completely if present ABA schools are replaced by eclectic schools. Many parents have not been able to even get on any waiting lists for these schools, and clearly there is quite a demand for this type of education.

Shine has always maintains that parents should have options when it comes to the education of their child with autism. Where independent assessments have recommended an ABA education for their child, then clearly any parent should be able to access an education that is deemed appropriate to their child's needs, which includes ABA. International research backs up the importance of ABA and many parents in Ireland have been forced to go to the courts, over the years, to get this form of education for their children. On each occasion they have been confronted by a Department of Education that wants to stop them. The list of cases is lengthy indeed.

It is also very clear from these emails that any trust that they had in the Department of Education, which was low to begin with, has now disappeared completely. If parents want an ABA based education for their child then they should email, or make contact with us so that we can get an accurate picture and numbers involved. The last time we looked at this question was four years ago. At that time parents of 52 children with autism expressed ABA as their preferred educational option for their child. If they now wish to pursue that objective then the gathering of names and numbers involved now needs to take place.

If , as a parent, you now wish to to continue with your objective of an ABA education for you child please make contact with us. If you are going to use email please put 'ABA Parent' in the subject box of the email. We will keep the data until the 30th of September and then release details of numbers involved. Parents can also email us if they have any other suggestions on this matter.

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