Parents' and Siblings' Views and Experiences

On this page we would like to publish your views and experiences of being a parent/carer or sibling of a person with an intellectual disability and/or autism.
Please e-mail them to Seamus Greene at npsa@eircom.net, or write to 31, Magenta Hall, Santry, Dublin, 9


Mainstream or Special Schools? 
John's School
"Mainstreaming means children with disabilities have role models"

Does the State Care?  
Letter to Matthew
"Tonight, Matthew, I learned that they have not listened"

A Silenced Voice

"I cannot speak, write, articulate my needs or do any of the things you do so easily and naturally"

Individualisation
Kate's Story 
How a service and a family worked together to produce a dramatic improvement in the quality of life of a young woman.







General 
My Daughter
"the news given to us that day began what would essentially be a lifetime of being a lesser citizen, a charity case"

Memories of my Darling Daughter Margaret

"It is now three years since the passing of my youngest daughter, Margaret"

Rory
This is quite a different story.  Rory was very much a free spirit who lived life to the full, despite his intellectual disability.  
The NPSA would like to thank his father, Michael Mahon, for permission to use this booklet which he had printed in Rory's memory.

Good Intentions
A collection of comments written in 1997 by parents of people between 18 and 21 with an intellectual disability.