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Disabled Women Ireland

@dw-ireland.bsky.social

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Advocating full equality for disabled and Deaf women, trans and non binary people.

Email: [email protected]
Website: www.disabledwomenireland.org

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@dw-ireland.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 5:31 PM

Register via Eventbrite here, or through the link in our bio: www.eventbrite.ie/e/access-med...

Access Media is a series delivered in partnership between the Disability Participation News Hub and Disabled Women Ireland, supported by Coimisiún na Meán.

@dw-ireland.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 5:31 PM

Join us for our next Access Media session facilitated by Sinéad Burke and speakers including Eleanor McSherry, Alannah Uí Gheargáin and Karen Scully, where we explore the stories being told, how they're being told, and who is telling them. Date: 13th October Time: 7pm Venue: Via Zoom

Image: A graphic with a blue-purple background and text reading: "Access Media. Disabled Representation in Film, TV and Media. Join us for a panel facilitated by Sinéad Burke and speakers including Eleanor McSherry, Alannah Uí Gheargáin and Karen Scully. 13th October, 7pm, via Zoom. Register via Eventbrite. ISL Interpretation available. Photos of the speakers sit in the centre of the graphic, with a QR code in the bottom right hand corner directing to registration.
@dw-ireland.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 5:31 PM

From the characters we see on screen to the people making decisions behind it, representation in film, television and broadcast media shapes how disability is understood and how disabled people see themselves reflected in culture.

@dw-ireland.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 6:18 PM

We stand with our friends in calling for the right to sign language, to accessible information, to access cultural and social spaces, and to equal opportunities.

#IWDP26 #ISL

@dw-ireland.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 6:18 PM

Happy Irish Sign Language Awareness Week / International Week of Deaf People! This year's theme is Declaring Deaf People's Human Rights.

@dw-ireland.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 2:31 PM

Co-chairperson of DWI, Nem Kearns will be speaking at the March about the specific barriers that disabled women and gender minorities face in trying to access abortion services in Ireland.

@dw-ireland.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 2:31 PM

Join us at 2pm next Saturday (26/09/26) for the 15th annual March for Choice. To demand the removal of the mandatory 3 day waiting period, unworkable 12 week cut off point, and decriminalisation of abortion.

Photo of Nem wearing a black, lace top. To their left is the first paragraph of the above text against a purple background. Behind all of this is a colourful background made up of arrows in teal, purple, yellow and orange. The ARC logo is across the bottom
@dw-ireland.bsky.socialSep 13, 2026, 2:48 PM

Only 48 Hours until the next session in our Access Media Series. This month, the fantastic Louise Bruton will be joined by 4 other disabled journalists to talk about the challenges, opportunities and realities of being a journalist with disability in 2026.

@dw-ireland.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 2:55 PM

Still some tickets left for the next session of Access Media. The session on the 15th of September (at 7pm) focuses on Disabled Journalists and will be facilitated by Louise Bruton.

www.eventbrite.ie/e/access-med...

Delivered in partnership with the DPNH with support from @cnam-ie.bsky.social

@dw-ireland.bsky.socialSep 1, 2026, 3:37 PM

Our Access Media Webinar series continues in two weeks time with our third session on Disabled Representation in Irish Journalism. Join us as we talk about the barriers and enablers to disabled people working in journalism and how that influences how stories about disabled people are told.

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