Happy Christmas from Irish Autism Action

The Irish Autism Action office will reopen on January 3rd.

 

The Irish Autism Action office will reopen on January 3rd.

Irish Autism Action - Better Together!

This is our entry into the Better Together video competition.

This is the Youtube copy, the video entry and voting mechanism is available HERE. The charity that gets the most votes will win €3000 and there are some lovely entries.

Thank you to the parents who allowed me to include their fabulous children in the short clip. Enjoy!

Cake sale, Tullamore, 22nd Oct

Stories to make you smile!

Jennifer and Daniel.

I was recycling old mobile phones to get a laptop for my son.

Daniel is 10 years old and has Aspergers, ADHD and ODD. He finds writing hard and his school suggested I get him a laptop.

I contacted all my family asking for their help to collect phones. My sister-in-law sent an email out to all the staff in the company she works for.

The managing  director got it and called her in to say they would get him one! I received the laptop during the week and has been setting up his school work.

The company is Frigoglass in Naas, Co. Kildare.

We sent a thank you card from Daniel to say to let them know how much easier they have made life for him at school.


Derek and Jarlath.

Jarlaths' iPad arrived today, you can't see from where you are but we are doing a dance, we are that happy!

In the middle of our mobile phone collecting a lady phoned me up and said that I should'nt have to beg for phones for my son to get an iPad, that she wanted to buy him one.

We then contacted The Claddagh National School where Jarlath attends the early intervention class (great school) and we are donating the extra iPad to them. Mr Gallagher, the Principal, said he would be delighted to accept it and would publically acknowledge that one was donated in order that she would know. The lady in question wants to remain anonymous.

The amount of people who just wanted to donate phones, when they heard what it was for, is incredible. We truly have some great friends. Jimmy Norman of Galway Bay FM just would'nt let it go and he kept on telling to give us their old phones so Jarlath could get an ipad.

Win a Resource Teacher for your school!!

Would you like to win a Resource Teacher for your School?

Irish Autism Action are offering Irish schools the opportunity to gain valuable resources such as interactive whiteboards, laptops, sporting equipment and a host of other gifts in exchange for the collection of old mobile phones. Not only is this kind to the environment but it also helps Irish Autism Action in its mission to raise the quality of life for individuals and their families affected by autism.

This year, any school collecting over 50 phones will be entered in to a prize draw where IAA will pay for a resource teacher / SNA / classroom assistant for 10hrs per week for the winning school for the 2012 school year!

To get you started, we will send out a starter pack consisting of a collection box, posters, collection bags and parent’s letter. All you need to do is send a letter and collection bag home with each student. They then deposit an old mobile phone in the bag with their name and address and return to the school. As an incentive for parents, all bags returned will be entered into a draw to have their mortgage paid for a year!

So there are lots of great reasons to support Irish Autism Action this year. If you have any questions or would like more information on how to partake, please email geraldineP@BPI.ie or phone on 01 427 9790.

Reward list:

Convertible Classmate PC 145 phones
Touchscreen 78" Interactive Whiteboard & kit 500 phones
Touchscreen 78" Interactive Whiteboard 300 phones
Benq Short-throw Projector 200 phones
15" Dell laptop 100 phones
Ken-a-vision Easi-view Visualiser 40 phones
Apple iPad 2 16GB Wi-Fi 165 phones
Samaritan PAD Defibrillator 250 phones
€100 O'Neills voucher 35 phones
€100 schoolbooks.ie voucher 35 phones
5 hrs SNA per week for one year - 2000 phones


There is also a cash for phones option for phones collected to go towards anything your school may require, such as:


School field trip
Occupational Therapy equipment
Arts & Crafts equipment
Library books

If there is something your school needs that is not on our list? No problem, we will get it for you. Just talk to Geraldine on geraldineP@BPI.ie about it.