Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Committee on Disability Matters
Inclusive Education for Persons with Disabilities: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Dr. Gerald Craddock:
In talking about initiatives, we are heavily involved with two initiatives. One is called The Big Idea that looks at teenagers in transition year and the whole idea of them engaging in their local community around creativity. I brought an example of a creativity card kit we developed as part of that initiative. Those involved are working with more than 10,000 students this year working through transition year. We are also working with Junior Achievement Ireland in primary schools to look at the power of design as a key to understanding diversity in students' own communities and their own homes and how that impacts on engaging with students with different abilities in their own classes, for starters. There is a significant positive impact on students in primary and secondary school. We may come back to the committee on both these aspects.