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Athlone Access Awareness with the help of the Disability Federation of Ireland (DFI) is holding their annual Make Way Day today, Thursday, September 26.

The Rehabilitative Training Allowance for people with disabilities should be restored as a matter of urgency, according to Galway East TD and Minister for Rural Affairs Seán Canney.

Councillors seeking re-election and candidates standing for election to City Hall have been invited to declare their intention and commitment to ensure "equality is at the heart of their representation" and the work they will do in local government.

Local authorities need to reimagine how access to services and decision making can be improved for people with disabilities.

The Mayo Centre for Independent Living have welcomed Jackie Lynott as Coordinator of the Self Care to Wellness Programme. The Self Care to Wellness programme commenced in Mayo in January 2015. This initiative is a joint partnership between the HSE, Mayo Centre of Independent Living, Disability Federation of Ireland and the Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Disable Inequality, a major election campaign for the disability movement, was launched recently. The campaign is calling on the next government to establish a cabinet minister for disability inclusion. It is also calling for an end to the anomaly that means that people with disabilities cannot access many Government job activation schemes and the reinstatement of the €150m which has been taken out of disability health services since 2008. This is a grassroots movement election campaign that will engage the public and candidates across all 43 constituencies.