DARE Guide Video - No subtitles
The CAO Application Process opens on November 3rd 2011.
Step 1
Apply to the CAO at www.cao.ie by 17:15 on 1st February 2012.
No later than 17:15 on 1st March 2012 you must disclose your disability and/or specific learning difficulty in your CAO application and fully and correctly complete Section A of the Supplementary Information Form (the SIF is a part of your CAO application). If you wish to to be considered for the DARE scheme, you must indicate this on Section A of the fully completed SIF by ticking “Yes” to Question 5 by 17:15 on 1st March 2012.
You must return the fully completed Second Level Academic Reference (Section B) and Evidence of Disability (Section C) to the CAO by 17:15 on 1st April 2012.
CAO Helpline - To assist the applicant on making a full application to DARE CAO will operate a helpline from November 1st 2011 through to March 2012. Helpline phone number is: 091 509800. Email CAO by clicking Contact Us on www.cao.ie. More information can be found on www.cao.ie
The Guide & Flyer for 2012 can be downloaded below.
And from the following websites www.cao.ie | www.qualifax.ie
You can access the homepage and the Disability/Access service in each of the participating institutions.
| Higher Education Institution | Disability/Access Service | Contact | Telephone |
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Disability Support at AIT | Patricia Kearney dare@ait.ie |
090 646 8141 |
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Disability Support at CIT | Laura O'Rourke |
021 4335107 |
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Disability Support at DCU | Anne O’Connor dare@dcu.ie |
01 7005160 |
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Disability Support at DIT |
Bob
Ó Mhurcú dare@dit.ie |
01 4027658 |
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Disability Support at MDI | Carmel Carroll dare@materdei.dcu.ie |
01 8086584 |
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Disability Support at NCI | Geraldine Feeney dare@ncirl.ie |
01 6599269 |
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Disability Support at NUIG | Angela Joyce dare@nuigalway.ie |
091 492875 |
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Disability Support at NUIM | Catherine Doherty dare@nuim.ie |
01 7086025 |
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Disability Support at Pontifical University, Maynooth | Sandra Norgrove dare@may.ie |
01 7084772 |
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Disability Support at TCD | Declan Reilly & Alison Doyle dare@tcd.ie |
01 8963111 |
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Disability Support at UCC | Mary O’Grady dare@ucc.ie |
021 4902985 |
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Disability Support at UCD |
Fiona Sweeney dare@ucd.ie |
01 7167564 |
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Disability Support at UL | Brenda Shinners Kennedy dare@ul.ie |
061 202346 |
AHEAD (Association for Higher Education Access and Disability) provides information to students and graduates with disabilities, teachers, guidance counsellors and parents on disability issues in education.
For dates of Information Days and Open Days log on to the events listings on this website or on www.qualifax.ie
If you have a disability or specific learning difficulty and would like to go to college, you may be interested in coming along to this event. Representatives from Universities, Institutes of Technology and further education colleges will be there to give you information on application procedures, course details and the various supports that are available for you. They will provide information on courses and will be on hand to discuss supports in third level. There will also be workshops on DARE for students and Guidance Counsellors.Contact the Disability Service in the host institution for more information.
30th November 2011 - National College of Art and Design, Dublin 8, 10.30am - 2pm
Nationwide. Saturday January 14th 2012. Click here for more details.