DARE - Disability Access Route to Education

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CAO Application Process

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.

• Step 2

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.

• Step 3

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

DARE 2012 Application Guide

The Guide & Flyer for 2012 can be downloaded below.

And from the following websites www.cao.ie | www.qualifax.ie

DARE 2012 in Individual Institutions

You can access the homepage and the Disability/Access service in each of the participating institutions.

Higher Education Institution	Disability/Access Service	Contact	Telephone
	Disability Support at AIT	Patricia Kearney dare@ait.ie	090 646 8141
	Disability Support at CIT	Laura O'Rourke dare@cit.ie	021 4335107
	Disability Support at DCU	Anne O’Connor dare@dcu.ie	01 7005160
	Disability Support at DIT	Bob Ó Mhurcú dare@dit.ie	01 4027658
	Disability Support at MDI	Carmel Carroll dare@materdei.dcu.ie	01 8086584
	Disability Support at NCI	Geraldine Feeney dare@ncirl.ie	01 6599269
	Disability Support at NUIG	Angela Joyce dare@nuigalway.ie	091 492875
	Disability Support at NUIM	Catherine Doherty dare@nuim.ie	01 7086025
	Disability Support at Pontifical University, Maynooth	Sandra Norgrove dare@may.ie	01 7084772
	Disability Support at TCD	Declan Reilly & Alison Doyle dare@tcd.ie	01 8963111
	Disability Support at UCC	Mary O’Grady dare@ucc.ie	021 4902985
	Disability Support at UCD	Fiona Sweeney dare@ucd.ie	01 7167564
	Disability Support at UL	Brenda Shinners Kennedy dare@ul.ie	061 202346

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Grants and Financial Supports for Higher Education

AHEAD – Association for Higher Education Access and Disability

Information Events and Open Days

For dates of Information Days and Open Days log on to the events listings on this website or on www.qualifax.ie

Better Options (supported by DAWN and AHEAD)

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

 

DARE Application Advice Clinics

Nationwide. Saturday January 14th 2012. Click here for more details.

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