Some of my earliest memories are of the subtle ways I was made to feel different because of my disability. I felt that receiving any extra help highlighted that there was something about me that made me stand out from… Continue Reading →
My disability is not always obvious. From a young age, I have suffered from severe depression, generalised anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, and panic disorder. This seems like an extensive list, but it gives you a little insight into how… Continue Reading →
Ben Rowsome has been elected to the Youth Committee of the European Disability Forum (EDF), representing Autism Europe. Ben is a 3rd year Physics student at Trinity and has a range of experience in disability activism as part of the… Continue Reading →
The First Year Experience – Ben Rowsome At the beginning of the First Year, a college is a new place with new people, new sounds, new smells, new surroundings, and a new way of learning – in short, it’s a new… Continue Reading →
Sean talks about his journey My name is Seán Maguire and I am currently a student at Trinity College Dublin studying applied Biomedical Science in the field of Human Health and Disease, and I have a diagnosis of Autism Spectrum… Continue Reading →
Lack of Inclusion Rather than Deliberate Exclusion One’s experience of inclusion will more than likely vary from one person to the next. For people with a disability, these experiences can sometimes be positive, while others often have less fortunate experiences… Continue Reading →
Autism Awareness Trinity College YouTube – Episode Description Ben discusses his experience as a student with Autism and what supports are available to him and other students with Autism at Trinity College.
Invisibles of Trinity – Part V Having Epilepsy is an everyday challenge; since I can have a seizure attack anytime and anywhere – it could be an absence seizure or tonic-clonic seizure. It could occur during lectures or while I… Continue Reading →
Invisibles of Trinity – Part IV Having an invisible disability is a strange thing. Sometimes you think it’s glaringly obvious like your disability is written across your forehead in permanent marker. You fear that everyone you meet is making presumptions… Continue Reading →
Invisibles of Trinity – Part III Before arriving at Trinity College Dublin as a Computer Science student and even before my diagnosis of bringing on the Autistic Spectrum I was already aware of my difficulties in social encounters, especially in… Continue Reading →
