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Robert Softley performing in If These Spasms Could Speak by Robert Softley/The Arches at Dublin Theatre Festival 2014

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Arts & Disability Ireland is a resource organisation for the arts sector. We build partnerships with arts organisations, galleries, venues, local authorities and national cultural institutions. We build sustainable collaborations with strategic arts organisations so as to champion the arts and disability agenda more effectively. We advocate, on behalf of artists and audiences with disabilities, for a more inclusive arts sector. We monitor policy implementation continually and, where necessary, undertake research to inform the development of inclusive arts sector policies, resources and programmes.


Photograph by David Ruffles

Club Tropicana at the Black Box, Galway 2011, developed as part of Arts and Disability Network Galway 2011

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Vincent the Villain in Silent Moves

A scene from Silent Moves commissioned by Mayo County Council as part of Ignite

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Audiences listening to audio description at the Abbey Theatre 2007

An audience member using audio description at an accessible performance in The Abbey Theatre

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Creative Connections: Arts and Disability Conversation and Showcase, Galway January 2016 featuring a gathering of the most innovative and thought-provoking artists, thinkers and advocates in arts and disability

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Blue Teapot Theatre Company actors Patrick and Charlene with Senator Catherine Noone at the launch of Becoming a National Resource: ADI's Policy and Strategic Direction 2011-2016

Blue Teapot Theatre Company actors Patrick and Charlene with Senator Catherine Noone at the launch of Becoming a National Resource: ADI’s Policy and Strategic Direction 2011-2016