fionnathan achievements

• Fundraising Show for Trócaire – Limerick
• Fundraising Show for Movember Men’s Health – Galway
• Sisters of Charity Elders Group – Donnybrook (serenading from their lawn)
• Children’s Summer Camp – Scoil Mhichíl Naofa, Athy
• Bia Lovers Food Festival – Athenry
• Fundraising for Galway Voices for Down Syndrome
• Christmas Concert – Galway Hospice
• Tour de Munster / Down Syndrome Ireland
• Let Us Shine Fashion/Talent Show – Down Syndrome Ireland
• UNESCO Chair of Inclusive Sports Launch – Tralee Sessions, Galway
• Christmas Concert – St Brigid’s Community Nursing Home, Ballybane
• Embrace Event – Glór
• Christmas Concert – Claregalway Secondary School
• InFlow Gamelan Group – Irish National Culture Night, Galway
• InFlow Gamelan Group – Galway Jazz Festival
• Grotto (Galway Autism Partnership Event) – Glór, Ennis
• Bushfield Care Centre – Galway
• Galway Hospital
• Castlegar Nursing Home
• Sonas Nursing Home – Ballina
• Leinster Fleadh Cheoil
• Sensory Santa – Psychology Dept, NUIG
• Embrace Christmas Concert – County Clare
• Voices of Down Syndrome – Irish Countrywomen’s Association & Galway Bay FM
• World Down Syndrome Congress (online)
• Clare Leaders Forum Concert (online)
• An Audience with Magnus, Fionn & Friends ×3 (online)
• Irish Wheelchair Association – July Jubilee
• Dooher Funeral & Remembrance Events
• TILDA Remembrance Event – Trinity College Chapel
• IASSIDD SIRG on Down Syndrome (online)
• National Advocacy Conference – Athlone
• IIMHL / IIDL Leadership Exchange – Dublin
• Embrace Work-in-Progress Show – Ennis
• Sensory-Sensitive Santa – Galway University School of Psychology
• TradFest Launch Event – Temple Bar, Dublin
• TradFest AbleFest (Headlining & 2nd Show) – Dublin
• International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity – Kerry
• TradFest – Milwaukee Irish Fest, Wisconsin (USA)

• Deohaeko Christmas Concert – Toronto, Canada
• Venture Arts – Manchester, UK
• Claiming Full Citizenship Gala Boat Cruise – Vancouver, Canada
• Native Lands of the Homalco Band – British Columbia, Canada
• Xixuau Xipxarina Community Hall – Amazon Rainforest, Brazil
• Down Syndrome Arts Project – Jacksonville, Florida, USA
• Middin Weesperstraat Art Studio & Gallery – Netherlands
• Minding Our Business Group – Penrith, Australia
• Community Resource Unit – Brisbane, Australia
• Mamre Support Centre – Brisbane, Australia
• Inclusion Alberta AGM – Vancouver, Canada
• Jonathan’s 35th High School Reunion – Dexter, Michigan, USA
• The Arc of Kona – Hawaii, USA
• Full Life – Kona, Hawaii, USA
• Global Down Syndrome Foundation WDSD for the Governor – Capitol Building, Denver, Colorado, USA
• St. Patrick’s Day Street Performance – SXSW Festival, Austin, Texas, USA
• Fog and Flame Café – Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
• Performance with Magnus Turpie – The Wee Pub, Edinburgh, UK
• St. Paul Farmers’ Market – Minnesota, USA
• Ramsey Farmers’ Market – New Jersey, USA
• Art Exhibition – New Jersey, USA
• Lebanon Farmers’ Market – Pennsylvania, USA
• Fog and Flame Café – Pennsylvania, USA
• Pumpkin Festival – Rohrbach Farm, Pennsylvania, USA
• Skyline Park – New York City, USA
• Steadward Centre – Edmonton, Canada
• House Concert – Marseille, France
• House of Commons Approval of Down Syndrome Bill Rally – London, UK
• Irish Pavilion (Music & Cu) – World Expo, Dubai, UAE
• Carter / Crowter Wedding – UK
• Harkin International Disability Summit – Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Intercultural Exchange – Council of Europe Youth Centre, Strasbourg, France
• House Concert – Paris, France
• Verrier-la-Buisson Steiner Waldorf School – France
• GiGi’s Playhouse – Illinois, USA
• Betty & Beau’s Café – Michigan, USA
• Soul Art Studio – Michigan, USA
• Fellowship Community – New York, USA
• Rising Above Bakery – New York, USA
• Disability Day Conference – European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
• Logan Airport (during ice storm delays) – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• University of Humanistic Studies (St. Patrick’s Day) – Utrecht, Netherlands
• World Supported Employment Summit – Vancouver, Canada
• Farmers’ Market – Campbell River, Vancouver Island, Canada
• Kitty Angus’ Memorial Bounce Arts Fest – Belfast, Northern Ireland
• EU Persons with Disability Day Cocktail Hour – Brussels, Belgium
• Inclusion Down Belgium WDSD – Belgium
• Storytelling Strategies for Communications Professionals – Inclusion BC, Canada
• OneFest – Mansfield, UK
• Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress Buddy Walk – Boston, Massachusetts, USA
• House Party – Princeton, New Jersey, USA
• Youth Inclusion Course – Espoo, Finland
• Irish Permanent Mission to the UN – New York City, USA
• KV57 – Helsinki, Finland
• Outsider Arts Festival – Helsinki, Finland

• 2015 — 58 shows = 139 hours
• 2016 — 64 shows = 131 hours
• 2017 — 53 shows = 122 hours
• 2018 — 101 shows = 281 hours
• 2019 — 77 shows = 188 hours
• 2020 — 50 shows = 125 hours
• 2021 — 61 shows = 222 hours
• 2022 — 75 shows = 256 hours
• 2023 — 85 shows = 259 hours
• 2024 — 30 shows = 104 hours
• 2025 — 35 shows = 136 hours

• Collaborations, Scariff
• Collaborations, University of Galway
• Arts Festival, Mountshannon
• Heart & Sold, London
• Monsters & Us 1, Ennis
• Monsters & Us 2, Killkee
• Bia Lovers Festival, Athenry
• Heart & Sold, New York
• Heart & Sold, Manchester
• Perceptions, Cork
• CAPA Group Show, Galway (curating)
• Westport Arts Festival
• Travelogues 1, Scariff
• ARD Christmas Fair, Galway
• National DS Society Adult Summit Exhibitor Table, Detroit
• exhibited and sold original artwork during trips to UK, USA, & Canada
• Sent 100+ Fionnathan ‘Fear Nuthin’ masks to friends in early Covid
• Posters gifted on USA trip
• Artists Co-op Store, Mountshannon
• We Are One & No Labels, No Walls Festivals web screenings
• Embrace Exhibition, Ennis
• Art Rabble online sales
• contributed to ‘Lost Voices’, Cut + Paste at the Crick Institute
• Christmas Card design for DSUK
• Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, Worcester MA

• New Directions: Better Life for You & Me, w/ Clare Self Advocacy Group & Loop Head Studios
• Living Self Directed Lives, PossibilitiesPlus
• Sweet Love music video by Brendan McCahey
• Tour de Munster filming for RTE’s Nationwide
• WDYL interviews for Nourishing Traditions Conference
• Good Lives Project, Centre for Disability Law and Policy NUIG
• Our Homes Film, Inclusive Research Network of Ireland
• Ireland’s Got Talent sizzle reel for Kite Entertainment
• Voicebox (#1, 2, 3) at Natl Advocacy Conf (Fed Vol)
• Moving Home Movies, Clan Beo
• WDYL Creative Minds, Manchester
• When in Despair video for Perceptions Exhibition
• What We Love ARD Social Empathy Film
• Interviews International Initiative for Disability Leadership Exchange, LEAP & PossibilitiesPlus
• WDYL, Westport Arts Festival
• The Twist, Soul Drama Troupe, Brothers of Charity Clare
• 365 Days of Fiddlers Social Media Project
• consult on film project, S. Little
• What Do You Love About Your Life? Center on Disability, Temple U
• Backyard Bioblitz for Heritage in Schools Project
• Artist in Lockdown with Heart and Sold Collective
• # Am I Nature film for Merlin Woods Collective & Culture Night Online
• Training video for Open Future Learning
• Training video for Legal Capacity Training
• Info films for All Party Parliamentary Group on Down Syndrome UK
• Info film for IASSIDD Inclusive Research Group
• Documentary Interview in Mountshannon Arts Fest 25
• modular films for Open Future Learning
• modular films & info film for Digi-ID (Trinity U)
• info films for All Party Parliamentary Group on Down Syndrome UK
• info film for IASSIDD Inclusive Research Group
• What Do You Love About Your Life?
• Climate Change interview project for Citizen Network TV
• talent for national TV campaign promoting DSS
• Books Beyond Words Early Alzheimer’s Project application
• Australian Aboriginal Voice Campaign @Irish4yes
• promo for IASSIDD World Congress
• Fleadh TV performance with Tommy Hayes
• Happiness Project at TradFest
• Happiness Project at DIFF
• Happiness Project at Zero Con
• Instagram Reel for Galway Bay FM
• TradFest Ambassador Announcement in NYC
• RTE News
• Testimonial for Fishbowl fundraising
• Happiness Project at Galway Film Fleadh
• Happiness Project at Outsider Arts Fest, Helsinki

• DOCTRID Galway Gala Dinner
• MN Waldorf School
• Camphill Village MN
• Fog & Flame Coffee Shop, PA
• Bright Club, Galway
• CDLP, NUIG
• Smallest Comedy Club in Ireland, Galway
• We Are One Festival, Glasgow
• Fringe Festival, Edinburgh x6
• Festive Follies (Clare Co Embrace Arts Programme & Creative Ireland): St Anthony, Dulick Cntr, & St Josephs Hospital in Ennis; Orchard Centre Kilrush; Knockaderry Cntr; + 4 online Rethink Ireland Awardees Showcase
• Everyone Has Down Syndrome at Bounce Arts Fest, Belfast
• Everyone Has Down Syndrome at NeuroConvergence Fest, Dublin

• Mountshannon
• Boys Cashel, Tipp
• Girls Cashel, Tipp
• Moyvore w/ Dale
• Monaleen w/ Dale
• St Michael’s Athy
• Leitrim x2
• 4 Ire, 2 Tanzania
• Killeen NS in Louisburg, Mayo
• Aughadreena; Cavan
• Moycullen
• St Paul’s Limerick
• Priorswood x2
• Knocknacarra
• Sutton Park Howth
• Tibohine
• Monivea
• Glinsk
• Tierneevan Gort
• Sacre Heart Ballygal
• Scoil Naomjh Bríd Dundalk
• Thornleigh ET
• Rathbane
• Culmullin Drumree
• N Kildare ET
• Knocknacarra
• Scoil Phádraig Naofa Athy
• Claregalway
• Merlin Woods
• Galway Steiner
• Galway ET
• St Edans Wexford
• Scoil Mhuire Milford
• St Patrick Boy's x2
• Lawrencetown Ballinasloe
• Ballinlough Roscommon
• St. Paul's Limerick
• Kilmainhamwood
• Gurrane Innishannon
• Kilnaleck Cavan
• St. Paul's Ratoath
• ArranMor
• Scoil Adhamhnáin Naofa Gweedore x2
• St Thomas Jnr Dublin
• St.Patrick's Ballyfarnon
• St. Colmcilles Mullinavat
• St. Joseph's Kilmactranny
• Barnatra Belmullet
• Scoil Bhríde Portlaoise x2
• Gort
• St Mary’s Enniskeane
• Sessiaghoneill Ballybofey x2

• The United States:
  
  • Lincoln Options Elem. & Olympia Waldorf, WA
  • Austin Waldorf, TX
  • Shining Mountain Waldorf Boulder CO
  • Wines Elementary Ann Arbor, MI
• Monaseed Gorey
• St Michaels Castletown
• St Mary's Finea
• Maynooth Public Library
• Scoil Mhuire Newbridge x2
• Carrigaline ETNS Cork
• Crinkill Birr
• Longford /Westmeath Homeschool Group
• St. Patricks Athy x3
• Curraghmore Mullingar
• Sacred Heart Roscrea
• St. Pauls Athlone
• St Francis Newcastle
• St. Edans Sloblands
• St Michael's House Ballymun
• Lenamore NS
• Riverview ETNS Walkinstown
• Glencovitt NS Ballybofey (cancelled due to Covid19)
• The United States:
  
  • Minnesota Waldorf‍
  • City of Lakes Waldorf‍
  • Lennoxville Public Library
• Barefield NS
• St Anne’s Special School
• St Senan’s Kilrush NS
• Scoil Mhaincin Ennistymon NS

• Slingshot Academy
• St Joseph’s Tulla Social Empathy Workshops w/ ARD
• Merlin College; Motivation Presentation
• Merlin College Social Empathy Workshops w/ ARD
• Banagher College Secondary School Transition Year
• St Joseph’s Drogheda
• Global Happiness at Bewdley School (+ groups from 6 countries)
• Scoil Mhuire Ennistymon Secondary

• Natl U Ire Galway Centre for Disability, Law and Policy
• Limerick Inst of Tech
• Athlone Inst of Tech
• Limerick Inst of Tech
• Waterford Inst of Tech Arts in Social Care Course
• Inst of TechTralee
• Tech U Dublin DiEDUCATION
• Optimal Individual Service Design by M Kendrick, hosted by HSE
• Employability Clare Consultations
• Enabling Excellence course by H Dittmeier, hosted by Geni
• Willie Clancy Summer School
• Summer College: The Good Life, by Darcy Elks at St Margaret’s
• Start Your Own Business Course, Limerick
• 6 Art Collaborations (Brophy, Wilson, El Baba, Lee, Ferris, Digital Media course, by East Clare Co-Op
• Still Photography Course, Brothers of Charity Clare
• Digital Biscuit Conference by Screenwriters Guild
• Education through Television workshop with Irish Film Institute
• Design Innovation Creativity Enterprise Conference
• CNC Router & Laser Cutting Courses at FabLab Limerick
• Mary Immaculate Course Investigation
• Butterflies & Dragonflies talk by Birdwatch Limerick
• Business consultation with Noel Brennan
• Living Room workshop with Clan Beo
• Royal Irish Academy of Music Exams Start a Social Enterprise Course (SCCUL)
• Marketing Mentoring with Greg Osbourne; Jigsaw Counselling; Parenting Course (DESSA)
• Heritage Expert Consultation with Dale Treadwell
• Art Lessons (NUIG)
• Creative Connections Conference (Art & Disability Ire)
• Premiere Pro editing workshop (Galway Film Centre)
• Talking Documentary Conference (Galway Film Centre)
• Young Scientist Science Fair
• Transforming Lives National Summit (HSE)
• Local Area Coordination Intro Workshop with Ralph Broad
• SSDL Master Class by Mary Kealy (Genio)
• Disability Studies 20th Anniversary Event (UCD)
• Disability Confidence in Business (Employability)
• Screen Printing Workshop (Galway Print Studio)
• Voices Project Conference (CDLP)
• Toward the Task Force Seminar (DSI & Inclusion Ireland)
• met Pat Morgan, VP & Gerard Quinn, CDLP re. NUIG inclusion
• Financial Matters workshop (Down Syndrome Limerick)
• Governance Training (A. T.)
• Disability / Workplace Training Consultation w/ George Percy
• Social Enterprise Consultation w/ Ruairi McKiernan
• Practical Self Advocacy w/ Peter Kearns
• Investigate Trinity Course
• Fleadh Cheoil Volunteers Leadership Training Willie Clancy Summer School
• Facilitating Inclusive Learning Course (Maynooth)
• Digital Skills Course (Galway City Partnership)
• Laser Cut Shadow Puppets Workshop at Fab Lab
• Project Management Course (Dell Computers)
• Building Capacity Conf (Middletown Centre for Autism)
• Awakening Empathy Conference (Child / Family Research Cntr)
• Social Media Course (Medtronic)
• Tools for Independent Living seminar (Inclusion Ireland)
• OutsiderXchanges Art Symposium at Baltic, Newcastle
• Business Consultation with Galway City Partnership
• Business Consultation with Galway Film Centre
• Consultation with CDLP Legal Advice Clinic
• Practical Self Advocacy Leaders meetings, DFI
• Tinga Tinga Painting Lesson, Mbeya
• Art Collaboration with Malindi, Dar Es Saalam
• Monoprint Workshop with KCAT director Paul Bokslag
• Consultation with Community Work Ireland
• learning exchange with National Advisory Council
• Wealth Accumulations Strategies Workshop
• Business Disability Forum Meeting, London
• Families & Service Providers: Working Together to Create Meaningful Lives in Community – Workshop
• Website design with Martin Flaherty, Sunshine Marketing
• learning exchange with Inclusion Alberta
• Family Conference (Inclusion Alberta)
• Online Portfolio Workshop (Lochrea School of Art)
• Sea Fest, Galway
• By Us With Us event (Center for Independent Living)
• learning exchange with film maker Arun Asan
• Assisted Decision Making Workshop (CDLP)
• Independent Living Conference (FRA)
• Launch WG3’s Plan for Effective Participation in Decision Making
• Philosophy of Independent Living Webinar (AT)
• Investigate Huston School of Film Course (NUIG)
• Script Breakdown Course, Screen Skills Ireland
• Creative Proposals for Art Projects Workshops
• Natl Council for Sp. Ed. Research Conference
• Heritage in Schools Conference
• Environment Awareness Day, 3 Rivers Beekeeper Assoc
• Sea Fest, Cork
• Our Ocean Wealth Summit
• Science Expo, NUIG
• Loving Galway Climate & Biodiversity Event
• Business consultation with Steve Jordan
• Screenwest Meet-Up, Galway Film Centre
• Diversability Conference, Penn State
• Hear Me training
• Housing in Galway for PWD, by DFI and BoC
• Including people w/IDD in Research Webinar
• Arts Retreat in Crookhaven
• Cape Clear Wildlife Festival
• Camera & Lighting with Galway Film Centre
• Burren Beo Learning Landscapes Web Conference
• CARA Inclusive Sports & Recreation Conference
• DARE European Research Conference
• UNCRPD
• Workshop with CDLP
• Galway Environmental Network tour Wind Park, Owenriff Valley
• Covid-19 Infection Prevention Course
• learning exchange with Gordon & Almut Woolard, Steiner Educators
• Step-Up Business Start Up for People with Disabilities (online)
• Research Webinar: Including people w/IDD
• Otter Identification Workshop with Mulkear Life (online)
• Rewilding Discussion with Padraic Fogerty, NUIG
• Wealth Accumulation Strategies for PWD Workshop, CDLP
• Passport to Production Film Industry Training – Screen Skills Ireland
• intl Disability Law Summer School - NUIG Centre Disability Law Policy
• Community Leadership in Biodiversity - W. Limerick Resources
• ‘Zine Creation Workshop for Disabled Artists - Dash Arts
• Place-Based Ed Training workshop - Burren Beo Trust
• Storytelling for Success webinar - The Wheel and National Lottery
• Disability Research/Evidence: London School of Hygiene / Tropical Med
• UNCRPD side events
• British Ornithology Trust N Ireland conference
• Disability-Inclusive Climate Webinar - McGill U Cntr for Legal Pluralism
• National Advocacy Council Conference
• Surviving through Story Website Launch
• Lesser Horseshoe Bats Webinar Vincent Wildlife Trust & Limerick CC
• Business Start-up webinar TUD
• Disability Entrepreneurial workshop
• Food Hygiene training course
• #IAmRemarkable workshop
• Personal Assistant Management workshop
• Robinson / Sanders Climate workshop
• Limestone Dales talk: BurenBeo Trust
• Mentoring (learning exchange) with Dr. Terry Morley
• Irish Ecological Association Conference
• Inclusive Post Secondary Ed by ISRV
• Disability Research in Pandemic Times by NNDR
• Covid-19 Safety in the Film & TV Industry
• Citizen Centered Leadership Development Course – Cornell University
• ENIL Study Session: SDGs & Youth with Disabilities in Strasbourg
• Water Biodiversity Course – Forum Connemara
• Land Use, Management and Biodiversty – Galway Participation Network
• Clowning Workshop at Goetheanum
• Oughterard Trout Hatchery
• Dying Q&A with Phil Friend of Not Dead Yet & ILMI
• Digital Equality for all Ages (Older Persons) – CDLP
• Manual Handling Safety in the Film & TV Industry – CMSE Training
• Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Conference – NDA
• Public & Patient Involvement in Research (PPI) Network Launch – NUIG
• Active Citizenship Inclusive Employment – Camphill Social Eco & Inclusion Alberta
• Physical Theatre workshop (private) with Miquel Barcelo
• International Association of Accessibility Professionals exam
• International Initiative for Disability Leadership Conference
• The Politics of Disablement – Utrecht Summer School
• EU Persons with Disabilities Conf in Brussels, ENIL Rep
• FÍS TV Production Workshop
• Employment Training with DSI (in-person)
• Employment Training with DS Ireland
• Job Interview Training with DS Ireland
• Cu Practice on Croke Park Pitch
• Casting Workshp w Allie Coffey Casting & Run of the Mill (at Blue Teapot)
• Casting in the industry Workshp, Natl Talent Academies
• ENIL Volunteering Orientation
• In-Country Euro Solidarity Corp On Arrival Retreat, Halle
• Social Connectedness Fellowship Training
• SALTO Inclusive Youth Training, Copenhagen
• AIREA, Madrid
• Voluntary Service Intl Orientation
• EU Day of Disability Conference, Brussels
• Level-Up EU capacity building by EYF, Brussels
• Self Directed Supports Ntwk Global Leadership Excg, EASPD, Brussels
• ENIL Youth Network mtg
• Down Syndrome UK Strategy meeting
• NALA Intro to Plain English Webinar
• SALTO Inclusive Youth Training, Espoo
• Together We Rise ! Youth Solidarity Summit
• Annual Conference - Networking: MA APSE
• Down Syndrome UK Strategy meeting
• Project Implementation Webinar, Global Leadership Exchange
• Understanding Your Obligations Under the 2015 Lobbying Actsabled & Self-Employed Course, School of Business
• U C Dublin Social Care MA
• Carlow College Social Care
• U Limerick Occupational Therapy MA
• Trinity College U Social Care BA
• Carlow College Social Care
• University of Maynooth Social Work; Disability Studies

• Oregon Health & Science U
• U Texas Austin
• Bloomsburg U
• Wayne State U
• Maastricht U (online)
• U Sydney
• Griffith U
• Penn State
• Temple U
• Bristol U
• Michigan State U
• U of Alberta
• MacEwan U Child & Youth Care
• Eberswalde U for Sustainable Development
• Wayne State University MI LEND Program
• Boston U Rubenstein Lab
• Winthrop U ID / Autism course
• Bertha Von Suttner U
• U North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• U Stavanger
• Örebro U
• U Mass Amherst
• U Wisconsin Madison Adapted Phys Activity

• Simone Áiseanna Tacaíochta (ÁT) review
• Sinead CDLP
• Leo, J I T Tralee inclusive sports
• Ariel, Boston U
• Fleur, Maynooth
• Maria, U Malaga Fathers study
• Awaal, Maynooth U
• Noor & Gilles U Leuven
• Hofmayer, S NUIG
• Sonneborn, L Temple U
• Indecon costs of disability survey
• Beyond DS UPLifting Guidebook Project interview
• Seale, Open U Tech as ID support during the pandemic survey
• Jackson, A York U Zombies & Disability survey & interview
• Intl Union for Conservation of Nature survey
• Griffiths, M U Leeds Youth Disability Activism EU survey
• DPO Coalition UNCRPD Shadow Report survey
• ESRI Personal Assistant Services survey
• Journal of Applied Research in ID: peer reviews of 2 articles
• Dias, M DARE End-of-Life experiences of PwD co-researcher
• Regan, S IWDG Blubber Book feedback
• Starrett, M WiFi cress experiment feedback
• Wayne State speech patterns of PwDS
• CDLP Summer School Mock UNCRPD General Comment co-author
• CanadianDSS / A Ruskin U 8 wk exercise/cognition participant
• O’Sullivan, MA Thesis interview Disability Awareness in Primary Schools
• Lock, J Opus Independents: Citizen Network Review
• van der Mark, Erasmus U Rotterdam: MA Thesis Busking Survey
• Brady, Arts Council: Mapping Arts & Disability in Clare, Galway, Mayo
• Bell, U of Hull: PhD Thesis interview Personal Growth in PwDS
• Purcell, Cara Sport Inclusion Ire Consultation on perceptions of sport
• Hannify, R Vincent Wildlife Trust Irish Stoat Research Project
• eBird Local Bird Count (daily, first 6 months)
• van der Mark, Erasmus: MA Busking Survey & Interview
• NDSPG Advisory Group Chair
• UK Dept of Health Stakeholder Focus Groups (lead)
• Digi-ID
• Decision Support Service Stakeholders Panel Member
• Fox, Crick Institute Cut+Paste on Genomic Editing Focus Group
• NDA Inclusive Research Focus Groups for Guidance Document
• Drexel U Learning & Dev Disabilities Ed Neuropsychology Research Lab
• Griffiths, U Leeds: Disability Activism in EU
• Grene, Barncat: DFI Advocacy Strategy
• O’Brien, S DFI: Membership Service Plan
• NDSPAG & DHSC Focus Groups
• Maynooth U Disabled Artists - Work and Welfare
• Journal of Policy & Practice in ID Special Ed Guest Editors
• IASSIDD Intl Congress Abstract Review Panel
• IASSIDD Intl Congress Poster Review Panel
• IASSIDD Intl Congress CAPCA Research Poster
• National Disability Strategy call for written submissions
• Smith, H Harvard Law School POD UNCRPD Research Team
• Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities Peer reviewer
• Caulfield, M UK Ministerial Down Syndrome Stakeholder Roundtable
• Ross, R UK Assisted Dying Bill Policy Statement for NDSPG
• American Institute for Research Study on Participatory Research
• National Platform of Self Advocates consultation
• Granone, F Stavanger Uni Mathematics Ed for Young Children with IDD

• Durham Assoc for Family Resources & Support
• Down Syndrome Centre with Fry’s
• Tour de Munster / DSI Creative Finance at Down Syndrome Limerick
• Abundance at DS Mayo
• Alliance for Arts, Ft Myers, FL
• Tour de Munster Awards/ DSI Claraty Arts
• Offaly Assoc. People with Intellectual Disability
• DS Limerick
• DS Louth / Meath
• Leitrim West Cavan Branch
• Irish Expat Community, Seattle
• Irish Expat Community, San Francisco
• Irish Expat Community, San Diego
• Community Living Magazine, London
• Chorlton Irish Club, Manchester
• Nittany Church, fundraiser for Taproot Kitchen
• University of the 3rd Age, An Cosan
• ARD Active Retired Group
• Launch of ASCEND Research Group at LIT
• Launch of Westport Arts Festival Exhibition
• An Evening with Fionnathan, interview in Merlin Woods
• Fundraiser for Gigi’s Playhouse Portland
• College Nature Preschool
• Fundraiser: Tapas for Taproot Kitchen, Nittany Church Comm Cntr
• Seniors Reading Group, Lennoxville Public Library
• Radical Inclusion, City of Lakes WS
• WDYL workshop, Camphill Village MN
• Hosting / Facilitating NoLablesNoWalls Action Monday webinar
• Commons Podcast interviewees
• Stay Up Late Scotland (live online performance)
• Tloczynski / Martz wedding in Bloomsburg, PA
• House concert in Berwick PA
• An Audience with Fionn & Magnus’ x1, ‘& Friends’ x3 (live online)
• Children’s Services Transition Youth Event
• Inclusion in Academics and Research Debate, Utrecht
• WDSD NDSAG Panel Intro, London
• Inclusion Ireland Employment Right Committee Event MC
• Inclusion British Columbia AGM presentation
• NDSS Ambassadors Group NDSPAG / NDSS Ambassadors collaboration
• Coffee Creatures at Bounce
• Culture Café at European Solidarity Corp On-Arrival Training Retreat
• Disability Rights UK
• SeeAbility (x2)
• UK Dept Health & Soc Care, Integrated Care Board Managers Conf Co-Chair
• UK Dept Health & Soc Care, Citizens with DS Consultations
• CAPCA Art Retreat
• DSI Limerick AGM
• IASSIDD Intl Pre-Congress
• Inclusive Research at BlueStack, Donegal
• at PALS Autism Support Group, Lochrea
• CN Newspaper Media Workshop in Helsinki
• Assisted Decision Making, People First Scotland
• KV57, Helsinki

• Irish National Teachers Org, Special Education Conference (keynote)
• International Initiative for Disability Leadership Exchange
• St. Margaret’s Summer College
• Good Lives (Galway, Mullingar, Dublin)
• Show Me the Money, Clan Beo
• Irish Anthropology Association
• Claiming Full Citizenship, Vancouver
• Time to Deliver Conf, Inclusion Ireland
• Down Syndrome Ireland AGM
• National Disability Authority General Meeting
• The Art of Belonging, IASSID
• Inclusion Alberta Family Conference
• Natural Connections at Go Wild, Galway
• World Down Syndrome Congress
• Idea Network Conference
• Universal Basic Income, E Clare Co-op
• Personal Budgets, Clare Leader Forum
• #Startability: Entrepreneurship for PWD
• Pacific Rim Disability & Diversity
• National Down Syndrome Society Adult Summit
• Nordic Network for Disability Research
• IASSIDD World Congress
• Disability / Visibility IHREC
• DOCTRID Galway
• Social Care Ireland Disability Special Interest Group
• Camphill Village MN Workshops
• Norah Fry Annual Lecture
• Camphill Ontario Workshops
• Steadward Centre fundraising breakfast address: MacEwan U Lecture Series
• World Down Syndrome Day at UN Geneva (online)
• Down Syndrome Adult Summit (online)
• IASSID Europe Conference invited response to keynote (online)
• IASSIDD Europe (FP & IRN)
• Rethink Ireland Awardees Showcase
• AONTAS Learners Conference for U3A An Cosan
• Toronto Summer Institute Workshop
• Social Care Ireland Annual Conference (keynote)
• EURECO 2021 ‘Tackling the Digital Divide’ (keynote)
• IASSIDD SIRG on Ethics (keynote)
• UNESCO Chair of Inclusive Sport at World Expo panel
• WISE Webinar Series
• IIDL Emerging Leaders EU Conference Panel
• Camphill Ireland
• Harkin International Disability Summit, Belfast
• Sigma EU Nursing Conference, Dublin
• IASSIDD SIRG on Down syndrome
• Resilience Services Annual Conf (keynote)
• BoC National Advocacy Conference (keynote)
• Heart is the Home of Shared Living Conference
• No Labels, No Walls Conf
• EURECO Forum Fishbowl, Brussels
• Positive Choices Disability Nursing Conf, Liverpool
• IASSIDD Families, ASD & Inclusive Research SIRGs roundtable
• IASSIDD ASD, Families & Inclusive Research SIRGs seminar
• Nordic Network of Disability Research, Reykjavik
• #ItsOurCommunity Conference, Festival of Debate, Sheffield
• World Supported Employment Summit, Vancouver
• APPG AGM, Westminster
• Personal Budgets Panel, UNIC
• #IChooseBoard Inauguration
• Positive Voices Self Advocacy
• Down Syndrome UK Natl Strategy Mtg
• SETU Waterford Social Care Week
• Zero Project Conference at UN Vienna
• Inclusion Down Belgium WDSW
• WDSD in Downing Street
• DSI Donegal WDSW
• Neuro Convergence Festival
• OneFest in Mansfield, UK
• IASSIDD World Congress (keynote)
• APPG AGM address
• DSUK Natl Strategy Mtg
• Massachusetts APSE Annual Conference
• Inclusion Intl - Inclusive Research (online)
• Connect Family Network roundtable on Self-Directed Living and Personalised Budgets
• Disability Entrepreneurial Conference, Bilbao
• Inclusion Around the World, TASH New Orleans
• Fionnathan: Advocacy Around the World, TASH New Orleans
• UN Vienna Zero Project Youth Panel
• WDSD in UN, NY
• Intl Symposium of Adapted Phys Activity, Kerry

• Analysis of Public Feedback on New Directions
• article about us in Clare Champion
• Frontline Magazine
• edited Anthroposophy Ireland Newsletter
• Good Lives book, Self Directed Living Research Group
• Galway Bay FM
• Our Homes, IRN
• Reasons to Smile
• Interviewed on Community Matters, Ennis FM
• Article in Community Living Magazine
• HSE Communications / Inclusion Guidelines
• Connaught Tribune
• Sunday Times Business
• Galway Advertiser People of the Tribes
• This is Galway Magazine
• Chapter in UK textbook Thriving with Down Syndrome
• Profile in UK book #NobodyToldMe by Positive About Down Syndrome
• launch new Fionnathan website
• Authored Article on Animal Dioramas with Children for INTO magazine
• Article on Artists in Lockdown Film, in Galway Daily
• Article on Rethink Award in Clare Echo
• Article on Rethink Award in Clare Herald
• Interview for Focus on Diversity website
• Blogpost for Conservation Optimism x2
• IUCN World Conservation Congress (attended as press)
• Blogpost for Vincent Wildlife Trust
• Blogpost for Food Cloud
• Article for Community Living Magazine
• Article for Red Nose Journal for Clowns
• section in The Essential Guide for Families with Down Syndrome
• Exploring My Life Path by Asking 600 for Social Sciences Journal & Book
• Digi-ID for Disabilities
• Irish Times interview for DSS article
• Irish Independent interview for DSS article
• Noel Baker interview for DSS article
• Beyond DS guest blog
• Connacht Tribune interview for DSS
• Busking Life for Journal of Community Music Journal
• co-authored End-of-Life experiences of People w/ ID by Diaz
• DIY Arts for Citizen Network Newspaper
• letter sent to 650 MPs for joining APPG DS: 8 responses, 6 favourable
• Harvard Law School Project on Disability Blog

• TG4’s Dúiche
• Irish TV Clare Matters & Irish TV Offaly Matters
• Interviewed on RTE’s
• The Today Show RTE News
• In Control Scotland livestream interviews (x2)
• Ireland & Beyond
• Enabling Commons podcast interview
• Radio Interview on Rethink Award for Clare F M
• Eutopya Podcast
• Good Things in Life Podcast & livestream event
• DS Awareness Month with Galway Bay FM
• PM Show on BBC Radio 4
• Morning Show on BBC TV 1
• Breakfast Show on BBC Radio 5 Live
• News at Six on BBC TV 1
• Clare FM Morning Show (x2)
• Galway Bay FM
• RTE News
• Enable Magazine
• European Network of Independent Living Podcast
• A Little Something Extra Podcast (GiGi’s Playhouse)
• Our Voice FM (National Advocacy Conf)
• Imagineers Vlog
• On Our Terms Podcast (Aine, ENIL
• Disability Aware Radio Show (Mysie, GOCOM Radio)
• In Control Scotland Webinar Wednesday
• The Self Advocate Show on Vancouver Radio (Alison)
• Self Advocacy Radio interview
• Employment Rights podcast (3 episodes + trailer) – as host’
• Galway Bay FM interview for DSS
• Clare FM interview for DSS
• Theatre Deli Social Model Starters Podcast
• Radical Visions Podcast
• Inclusive Views Podcast
• Cuppa Tea with Richard Podcast
• RTE Radio 1 morning Show - TradFest Launch
• Galway Bay FM - preUN
• WLIW-FM NYC PBS - TradFest Ambassador Announcement
• Radical Visions Podcast (2 episodes)

• Optimal Individual Service Design by M Kendrick, hosted by HSE
• Employability Clare Consultations
• Enabling Excellence course by H Dittmeier, hosted by Geni
• Willie Clancy Summer School
• Summer College: The Good Life, by Darcy Elks at St Margaret’s
• Start Your Own Business Course, Limerick
• 6 Art Collaborations (Brophy, Wilson, El Baba, Lee, Ferris, Digital Media course, by East Clare Co-Op
• Still Photography Course, Brothers of Charity Clare
• Digital Biscuit Conference by Screenwriters Guild
• Education through Television workshop with Irish Film Institute
• Design Innovation Creativity Enterprise Conference
• CNC Router & Laser Cutting Courses at FabLab Limerick
• Mary Immaculate Course Investigation
• Butterflies & Dragonflies talk by Birdwatch Limerick
• Business consultation with Noel Brennan
• Living Room workshop with Clan Beo
• Royal Irish Academy of Music Exams Start a Social Enterprise Course (SCCUL)
• Marketing Mentoring with Greg Osbourne; Jigsaw Counselling; Parenting Course (DESSA)
• Heritage Expert Consultation with Dale Treadwell
• Art Lessons (NUIG)
• Creative Connections Conference (Art & Disability Ire)
• Premiere Pro editing workshop (Galway Film Centre)
• Talking Documentary Conference (Galway Film Centre)
• Young Scientist Science Fair
• Transforming Lives National Summit (HSE)
• Local Area Coordination Intro Workshop with Ralph Broad
• SSDL Master Class by Mary Kealy (Genio)
• Disability Studies 20th Anniversary Event (UCD)
• Disability Confidence in Business (Employability)
• Screen Printing Workshop (Galway Print Studio)
• Voices Project Conference (CDLP)
• Toward the Task Force Seminar (DSI & Inclusion Ireland)
• met Pat Morgan, VP & Gerard Quinn, CDLP re. NUIG inclusion
• Financial Matters workshop (Down Syndrome Limerick)
• Governance Training (A. T.)
• Disability / Workplace Training Consultation w/ George Percy
• Social Enterprise Consultation w/ Ruairi McKiernan
• Practical Self Advocacy w/ Peter Kearns
• Investigate Trinity Course
• Fleadh Cheoil Volunteers Leadership Training Willie Clancy Summer School
• Facilitating Inclusive Learning Course (Maynooth)
• Digital Skills Course (Galway City Partnership)
• Laser Cut Shadow Puppets Workshop at Fab Lab
• Project Management Course (Dell Computers)
• Building Capacity Conf (Middletown Centre for Autism)
• Awakening Empathy Conference (Child / Family Research Cntr)
• Social Media Course (Medtronic)
• Tools for Independent Living seminar (Inclusion Ireland)
• OutsiderXchanges Art Symposium at Baltic, Newcastle
• Business Consultation with Galway City Partnership
• Business Consultation with Galway Film Centre
• Consultation with CDLP Legal Advice Clinic
• Practical Self Advocacy Leaders meetings, DFI
• Tinga Tinga Painting Lesson, Mbeya
• Art Collaboration with Malindi, Dar Es Saalam
• Monoprint Workshop with KCAT director Paul Bokslag
• Consultation with Community Work Ireland
• learning exchange with National Advisory Council
• Wealth Accumulations Strategies Workshop
• Business Disability Forum Meeting, London
• Families & Service Providers: Working Together to Create Meaningful Lives in Community – Workshop Website design with Martin Flaherty, Sunshine Marketing
• learning exchange with Inclusion Alberta
• Family Conference (Inclusion Alberta)
• Online Portfolio Workshop (Lochrea School of Art)
• Sea Fest, Galway
• By Us With Us event (Center for Independent Living)
• learning exchange with film maker Arun Asan
• Assisted Decision Making Workshop (CDLP)
• Independent Living Conference (FRA)
• Launch WG3’s Plan for Effective Participation in Decision Making
• Philosophy of Independent Living Webinar (AT)
• Investigate Huston School of Film Course (NUIG)
• Script Breakdown Course, Screen Skills Ireland
• Creative Proposals for Art Projects Workshops
• Natl Council for Sp. Ed. Research Conference
• Heritage in Schools Conference
• Environment Awareness Day, 3 Rivers Beekeeper Assoc
• Sea Fest, Cork
• Our Ocean Wealth Summit
• Science Expo, NUIG;
• Loving Galway Climate & Biodiversity Event;
• Business consultation with Steve Jordan;
• Screenwest Meet-Up, Galway Film Centre;
• Diversability Conference, Penn State;
• Hear Me training ;
• Housing in Galway for PWD, by DFI and BoC;
• Including people w/IDD in Research Webinar
• Arts Retreat in Crookhaven;
• Cape Clear Wildlife Festival;
• Camera & Lighting with Galway Film Centre;
• Burren Beo Learning Landscapes Web Conference;
• CARA Inclusive Sports & Recreation Conference;
• DARE European Research Conference;
• UNCRPD;
• Workshop with CDLP;
• Galway Environmental Network tour Wind Park, Owenriff Valley;
• Covid-19 Infection Prevention Course;
• learning exchange with Gordon & Almut Woolard, Steiner Educators;
• Step-Up Business Start Up for People with Disabilities (online);
• Research Webinar:
• Including people w/IDD;
• Otter Identification Workshop with Mulkear Life (online);
• Rewilding Discussion with Padraic Fogerty, NUIG;
• Wealth Accumulation Strategies for PWD Workshop, CDLP
• Passport to Production Film Industry Training – Screen Skills Ireland;
• intl Disability Law Summer School - NUIG Centre Disability Law Policy ;
• Community Leadership in Biodiversity - W. Limerick Resources;
• ‘Zine Creation Workshop for Disabled Artists - Dash Arts;
• Place-Based Ed Training workshop - Burren Beo Trust;
• Storytelling for Success webinar - The Wheel and National Lottery;
• Disability Research/Evidence:
• London School of Hygiene / Tropical Med;
• UNCRPD side events;
• British Ornithology Trust N Ireland conference;
• Disability-Inclusive Climate Webinar - McGill U Cntr for Legal Pluralism;
• National Advocacy Council Conference;
• Surviving through Story Website Launch;
• Lesser Horseshoe Bats Webinar Vincent Wildlife Trust & Limerick CC;
• Business Start-up webinar TUD;
• Disability Entrepreneurial workshop;
• Food Hygiene training course;
• #IAmRemarkable workshop;
• Personal Assistant Management workshop;
• Robinson / Sanders Climate workshop;
• Limestone Dales talk: BurenBeo Trust;
• Mentoring (learning exchange) with Dr. Terry Morley;
• Irish Ecological Association Conference;
• Inclusive Post Secondary Ed by ISRV;
• Disability Research in Pandemic Times by NNDR;
• Covid-19 Safety in the Film & TV Industry
• Citizen Centered Leadership Development Course – Cornell University;
• ENIL Study Session: SDGs & Youth with Disabilities in Strasbourg;
• Water Biodiversity Course – Forum Connemara;
• Land Use, Management and Biodiversty – Galway Participation Network;
• Clowning Workshop at Goetheanum;
• Oughterard Trout Hatchery;
• Dying Q&A with Phil Friend of Not Dead Yet & ILMI;
• Digital Equality for all Ages (Older Persons) – CDLP;
• Manual Handling Safety in the Film & TV Industry – CMSE Training;
• Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Conference – NDA
• Public & Patient Involvement in Research (PPI) Network Launch – NUIG;
• Active Citizenship Inclusive Employment – Camphill Social Eco & Inclusion Alberta Physical Theatre workshop (private) with Miquel Barcelo;
• International Association of Accessibility Professionals exam;
• International Initiative for Disability Leadership Conference;
• The Politics of Disablement – Utrecht Summer School;
• EU Persons with Disabilities Conf in Brussels, ENIL Rep;
• FÍS TV Production Workshop;
• Employment Training with DSI (in-person);
• Employment Training with DS Ireland;
• Job Interview Training with DS Ireland;
• Cu Practice on Croke Park Pitch;
• Casting Workshp w Allie Coffey Casting & Run of the Mill (at Blue Teapot);
• Casting in the industry Workshp, Natl Talent Academies
• ENIL Volunteering Orientation;
• In-Country Euro Solidarity Corp On Arrival Retreat, Halle;
• Social Connectedness Fellowship Training;
• SALTO Inclusive Youth Training, Copenhagen;
• AIREA, Madrid;
• Voluntary Service Intl Orientation;
• EU Day of Disability Conference, Brussels;
• Level-Up EU capacity building by EYF, Brussels;
• Self Directed Supports Ntwk Global Leadership Excg, EASPD, Brussels;
• ENIL Youth Network mtg;
• Down Syndrome UK Strategy meeting;
• NALA Intro to Plain English Webinar
• SALTO Inclusive Youth Training, Espoo
• Together We Rise ! Youth Solidarity Summit
• Annual Conference - Networking: MA APSE
• Down Syndrome UK Strategy meeting
• Project Implementation Webinar, Global Leadership Exchange
• Understanding Your Obligations Under the 2015 Lobbying Act

• Niamh QuinnNiamh’s Innovators Ltd
• Suzie Mofat Heart & Sold
• Brothers of Charity Clare & HSE
• Inclusion Programme, South Bank U, London
• Martin Naughton A T Orientation
• Betsy Neuville Keystone Institute
• Will Clark Restauranteur, Belfast
• Arc of Watcom Co.
• Claraty Arts
• Galway Cntr for Independent Living
• Marg & Jeremy Ward Community Resource Unit, Australia
• Gaie Stewart Arts Alive, Galway
• Self Advocacy Sydney
• Attitude Foundation
• Josie Webster Heart & Sold artist, Australia
• Mamre Brisbane Australia
• Great Ideas in Action
• Friendship Heart Art Studio, PA
• Darcy Elks Darcy Elks Consulting
• Sean Connealy BOC Galway
• Blue Diamond Drama
• Blue Teapot Drama Troupe
• Kayah Guenther self advocate, Australia
• Petria Malone Inclusion Ireland,
• Center on Disability Studies, U of Hawai'I
• Cascadia Cetacean Research Collective
• Temple U Institute on Disabilities
• Rachel Handlin California Institute of the Arts
• Ann Garfield Arc of Colorado
• Conor Long activist, CO
• Clare Carroll Hear Me Project
• Mark Brennan UNESCO Youth and Family Chair, PA
• Babs DiFrank Thinking Toys, PA
• Gretta Fitzgerald DOCTRID
• Cathy Pinkerton U Michigan Lawyer
• Ari Weinsweig ZingTrain CEO
• Brendan McCarthy Comic Book Author, Ennis
• Celia Feinstein Temple U Institute on Disabilities
• Roger Ideishi Director of OT, Temple U
• Andrew Weatherly artist, NJ
• Portershed,Galway
• Alan Cheevers City Councillor
• Eamon O’Cuiv TD
• Daniel Grcevic Camphill Callan
• Michigan Developmental Disabilities Institute
• Ann Jackson disability researcher, Toronto
• Joel Yaffee entrepreneur in Montreal
• Simon Barrow Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
• Sibeal Regan Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
• Miek Wiking Happiness Research Institute
• Julia & Sophie Conservation Optimism
• Tim & Danyetta StarFire Council
• Des Acton Trinity U
• Simon Duffy Citizen Network
• Markus Vähälä Citizen Network
• Colm Donnely acting tutoring
• Brendan Quinn IWDG
• Penguin Life Publishers
• Phoebe Weston Guardian News Biodiversity Writer
• Rob 2into3 (sponsored consultation)
• Marie Conservation Optimism
• Lisa Lim Arts Entrepreneur
• Ceara Conway Clare Arts Officer
• Carol Blessing Cornell U
• Heather Sachs NDSC Advocacy Co-ordinator
• Noel Byrne Minister Rabbitte's special advisor
• Nancy Gianni Gigi’s Playhouse flagship, Hoffman Estates, IL
• Gigi’s Playhouse, Westchester, NY
• Lieke van Heuman UI Chicago
• Soul Studio / Friendship Circle
• Betty & Beau’s Café Ann Arbor M
• Rising Above Bakery NY
• Kamil Goungor ENIL
• Leo Varadker Tanaste
• Ralph Broad consultant
• Tom Suchan EMU
• Kyle Smith pop art collector
• Alice Schippers Professor, UVH
• Jessie Fries Artist, Plymouth, MA
• Eddie Murray Artist, Plymouth, MA
• Lisa Drennan MERGE Consulting
• Anne Rabbitte Minister
• Roderick O’Gorman Minister
• Leo Varadkar Taoiseach
• Gillian Keegan UK Minister
• Simon Duffy Citizen Network
• Nicola Proto Citizen Network
• Markus Vähälä Citizen Network
• Izzy Castle self advisor
• NDSS Ambassadors
• Kylie Heart Midnight Fest Theatre Co
• Gerard O’Dwyer Midnight Fest Theatre Co
• Simon Duffy Citizen Network
• Spyros Zorbas Greek Carers Network EPIONI
• John Howard Ability West
• Helen Walmsley Voluntary Service Intl Ire
• Amy Williams Self-Employment Consulting
• Tamlyn Watermayer NIHR-Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Fellow
• Sheila Hollins Books Beyond Words
• Julie Duff DS Chester
• Lucy McLaren DS Chester
• Claire Tarling Easy Read Specialist
• Jane Daly parent, advocate
• Nadia Hadad Co-Chair ENIL
• Veronique Garrett Down S Intl
• Lisa Culty Drennan Merge Consulting
• Markus Vahala Kukunori
• Bevin Croft HSRI
• Val Bradley HSRI
• Ashley Scott BU Rubenstein Lab
• Eric Rubenstein BU Rubenstein Lab
• Hezzy Smith Harvard PoD
• Michael Brioglio TASH
• Aaron Hume People First Scotland
• Patti Scott Neighbours, Inc
• Dave Hansbury Neighbours, Inc
• Peter O'Brien Neuroconvergence
• Amy O Connor WorkAbility Project, St. Michael's House
• Sami Helle Pertin Valinta
• Sandra Fietkau Protestant U, Ludwigsburg, Germany
• Martin Harte Temple Bar Co - TradFest
• Kevin Farrell AbleFest
• Edwin Koga Amazon Theatrix Ensemble
• Oliver Koenig Bertha Von Suttner U
• Rosa Strasser Bertha Von Suttner U
• Brendan Fey St Pats for All
• Ruairi Lehmann Galway City Council
• Brian Barrett Galway City Council
• Hildegard Naughton TD for Galway, Minister for Disability
• Rachel & Jay Handlin Brooklyn, NYC
• Jarmahn Guenther Trainaside
• Mairéad Farrell TD for Galway
• Heini Merkkiniemi Pertin Valinta
• Mari Mononen KV57
• Paul Sherlock Irish Ambassador to Finland
• Markus Raivio Kukunori
• Jamie Cook Inclusion International

• IASSIDD Inclusive Research SIRG Chair
• National Down Syndrome Policy Advisory Group UK Chair
• Digi-ID Academy Communications Officer
• National Down Syndrome Policy Group UK Trustees, Founding Officers
• Down Syndrome Ireland Trustee
• Manavodaya International UK Trustees
• Heart and Sold Artists Collective Directors
• Inclusive Research Network of Ireland Global Liaisons
• Down Syndrome Ire Natl Advisory Council Public Relations Officer
• Citizen Network International Ambassadors
• Citizen Network Osk Co-op Supervisory Board Member
• Trad Fest Ambassador
• European Network on Independent Living, Youth Network Board Member
• Heritage Council School Specialist Panel Member
• Decision Support Service Stakeholders Panel Member
• HSE’s Personal Assistant Lived Experience Consult Group
• Self-Directed Living Research Group, U of Galway Galway Community Participation Network
• Disability Federation of Ireland
• Disability Federation of Ireland Advocacy Leaders Project
• International Social Role Valorization (SRV) Association
• HSE’s Disability Participation and Consultation Network
• IASSIDD Steering Council
• European Network on Independent Living
• International Association of Accessibility Professionals
• Decision Support Service Stakeholders Group
• Decision Support Service Review Group
• Inclusion Ireland Employment Rights Group
• HSE’s Personal Budgets Pilot Review Disability Advisory Group
• IUCN Commission on Education and Communication
• British Trust for Ornithology
• New Jersey Audubon Society

• IUCN Commission on Education and Communication
• Burren Beo Trust
• Conservation Volunteers Galway
• Irish Whale and Dolphin Group
• Irish Ecological Association
• Birdwatch Ireland

• Gleann na Ri Apartments Residents Association
• Men’s Shed, Mountshannon

• Awards
• Embrace Arts Associate Artists
• Global Leadership Exchange Emerging Leaders
• Remy Martin Irish Man of the Year Diversity & Inclusion Advocate
• Remy Martin Irish Man of the Year Arts & Culture Advocate

• Art Collaborators Fab Lab Limerick
• Delegates Declaration of Independence: The First Assembly
• Comm Dev Limerick Film Makers Networking Eve
• Workshop Salford Museum (w/ Venture Arts)
• Leader Fleadh Cheoil Green Volunteers
• Leaders Culture Night Art Workshop, Cork
• Leaders Fleadh Cheoil Green Volunteers
• Co-Leader Focus Groups for HSE Inclusive Decision Making
• Advocate meet with Minister McGrath
• Celebrants Saol Cafe Birthday Party
• Mourners Martin Naughton’s Memorial
• Artist M Naughton portraits to A.T. & D.F.I.
• Guest Rap The Sugarhill Gang
• Co-Artists Nature’s Mandala in Merlin Woods
• Pet Sitting Neighbor’s Dog
• Interviewees An Evening with Fionnathan in Merlin Woods
• Interviewees Assisted Decision Making Workshop (CDLP)
• Co-Artists Merlin Woods Culture Night
• Supporters Attitude Foundation Pitch for Awesome Foundation
• Meeting convenors Creative Minds, Galway
• Camp Leaders Teach na nDaoine Family Resource Centre, Monaghan
• Co-Leaders Focus Groups for Doctors and Us (IRN)
• Producers / MCs Culture Cafe, Galway 2020
• Chauefeuring Madra Dog Rescue
• Hosts NUIG Volunteer Fair
• Fundraising The Perfect Gift
• Ribbon Cutting DSI Galway Branch W Centre
• Discussion Hope Leet Ditmeier & W Coast Parents
• Camp Directors Down Syndrome Centre NE
• Invigilate TULCA Festival
• attendees ARD Community Festival
• attendees Kilkornan Celebration, BoC Galway
• attendees Clubs Gardenia & Tropicana, BoC Galway
• Citizen Sci Garden Bird Survey (Dec-Jan) with Birdwatch Ireland
• Citizen Sci Irish Stoat Research Project with Vincent Wildlife Trust
• Citizen Sci Cetacean Survey in Dublin Bay with IWDG x2
• Citizen Sci Horseshoe Crab Research (independent)
• Citizen Sci Local Bird Counts, Jan-Aug (daily) with eBird
• Citizen Sci Seal Walk at Roscam Point with Conservation Volunteers Galway x2
• Citizen Sci Red Squirrel Walk with Friends of Merlin Woods
• Citizen Sci Pollinator Garden in Gleann na Ri with Conservation Volunteers Galway
• guest review in Annual Report Burren Beo Trust
• Drama Culture Night Merlin Woods #AmINature Play (in person)
• Drama Invited auditions via self-tape for 3 roles in various TV series
• Associate Artists Embrace Arts, Ennis Arts Office
• Distribution Agent Food Cloud

• SSDL Training Plan Think Tank for Genio
• HSE Transforming Lives Working Group 3
• HSE Transforming Lives WG3 Guidance Group
• Creative Approaches to Practical Advocacy Course (DFI)
• Leonard Cheshire, Manchester
• HSE Transforming Lives Working Group 3
• HSE Transforming Lives WG3 Guidance Group
• HSE Personal Budgets Task Force
• Accessible Document Clarity Feedback to NAC
• HSE & AT Personal Budget Assessment Meeting
• A Day of Abundance, Brothers of Charity Clare
• HSE Transforming Lives Working Group 3
• HSE Transforming Lives WG3 Guidance Group
• Translation of Government Documents to Easy Read format
• HSE Personal Budgets Task Force
• Middin Weesperstraat, The Hague
• Employment Visioning with DSI CEO
• Employment Visioning with Brothers of Charity, Galway
• HSE Transforming Lives Working Group 3
• Austin Waldorf School Ed. Support
• Keystone Disability Services, PA
• Ballinasloe Brothers of Charity
• North Juutland Sheltered Workshop & Residential Care
• Minnesota Waldorf School Faculty meeting
• Camphill Village, Minnesota
• Community Homestead Farm, Wisconsin
• Buttermilk Farm Community, Wisconsin
• Camphill Community Ontario (and seven other support services)
• Steadward Center, Edmonton
• Feedback to Irish Govt on UNCRPD Initial State Report
• Expert Witness, Oireachtas Disability Committee on Personal Assistance
• Working Group Chairs to establish IRN as Irish Company
• European Network of Independent Living
• Trinity Centre for Ageing and ID Digi-ID Advisory Panel
• EU Centre for Independent Living strategic plan
• ILMI Disability Discrimination Clean-Up
• Working Group Chairs to establish IRN as Irish Company
• Feedback to Irish Govt on Housing Strategy
• Trinity Centre for Ageing and ID
• Digi-ID Advisory Panel
• Artistic Career Visioning (Eileen) Cheshire Galway
• Verrier le Buison Steiner Waldorf School, France
• Decision Support Service
• Disability Federation of Ireland
• Inclusion BC
• Foodcloud
• Disability Rights UK
• Down Syndrome Chester
• SeeAbility
• Inclusion BC Communications Group
• UK Dept. Health & Soc Care
• Values Into Action Scotland
• The Pobal Project | WorkAbility St. Michael's House
• People First Scotland
• Inclusion International

We've done up to 46 family consultations.

• Disability Awareness in Schools w/ Aimee grant proposal – rejected
• Arts & Disability Mentoring grant proposal – rejected
• Social Entrepreneurs Ireland award – not in the top 50
• Presentation proposal to National DS Congress – rejected
• Offer of music for Creative Connections conference – rejected
• Engage & Educate Fund (w/ CPN) – shortlisted, invited to pitch, rejected
• NDA tender for Research to inform the development of a quality framework for disability services
• Guest lecture at Donegal School of Med – funding refused
• Fionn on IHREC Board – refused
• ASSID Conference paper – refused
• Patton Oswalt interview – no response
• Dig Documentary Award – shortlisted
• Tryout for Owned – no response
• Applied to IHREC Disability Advisory Committee – refused

• COVID-19 Period Events & Activities:
  
  • Ability West Fundraising Gala
  • CDLP Winter School Athlone IT‍
  • U Limerick‍
  • U of South Carolina‍
  • Mountshannon Arts Festival‍
  • Coffee Creatures at Porterhouse, Galway‍
  • ASID New Zealand‍
  • Social Care Ireland AGM‍
  • DOCTRID Portlaise‍
  • NCBI Shapeshifters Gala Ball‍
  • Sinéad O’Connor interview (apologies)‍
  • Naomi Klein & Kiefer Sutherland interviews (no response to request)‍
  • Coffee Creatures at Porterhouse, Galway (postponed)‍
  • Ability West Comedy Show (dropped)‍
  • Heritage in Schools Virtual Visits Pilot (rejected)‍
  • Heritage Council Board of Directors application (rejected)‍
  • Otter ID workshop on Mulkear River (postponed due to bad weather)‍
  • TV series try-outs‍
  • Request for 154% HSE funding increase – refused‍
  • Possible Climate Cabaret proposal – rejected‍
  • Heritage Council St Patrick’s Day film proposal – rejected‍
  • Strategies for Change course – excluded‍
  • DS Galway Committee application – ignored‍
  • Atlantic Fellowship application – unsuccessful‍
  • IEA Committee application – ignored‍
  • Membership in DPO Network request – rejected‍
  • Volunteering on Celtic Mist research voyage – refused (due to disability)‍
  • Virtual Heritage in Schools Pilot Specialists Panel offer – rejected‍
  • Digi-ID filming bid – refused‍
  • Lost lease on art studio‍
  • Request for learning exchange with Mental Health Guesthouse – rejected‍
  • Lost election for ENIL Youth Board
• Applications Rejected:
  
  • COP15 Biodiversity Congress Press Pass
  • Gigi’s Liaisons Proposal‍
  • DS on the Film Set Report‍
  • Making-a-Film Reality Show‍
  • International Association of Accessibility Professionals exam‍
  • NDSS NY Gala‍
  • EU PwD Congress‍
  • Community Summit WA Conference‍
  • NDSCongress‍
  • Special Music Fest in Seoul‍
  • ENIL Youth Leadership Program‍
  • Patti Smith interview‍
  • BBC NI Show‍
  • Books Beyond Words Early Alzheimer’s Project‍
  • Rethink Abundance funding for 2025‍
  • Harvard workshop‍
  • Brendan O’Connor’s Employable‍
  • Invite to do Rethink End-of-Year presentation
• Applications Rejected (continued):
  
  • WDS Congress
  • Sigma Biennial Conference
  • UN Conference of Youth
  • Pediatrics Academic Societies
  • AAIDD
  • DARE Academy Scholarship Fund
  • EU Apprenticeship
  • Irish Ecological Association Board
  • Galway City SE Grant
  • Limerick Creative Producers Course
  • BBC One The Assembly / Happiness Project Collaboration
  • Harkin Summit / HPC
  • Global Disability Summit Scholarship
  • London School of Economics Atlantic Fellowship

• 7 CANADA Toronto
• 7 USA MI
• 14 S AMERICA Brazil
• 28 USA WA, OR, CA
• 3 UK Newcastle
• 7 UK Manchester x2
• 7 UK London
• 28 TANZANIA Dar es Salaam, Mkumi, Zanzibar
• 1 ETHIOPIA Adis Ababa
• 10 CANADA Vancouver, Montreal
• 15 USA NY, PA, FL
• 4 UK Manchester
• UAE Abu Dhabi, Ruais
• AUSTRALIA Sydney, Brisbane, Penrith,Townsville
• 3 MALAYSIA Kuala Lumpur, Taman Negara
• 3 CHINA Beijing
• CANADA Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary
• 10 USA PA, NJ, NY
• 7 NETHERLANDS The Hague, Amsterdam
• USA MI, IL
• ICELAND Reykjavik
• Scotland Glasgow
• 4 NORWAY Oslo
• 50 USA WA, OR, HI, TX, CO, PA, MI
• 6 PORTUGAL Lisbon
• 8 DENMARK Copenhagen, Juutland
• 15 SCOTLAND Glasgow, Edinburgh
• 19 USA MN, PA
• 20 UK England
• 12 USA MI
• 21 CANADA Ontario, Alberta, Quebec
• 18 USA Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York
• 10 FRANCE Marseille
• 1 ENGLAND London
• 3 ENGLAND London
• 2 ENGLAND London
• 5 ENGLAND London
• 2 ENGLAND Coventry
• 1 ENGLAND Oxford
• 2 ENGLAND London
• 3 N IRELAND Belfast
• 3 SWITZERLAND Basel
• 6 FRANCE Strasbourg
• 3 FRANCE Paris
• 2 USA Hoffman Estates, IL
• 7 USA Ann Arbor, Detroit & Ypsilanti, MI
• 2 USA Bloomsburg, PA
• 2 USA Chestnut Ridge & Westchester, NY
• 4 UK Leeds
• 5 Belgium Brussels
• 7 USA Ann Arbor & Jackson, MI
• 7 USA Boston, MA
• 2 Belgium Brussels
• 3 Netherlands Amsterdam & Utrecht
• 3 UK London
• 3 UK Liverpool
• 3 Iceland Reykjavik
• 3 UK London
• 2 UK Sheffield
• 7 USA Ann Arbor, MI
• 7 CAN Vancouver
• 15 USA Ann Arbor, MI
• 3 UK Milton Keynes
• 5 Netherlands Amsterdam & Utrecht
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• 2 UK Staffordshire
• 1 UK Leamington Spa
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• 1 UK London
• 5 USA Dexter, MI
• 3 UK Cheshire & London
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• 5 Denmark Copenhagen
• 3 Belgium Brussels
• 5 Spain Madrid
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• 2 Spain Bilbao
• 1 UK London
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• 3 Belgium Brussels
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• 8 USA Chicago
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• 3 Norway Stavanger
• 6 USA Madison & Milwaukee
• 5 Finland Helsinki

• funded 100 trees to be planted in Tanzanian forest reserve
• planted 10 oak tress at Brigit’s Hearth
• trees / perennials planted
• food waste prevented 24493 kg
• clothing, etc. redistributed
• resale of entire house contents
• reuseable water bottles