AHEAD |

AHEAD is an Irish non-profit organisation committed to promoting full access to education and employment for students and graduates with disabilities through ensuring individuals with disabilities have the opportunities and accommodations they need to succeed. AHEAD’s programmes include the Willing Able Mentoring (WAM) programme, their work placement programme and GetAHEAD, which works to upskill graduates with disabilities.

As a result of COVID-19, many workers had to work from home entirely which changed the world of work for many companies implementing hybrid working policies. Hybrid working is a combination of working from home and working from a designated team office. It’s emerging as an increasingly prevalent way to work and to attract and retain employees for companies.

My name is Philip Carroll, I am a Project Officer on the WAM Programme here in AHEAD. I’ve been here for just over a year now but before I came to work for AHEAD, believe it or not, I actually took pa

In recent years, remote work has emerged as a transformative trend in the professional landscape, offering individuals the freedom to work outside of the traditional office setting. While the recent p

When you’re starting a new position within the world of employment, it can be frightening to speak up about your needs. Usually, we can get so caught up in wanting to impress a potential employer duri

Here at AHEAD we run a work placement programme called The 'Willing Able Mentoring' Programme or 'WAM' for short. WAM aims to promote access to the labour market for graduates with disabilit

Being called for interview can sometimes feel a bit overwhelming, nerves start to kick in and you may even start to doubt whether you can actually do the job. Remember, if you are called for interview

The Department of Social Protection offer some grants and schemes in relation to the employment of people with disabilities. These grants and schemes can also benefit the employer in providing you wit

Firstly, a Reasonable Accommodation is any action that helps to alleviate a substantial disadvantage due to disability or medical condition. People with disabilities encounter many different types of

There are two key pieces of legislation that deal with equality in the employment of people with disabilities. We’ve summarised both of them below and described a key term that arises in this legislation - Reasonable Accommodation.

Disclosure means informing someone or to make the information known, in this case to the employer or your college, about your disability, specific learning difficulty or mental health difficulty. Deci