NCAD failed to support art student with Down syndrome during ‘chaotic’ first semester, mother claims

Ireland“An art student with Down syndrome who has accused the National College of Art and Design of disability discrimination had her typed signature ‘forged’ on an assessment document, her mother has alleged. The student, Ellie Dunne (25) – who is said by her legal team to be the first student with Down syndrome to enrol on a degree programme at NCAD – is pursuing a complaint under the Equal Status Act 2000 against the college …” (more)

[Stephen Bourke, Irish Times, 18 November]

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