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Our Mission
Our mission is to promote and strengthen the efforts of individuals, clubs, and organisationsacross Irelandto includepeople with childhood-onset disabilities. We aim to achieve this by delivering and supporting empowering events and initiatives, and encouraging the long-term sustainabilityof these opportunities beyond EACD 2026.
Background
As part of the EACD 2024 congress, in addition to presenting cutting edge research in the area, the Bruges team developed a programmeof activities that aimed to create apositive impact on people with disabilities in their local region. EACD 2026 aim to continue this legacy by providing opportunities for people with childhood-onset disabilities to explore innovative sport and creative activities over the four days of this congress and beyond. The initiative is calledthe Every1Counts Hub and includes an experience village and a national call to action –Every1Counts -to clubs and business to make one positive change for people with disabilities.EACD 2026 are partnering with Fáilte Ireland to bring this.
How to Get Involved?
Experience Village
All of the activities in the experience village areopen to people with childhood-onset disabilities and their families and are free of charge. For details on the broad range of activities that will be hosted at University of Galway please click the link below.
Every1Counts
Get your club, organisation, school or village to make 1 meaningful improvement for people with disabilities. For more information click the link below
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