1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,440 DARE is a scheme that reduces Leaving Cert points 2 00:00:03,440 --> 00:00:05,120 to help you get into college. 3 00:00:13,000 --> 00:00:14,800 I have cerebral palsy. 4 00:00:14,800 --> 00:00:17,840 The normal things that a student would find easy to do, 5 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,240 I would find it quite difficult, 6 00:00:19,240 --> 00:00:21,120 and wouldn’t have been able to keep up. 7 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:22,480 So I would have been quite stressed, 8 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:26,560 but with the PA or a note-taker, that stress was taken out of it. 9 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,120 So my supports that I received, 10 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:37,640 would have been a PA support, 11 00:00:37,640 --> 00:00:40,080 transport provided every day. 12 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:42,200 All the supports that I got in college 13 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:46,720 might be different to the supports that others might get in their colleges. 14 00:00:54,520 --> 00:00:58,480 So I’d recommend to start the application as soon as you can, 15 00:00:58,480 --> 00:01:00,880 because it will take time to get all your documents 16 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,880 to put forward into your application. 17 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:04,840 When you get into college, 18 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:08,520 don’t be afraid to link in with your disability advisor. 19 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,120 or whatever disability that you may have, 20 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:12,280 do not be afraid of it. 21 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:14,920 They’re there to help, they’re not there to judge. 22 00:01:14,920 --> 00:01:19,080 They give the utmost support to make it as easy for you as possible, 23 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,880 so all you have to worry about is the normal college life, 24 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:23,600 and nothing else.