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DARE is a scheme that reduces
Leaving Cert points

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to help you get into college.

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I have cerebral palsy.

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The normal things that a student
would find easy to do,

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I would find it quite difficult,

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and wouldn’t have
been able to keep up.

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So I would have been quite stressed,

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but with the PA or a note-taker,
that stress was taken out of it.

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So my supports that I received,

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would have been a PA support,

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transport provided every day.

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All the supports that I got in college

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might be different to the supports
that others might get in their colleges.

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So I’d recommend to start
the application as soon as you can,

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because it will take time
to get all your documents

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to put forward into your application.

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When you get into college,

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don’t be afraid to link in
with your disability advisor.

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or whatever disability
that you may have,

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do not be afraid of it.

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They’re there to help,
they’re not there to judge.

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They give the utmost support
to make it as easy for you as possible,

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so all you have to worry about
is the normal college life,

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and nothing else.