DARE is a scheme that reduces Leaving Cert points
to help you get into college.
I have cerebral palsy.
The normal things that a student would find easy to do,
I would find it quite difficult,
and wouldn’t have been able to keep up.
So I would have been quite stressed,
but with the PA or a note-taker, that stress was taken out of it.
So my supports that I received,
would have been a PA support,
transport provided every day.
All the supports that I got in college
might be different to the supports that others might get in their colleges.
So I’d recommend to start the application as soon as you can,
because it will take time to get all your documents
to put forward into your application.
When you get into college,
don’t be afraid to link in with your disability advisor.
or whatever disability that you may have,
do not be afraid of it.
They’re there to help, they’re not there to judge.
They give the utmost support to make it as easy for you as possible,
so all you have to worry about is the normal college life,
and nothing else.