In classrooms across Cork city and county, you will find young people with huge potential, full of ideas, ambition, and talent.

But for some, that potential risks being lost, not because they lack ability, but because we as a society aren’t doing enough to support them.

In Ireland, more than 1.1 million people (that’s 22% of the population) live with a long-term condition or disability.

Shockingly, two in five people with disabilities who cannot work are at risk of poverty, and nearly half experience material deprivation.

Educational disadvantage is stark: 14.4% of people with a disability over the age of 15 left education after primary school, compared to just 7.4% of the general population.

As of 2020, Ireland’s employment rate for people with disabilities stood at 32.6%, significantly below the EU average of 51.3%.

Many fear losing vital disability supports if they take up work, while employer uncertainty only deepens the barriers to opportunity.

At See My Skills, we’re here to change that.

We’re a Cork-based social enterprise that helps neurodivergent young people and those with physical disabilities to build their confidence, develop skills, and get ready for education and employment that suits them.

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