Since 2010 Genio has supported over 200 projects across Ireland in the areas of disability, mental health and dementia. Over 14,400 people have benefited directly from these projects - individuals, families, staff and members of community groups - while over 4,500 people have been reached through information events, conferences and other public forums.
Genio is a pioneering non-profit organisation that works with the public, private and non-profit sectors to stimulate and support social innovation in Ireland that has lasting impact.
This booklet offers an insight into the lives of six people with disabilities and mental health difficulties, their families, friends and supporters. There are no heroes in here. The stories reflect the aspirations of people who wish to live lives which are neither extraordinary nor indeed less ordinary, but simply, as one contributor puts it, "to be able to go out into the community and do the normal things that people do."
Featuring Aoibheann Foley, Don Bailey, Kevin Kennedy, Diarmaid Ring, John Murtagh and Ann Dillon.
