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Dr Clíona de Bhailís, a Research Ireland Government of Ireland Fellow at the Centre, recently published a report on her research exploring how the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act is applied to young people who are non-speaking, sometimes speaking or communicate differently. The research was shared at a webinarwhich outlined the findings from the three case studies completed with young people and their supporters and a survey of over 250 professionals from a broad range of backgrounds. The webinar also featured responses from Nem Kearns, NeuroPride Ireland and Áine Flynn, Director of the Decision Support Service.