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Limerick · Parent-founded 2017 · Volunteer-run
Autism support that changes the room, not the person.
We are a Limerick charity run by parents and volunteers. We build the places, activities and practical supports that let autistic people and their families take part in ordinary life, all over Ireland.
The belief
Autistic people are shut out of ordinary things: the shops, the parade, the job, the car park. We do not train people to endure those places. We change the places.
A parking permit so a family is not clamped. An ID card so nobody has to explain a diagnosis at a door. A retail park retrained so a shop is survivable. A mobile sensory room trucked to a festival so a child can go to the parade.
How this startedWhat's happening
The unit is out, the camps are running, the diary is full.
Support for families
Whatever brought you here, start with one of these.
Camps, groups and therapies
Summer and mid-term camps designed specifically for autistic children, weekly movement groups, and counselling for parents. Grandparents come to the Christmas party.
See all family supportTwo small changes that make a day out possible
An autism ID card so nobody has to explain a diagnosis at a door, and a parking permit so a day does not end in a clamp.
Apply for a card or permit
Paid for by the public
Fourteen families to 350, on no state funding.
Since 2026 we have one paid staff member, our CEO. No high salaries, no ongoing government funding. A board that turns up to run the camps. Everything here was built by volunteers and paid for by people who chipped in. Here is what that money actually does.
- €100
- Gets the mobile sensory room to an event
- €75
- A camp place for one child
- €150
- A counselling block for a parent who has been waiting
- €750
- Training a full retail team so a shop becomes survivable
The archive
Camps, festivals, sensory work, community.
News and stories
Partnership · 18 June 2026
Ireland's first autism and sensory friendly retail park
With Sigma Retail Partners at Parkway Retail Park in Limerick: trained staff, autism friendly parking, quiet checkouts, and caps that cut the glare and quietly tell staff somebody may need a hand.
Read the full storyPartnership · 2 May 2026
Autistic adults into permanent jobs with Lidl Ireland
A key worker beside each person through interview, induction and training. Mainstream jobs, real contracts.
Recognition · 11 March 2026
First autism charity in Ireland to hold All-Star accreditation
Awarded by the All Stars Foundation, and audited like everything else we do.
Update · 20 February 2026
€900 from the Mayor's fund keeps the mobile sensory room on the road
Mayor of Limerick John Moran backed the unit's appearance at the 2026 Limerick Show.
Recognition · February 2025
AXA Local Community Award
€2,500 presented in February 2025, straight into camp places.
Real organisation, real accountability
Independent, audited, and funded by the public.
ASD Ireland is a registered Irish charity, number 20204562, company registration number 619877, and a company limited by guarantee, audited by Barry Coffey & Co. We are not connected to any other autism organisation in Ireland and never have been.
- 2017
- Founded by two Limerick parents
- 350+
- Families supported nationwide
- 1
- Paid staff member: our CEO. Everyone else volunteers
- €0
- Ongoing state funding
Accreditation
- All-Star accreditationFirst autism charity in Ireland to hold it, from the All Stars Foundation.
- AXA Local Community Award€2,500 presented February 2025.
- Registered Irish charity 20204562A company limited by guarantee.
- Audited accountsAudited by Barry Coffey & Co. and published in full.
Supporters and partners
- Lidl IrelandEmployment pathway into permanent mainstream jobs
- Sigma Retail PartnersParkway Retail Park, Limerick
- Harvey Norman LimerickAutism friendly premises
- Grove IslandAutism friendly multi-storey car park
- University of LimerickResearch collaboration, Bernal Institute
- Munster Rugby & Thomond ParkFundraising
- HomebaseSupporting since 2017
If you need help with autism, start here.
Call the free information line, message us on Facebook, or send us a note. We are a small team, so give us a little time to come back to you.