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ASD IRELAND

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.

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A laughing boy peeking out of a blue sensory swing at the ASD Ireland summer camp.
An orange autism friendly parking sign for ASD Ireland with the Butlers Factory Tour logo, showing that a permit is required and directing people to asdireland.ie/permit.

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 started

What's happening

The unit is out, the camps are running, the diary is full.

Everything that's on
A Texaco service station forecourt and canopy with the shop alongside on a bright day.

Visit · 23 September 2026, afternoon

Afternoon visit to the Corrib Oil Texaco station, Raheen

We are calling in to the Corrib Oil Texaco station in Raheen on Wednesday afternoon. Call over, say hello and see our mobile sensory unit.

Corrib Oil Texaco, Raheen, Limerick

  • 23 September 2026, morning

    Mobile sensory room and fundraiser at the Parkway Texaco

    Parkway Texaco (Corrib Oil), Limerick

  • 24 September 2026

    Visit to the Texaco station, Roxboro

    Texaco, Roxboro, Limerick

  • 26 and 27 September 2026

    Dublin Brickcon at the National Basketball Arena

    National Basketball Arena, Tallaght, Dublin

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 support

Two 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
Families queueing to visit the ASD Ireland mobile sensory room on a city street, with a sign explaining it is a sensory room, not a play area.

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
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Two laughing boys shoulder-deep in the colourful ball pit inside the mobile sensory room.
Two ASD Ireland volunteers in blue polo shirts giving a thumbs up at the Dublin Horse Show.

The archive

Camps, festivals, sensory work, community.

Open the gallery
Two girls playing with sensory toys on soft flooring at the ASD Ireland camp.
Young people and adults relaxing on soft seating in the softly lit mobile sensory room with fibre optic lights.
The ASD Ireland mobile sensory room trailer parked on grass, with official ASD Ireland branding and sensory decorations.
Two children playing together in a colourful ball pit inside the mobile sensory room.

News and stories

Families arriving at a contemporary Irish retail park.

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 story

  • Partnership · 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
Governance and accounts

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
All partners

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