About the Competition

Monday 15^th September 2025: Minister of State with responsibility for disability, Hildegarde Naughton T.D.  joined primary school pupils from Claddagh National School, Galway to launch this year’s annual Someone Like Me primary schools’ art competition. 

Minister Naughton encouraged primary school principals, teachers and pupils alike to take part in this year’s competition
as a way of ensuring acceptance and inclusion of disabled children from an early age.  “On this 10^th anniversary of the competition, I would like to pay tribute to primary school teachers for the time and energy they have invested in their pupils’ participation over the years.  Their support of the Someone Like Me competition is valued enormously by the National Disability Authority.”

Director of the National Disability Authority, Dr Aideen Hartney said: “The competition is an important part of the work of the National Disability Authority and has become a highlight in our calendar.  It gives us the opportunity to meaningfully and creatively engage with primary school pupils and teachers alike in a way that will benefit society not just now, but for generations to come.”