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Discrimination, Education, Erosion of Parental Rights, government tyranny, inept bureaucrats, UK, war against the disabled
What kind of a sick world do we live in that school officials in the UK or anywhere for that matter would ban a seven year old blind girl named Lily Grace (above) from using her cane out of fear that she might trip one of her classmates? It seems to me that the sighted can see Lily Grace and the cane, so what is the problem besides inept bureaucrats and control freaks discriminating against Lily Grace and trying to control her every movement.
EAG News by Victor Skinner
BRISTOL, UK – Calling it a “health and safety” issue, a school in Britain has banned a blind girl’s white cane over fear that she might trip one of her classmates.
Lily-Grace Hooper, a 7-year-old who attends Hambrook Primary School in Bristol, United Kingdom, was notified that her cane posed a “high risk” to other students and she was no longer allowed to use it.
A risk assessment was conducted by Sensory Support Service and it was determined the girl would be better off with full adult support “100 percent” at all times, the Bristol Post reports.
Lily-Grace’s mother, Kristy, is angry as she was raising her daughter to be as independent […]
In the first video, Lily Grace proves that she is capable of managing herself and her cane quite well. In the second, her mother discusses regulation nation.
LINKS:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/6747974/School-bans-blind-seven-year-olds-white-stickbecause-she-might-trip-people-up.html
http://eagnews.org/school-takes-away-blind-girls-white-cane-over-fears-she-might-trip-someone/