Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills
Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion
Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
Mr. Mullaniff included a quote from a child who is visually impaired on the second page of his opening submission. The child said that "poor and ill-informed attempts at inclusion excluded me far more than my disability ever did". It might be difficult for our guests to read into what that child is saying but I interpret it to mean that there are well-motivated efforts to try to promote inclusion but they simply have not been of any benefit to the child. I ask our guests to elaborate, if they can, on what is meant by the child.
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