Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 October 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills

Education Needs of Visually Impaired Students: Discussion

11:00 am

Ms Rafiat Agbona:

My experience was a tad bit more niche because I only have me and my mother, who is an immigrant, so she was new to this country and we were new to me being blind. She was not sure what I should be doing, how much she should wrap me in cotton wool or how much was acceptable to the school. In school, they kind of wrapped me in cotton wool and never encouraged me to be social, did anything that would make me more social or considered my personal life. It was more just, "What can we do to not get you hurt and then get in trouble?"

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