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:

One good example relates to independence rather than to sport. In first year of secondary school, they said that we could go on a trip in second year depending on what language we studied, so it was one year ahead and we had time to prepare. I was told that if I wanted to go, I had to bring a parent whereas everyone else did not, so I opted not to go. In college, I was thinking of participating in a trip to Disneyland and no restrictions were put on me, and although I did not end up going, that was by choice. Differences like that made me think back to the times when I was not allowed to do anything. In third year of secondary school, my friend and I were taking part in a science project. We got selected to go but I would have had to bring my mother, so I left my friend to do it by herself, which was disappointing. I was so annoyed and frustrated by the restrictions and having to bring my mother when she would have been fine with me being with my friend.

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