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 Eithne Walsh:
That is one approach. There needs to be support around it as well. Educators need support. There are bodies like Vision Sports Ireland that can come in and change all that. The recent success of the Paralympians is great. We need to harness that and bring it into school, and stop those children being the teacher's helper when PE is on. That is often what parents do and schools are very frightened of being sued, but we need to turn it on its head. It would probably be a combination of things like education, a circular, and bringing external people in to change perceptions.
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