Ms Áine Lynch:

No. A physical diagnostic label does not necessarily mean a child needs a certain level of educational support. For instance, two children with Down's syndrome may have very different levels of need. A label does not convey the educational support that a child needs. We need to get away from labels because they do not tell us anything. We need to assess what education and type of support that a child needs in order to access either the primary or post-primary school curriculum.