UK: Blind Girl Banned From Taking Walking Cane to School Over ‘Health and Safety’ Fears
18th November 2015
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A blind girl has been banned from using her walking cane at school over “health and safety fears”.
Lily-Grace Hooper, seven, is virtually blind after suffering a stroke when she was just four days old and needs the cane to get around.
But Hambrook Primary School in Bristol said she could no longer use the cane after a risk assessment said the cane was a “high risk” to teachers and other students.
No actual evidence of any trouble, just a theoretical ‘risk assessment’. I bet these people believe in Global Warming. (It’s all about not getting sued.)
The school said she should have “100 per cent” adult support at all times instead.
What a great way to foster independence and self-reliance. She’ll fit right into the dependency-welfare state.
Her mother Kirsty said having a helper following her around would isolate her from the other pupils.
Oh, ya think?