Blind girl banned from using cane at school due to Health & Safety
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- A blind girl has been banned from using her walking cane at school because of "health and safety issues" - in case she TRIPS up teachers and fellow pupils.
Lily-Grace Hooper, seven, suffered a stroke when she was just four days old, which left her virtually blind. But earlier this year a charity donated her a fibre-glass walking cane after her confidence soared when she started using cardboard tubes to help guide her way at home. But her mum Kristy, 38, has been left "absolutely livid" after a risk assessment done on behalf of the school said the cane caused high risk to people around Lily-Grace. Hambrook Primary School in Bristol told her not to use it in school, and the report suggested she have full adult support at all times, and she was told to "walk carefully".The move by the school and the Sensory Support Service - which does assessments for schools - has been slammed by charities.Furious mum Kristy, from Bristol, said: "It is a disability, but I want to celebrate it and make sure she can become independent. "When the school told me she can no longer bring her cane into school, I just thought this must be health and safety gone mad.
And I suppose they'd also ban a child from using a wheelchair because they might roll over someone'e toes?
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Not to offend anyone, but I was at some school convention thing and this extremely obese woman was rolling around in her wheelchair and ran over I think either a kids or a womans foot. Take that in. A multi-hundred pound object appliying force to your tiny toes. That would hurt like hell. And just a side note, this was literally like 1st to 3rd grade.
Yeah, that could happen, but people step on toes too.
Bad Drivers of Fort Worth, Texas teachers shouldn't wear high heels as the boy at the back could snap and hit someone in the face.
Bad Drivers of Fort Worth, Texas how about having doors, if no-one holds them they could swing and hit someone in the face
Bad Drivers of Fort Worth, Texas, exactly, that's why people like trump shouldn't be in charge
The child needs her cane for HER health and safety
Aquamarine Pearl Exactly
What incident set this off though? Did she take a swing at another kid and say it was just her trying to see ahead. If she did, she would most likely not tell her mum. Did someone trip over her for not watching where they were going, leading to this overreaction?
DemiGuy Then the school would've told her parents what she did, even so she would still need her cane
DemiGuy they can see the stick but she cant see so maybe they should tell the other kids to pay attention it's not her fault
exactly!!!
i would sue ...
this is discrimination against the handicapped and you.
Holly Olson they obviously aren't American. I'm not sure they have the same strict disability laws that we have here
Actually this is not discrimination to handicap because they didn't say handicap can't use there wheelchair so i dont know where you getting your facts from.
Blindness is a disability...... most people with disabilities don't have wheel chairs..... fuck off
@@squishybannana.0754 Bro, how stupid are you ?
@@squishybannana.0754 learn the difference between "there", "their" and "they're"
Wooow...she needs the cane but wait a second why dont the other kids use their EYES TO SEE THE CANE!!!
Lps kata. The other parents should have pulled their kids out in support of their friend and schoolmate.United we stand divided we fall never more true
Dance Angels ye 😒
liberal logic
Sensible logic! I'm no liberal, but I'd support my kid to protest the school's stance on this. And I'd speak to the head teacher regardless.
@@badegg3210 I knew you weren't a liberal after your first two words.
"In case she trips teachers"... the teachers can see the cane. The kids can see the cane. How is taking away a cane used for walking safely and freely helping anyone?
Right! It would be like taking a wheelchair away from someone with severe ceribral palsi
+Delayna Goodrich I have cerebral palsy in my arm and not letting her use her cane is just plain mean.
OMG your so right like are u serious
It occurs to me that the Sensory Support Service & staff at Hambrook Primary School in Bristol are in desperate need of a daily dose of Red Forman's foot, & perhaps that could reset their scrambled brains.
What's ironic is that if they were rendered without sight they would actually be able to SEE that their actions are that of sadistic child abusers (to put it politely) & do not comply with human rights.
They are essentially holding Lily-Grace Hooper's life in contempt. This is outright appalling.
My heart goes out to Kristy & Lily-Grace Hooper.
+Non Asinine I'm blind, and I've been watching this thread. You wear outrage well for this conversation.
"Due to health and safety" Um what about the health and safety of the blind child?????
superskittles Ikr
superskittles exactly
superskittles ... YE THATS WHAT I COMMENTED
superskittles i was like how would anyone else have a risk to their health and safety they can see the bloody stick and she’s hardly throwing it around
superskittles THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO COMMENT!!
A child needs independence
Taking a cane from a blind kid is like taking a hearing aid from a deaf kid or taking a wheelchair from a disabled person
Taking them makes you less independent and for a kid that’s important
I’m blind myself and this really makes me angry, how is this girl supposed to get around at school if she can’t use her cane? I mean do they really expect someone to guide her all day and how does this help to teach her independence?
Next thing is " Not allowed to use inhaler because people do not like the noise it makes."
I'm actually not allowed to use my inhaler in school because it's listed in a list of "toxins"
Wow. Just... wow.
Really?
Dannielle Coultas it's ridiculous! I used to need one and too and would have to go to the nurse's office (on the other side of the school from most of my classes) whenever I needed it. Thankfully I never had an asthma attack in class because I probably would have died by the time I got there ._. honestly I understand they want to be safe about that stuff but is it really better to kill a student because a little tiny bit of "chemicals" that can't hurt anyone might get in the air
I get that there's a bunch of inhaler varieties, but aren't they basically just liquid steroids that help the muscles in your throat and lungs work? To get over the asthma attack?
they help the blood in the body to move faster which helps the mussels to widen and stop contracting allowing the person to breathe until the attack has passed
How sick of the school, to follow this advice. They should be ashamed of themselves.
This goes against the anti-discrimination laws protecting the disabled from such stupidity. Somebody, please name and shame this school on facebook.
Abonimable behaviour, teaching children that discrimination is okay.
Their behaviour is criminal. Take it to court and win the day. Health & Safety Nazi's.
Ok its hambrook I go to that school I'm using my friends TH-cam account and by the way there has been many police officers at our school and we all don't like it so could you not post or share any thing about this .and by the way she trips other people up because the other children are running and looking in another direction when lily can always hold an adults hand which there is an adult there all the time or she can get a smaller cane which is very simple .
So she has got to change her behaviour to accommodate people that can see, are you stupid?
You will learn that accommodating people who are not so lucky as you is what life is all about.
As for stopping posting on the Internet about this subject?
Should not have let it become a news item, too late once it's on the net. You'll learn. LOL.
+Megan Allan I'm going to screenshot what you said and see what twitter thinks of keeping this quiet, twitter will go crazy over your request.😆
+john bradley It's ok, really. The blind are used to sighted people who don't understand. We come across more and more of them every day. She is a poor, selfish, arrogant, ignorant soul, I can tell just based on your reaction, and for her lack of empathy and knowledge, she deserves our pity. Thanks for sticking up for the minority. Hey, why don't you try and keep Trump and Hilary out of the whitehouse!? You'd do great!
Maybe those other kids will learn to pay attention to their surroundings better if they do get tripped and fall over a few times. It's not the girls fault they didn't watch where they were going. It's called life and if people don't learn to pay attention they will get hurt... or possibly end up dead.
I'll handle this. Those school administrators are going to regret this. Hang in there Lily-grace, I got your back.
Bicycle Motorsports alright where do I sign up good sir
Lessgooo
Ridiculous. If there is a health and safety issue, it's not the fault of the blind girl using her cane properly. The school's priority should be in accommodating for her and her cane. The whole point of school is to learn how to function in society, and they are denying her the practice she needs to move independently in a populated area.
And denying the other students the opportunity to learn a little compassion and consideraton for others.
Point me in the direction of people who have an issue with this. I will slap the stupidity out of them.
Wish it was that simple, unfortunately the stupidity is either genetic or so ingrained you could hit them with the Mack Truck of Truth and they still wouldn't get it.
tanis143 ~ Then I guess bitches gotta die for being too stubborn.
Joking but I have a full working understanding of learning disabilities and how they are related to bullying behaviors, as it is a learned trait inherited by observing their parents, who passed on the genetic inability to form interconnected synaptic connections related to empathy and personal extrospection of the wants and needs of others. So i'm taking names and kidnapping fools- until they eventually get stockholm syndrome and stop following the rules they cling to harder than George.R.R.Martin and a tray of cupcakes ;).
shawzie1916 That, or just do humanity a favor and throw them all in a locked dungeon, give them ball peen hammers and tell them the last one standing gets to be let out, then just walk away from the dungeon. :)
tanis143 ~ Don't most of them already live in a dungeon under 2 miles of dorito dust under their parents house? :o Hmm I wonder, if we did that they might evolve and become sentient and if they escape into the world there'd be a rise of the apes x] Best just give them a ball pen and some colouring books. :)
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you should get a service dog and have her bring it to school just to piss them off
+Mia Walters Reminds me of a TH-camr called Mr. Sark who was with Machinima years ago. They were told they couldn't say rape in the office or in videos representing the Machinima network, so he started saying the most horrible shit you can't even imagine, until Machinima was like: "Yeah, you can say rape, no problem."
Mia Walters to be honest, if she did I'd hope it take a dump on the floor of the person who decided not allow her the cane's floor...
So agree.
I agree even though I know that a service dog is trained not to do that.
Rachael Lipp well it wouldn't do anything bad, just make the people at school mad with its presence
ummmm hello how can she walk carefully around drains,etc if they took her cane?? when i broke my ankle had and to be on crutches they didn't take them away... people that can see saw me coming and we moved accordingly.. dumb people ... poor little Lily. she's a sweet girl and she's going thru something that most can't understand.. she's at a time where she needs to learn how to move around in this world.. and learn how to take care of herself. someone needs to give them a wack with that cane to grant them some sense..
They will be taking all us little ole ladies walkers away next, guess it is coming to the time when the handicapped/special needs people are just going to have to die like a so call famous person said. The silent majority must start standing up or all of our rights are going to be taken. WWII treatment of killing off the inferior/locking them away is at the top of the agenda.
DecepticonQueen well said!!
They really should have thought this through. Because now, she will need a service dog to get her around
More than likely the school will try to make some excuse why she can't have that either, basicallly saying she is unable to be independent and will never be able to be on her own.
Can't get a guide dog until one is at least 16 years of age. She also has to be a confident and independent cane user before even considering applying for a dog. It's a huge responsibility so the emotional maturity has to be there, too.
So their going to ban glasses because they might fall off and land on someone's toes? ._.
Aliyah Quinton
school: they might break and there will be glass everywhere....
me: well make all glasses have those strings that old people have
school: they can choke on the string
me:fffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccckkkkkkkk yuuoooooo
the turtle gamer 😂
Aliyah Quinton gramer
Xx_Elizebeth _ye_thirdxX Grammar*
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What about her health and safety? She's blind and will have accidents if she doesn't use it. Everyone else can see the cane.
Preach
+psisky Exactly....
+psisky exactly
ikr!!.... that makes me curious... AND how is she supposed to walk "with caution" when she's blind?!?! the ones who really need to keep "caution" are the kids around her!
cause reasons. that's the only reason they give us.
I wish an administrator would tell me my daughter could not have a cane. That administrator would then need a cane himself.
He would need a whole tube
Get her a dog! See how the school likes that!
Make them pay for the dog's health care bills to. Since they won't let her have a 20 dollar cane lets see how they like paying thousands for a dog.
After I posted my little rant, I thought this same thing.
That's literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. She is blind and CANT see so they take away her cane? Yet literally everyone else CAN see?! How is that a health and safety concern?? She is more at risk than anyone else!
Archist Ikr
Archist I had a blind kid at my primary school legit no one tripped over his cane nothing bad happened like we can see the cane
YTPenguinGuy ikr it's clear to see it for normal people , yeah she can't see at all!
Archist we've got a blind kid at our school NO ONE trips over her kane
animal addict same! Yeah we might bump into her sometimes but thats ok
if this little girl can guide herself around with a cane, then the other kids can see the cane and move!!!!
Patricia Cruz agreed
yep
Patricia Cruz yep
Kids need to learn maturity at an early age they can move out of the fucking way and the girl is using her cane correctly so that's just rediculous
This school ought to praising this little girl and holding her up as a courageous example of somebody so young dealing amazingly with her disability in wanting to be independent..
Guess a seeing eye dog would be out of the question too.
Jill McCormack *No PeTs In ScHoOl*
J. M. You mean a guide dog.
TheGoofiestGoober A guide dog would be allowed though.
Of course! The dog will be a safety risk if it wags its tail during class and knocks a pencil off the table
The problem with a guide dog is that it's not a form of independent travel as the dog is still guiding you just like a person would so it's still just as bad for her proper development.
Also guide dogs require constant training from the user and a child really can't provide that so most guide dog agencies have a minimum age of 16 and require some level of formal training in independent travel techniques.
So basically they're saying they don't want her there at that school that's ""sad"" a violation of her rights
if this happened in America that school would have been sued 9 ways to hell. how about get her a dog we'll see all the school reacts to that
Vila Star same cunts will probably ban the dog on the grounds "severe risk to health of others due to potential contaminants on the animal in question, I. e. the canine support apparatus". why don't they just write on their fecking forms "suggested defective child be placed in eradication apparatus, I.e. gas chamber and be exposed to 5ccs of carbon monoxide for period of five minutes. doing so will remove defective offspring and will allow more effective offspring to continue to function at peak conditions" if they think she's that much of a risk..
She could get a service dog and the school can't do anything about it.
Actually they can. Worked in an early childhood centre and service dogs for the child was not allowed because an adult has to be trained for the dog as well and centres and schools refuse to spend money on that training for the staff. The cane is a human rights issue in this case. Take them to the human rights burrow and sue the school on that grounds.
+Vila Star You say that, yet children in America get kicked out of school for bringing a 3 cm LEGO gun.
Attilathefun87 but that fact that a kid in day care made a gun at all is startling either way
She also needs experience using the cane because in the future, when she is no longer in public school, she will use it every day. Taking it away now will impede her in her adult life.
Mike Keyser
THANK YOU!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE ONLY OTHER PERSON WHO REALIZES THIS!!!!!!!!!
Exactly!!!
That’s true
Mike Keyser ikr
What about the health and safety of the girl? This is just forcing her to rely on adults, something that she should not have to do by now, instead of getting more independence. She KNOWS how important her cane is, it's her 'eyes' and here we have them taking it away. Blind people need their canes and she's mature enough not to harm anyone, if some idiot gets tripped up on it, even though it's obvious that she's blind, that is NOT her fault. And then we have them saying how she has to rely on others, 'why don't you get some independence', it's unforgivable!
Relying on adults at this school tells me not to. if they think this is the right solution to anything remotely.
With how disgusting some people are, I'd be terrified to rely on them. What are they going to do if some predator takes advantage of her. What will their excuse be then?
I wonder if the school gets some kind of specialized govt funding due to her disability, and if that $ amt goes up if they are required to provide more one on one support to her (eg via not permitting the use of her cane)
Anyone who knows how this ended? Did she get back here cane, did she move school?
unless this child is beating the other students with her cane i don't think they should be allowed to take that cane away from her >.>
It's discrimination, it's against the law
the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex. I don't think they are doing this to her because she is blind they are doing it because its dangerous but not sure how a little girl like that can hurt someone when she is blind
Intentional or not, it becomes discrimination and degradation because they force her to be bound to an adult. It's so sad.
*Double Facepalm*
As if I'm supposed to decipher what that means. You mean I misunderstood? Maybe be a bit clearer in your language then.
okay, I'm finally finding faith in humanity again...
*See's this video*
Aaaaand it gone
Ninja girl welcome to my life
Ninja girl s
Sigh... Welcome to the world where everything's gone wrong. Humanity is just an illusion but few believe it's real.
Ninja girl I recommend watching Hope4Paws channel to restore your faith.
Ninja girl same😂
This school is stupid If that was my school and they told me that I’d sue them or if they wanna play like that I’d have my kid bring a dog to help them
Tristan Roche seeing eye dogs are very useful. I’d suggest that to them myself.
@@OrionOlamPiksie Then the school would try to say we won't allow dogs because they might bark or someone might be alergic, more stupid unlawful excuses!
@@ryanm7249 I could certainly see the teaching staff saying something along the lines of the dog being a distraction for the other students in class- wanting to pet/play the service dog. I'd find another school, this is ridiculous and disrespectful to both the child and family, not including all children with disabilities.
@@Bloodylilcorpse That would be something the children would need to adjust with. I don't believe service dogs are given to those with visual impairment until they are 16 years old though in the U.S.
@@ryanm7249 I agree.
I would sue the school.
You wouldn't tell a child in a wheelchair that the chair was a health and safety hazard because they can run into other students with a piece of metel, so why would you tell a blind child that there white cane was a health and safety hazard.
Michelle Rekuc hazard*
No Name Brand he wrote it right
Juliana Fernandez No he edited it -.-
What does it matter? He's making a point.
meanwhile in Poland school baned wheelchair of 8 y/o disabled girl because it's dangerous to other kids
How the fuck is it a health and safety issue?
One Strike someone could probably take it and hit another kid with it, that's my only guess
They are afraid the cane will hit someone because she can't see where he's pointing it.....but if you see a blind person with a cane walking your way.....FRICKIN MOVE
Galaxy MH1
Because it's so difficult to look at your surroundings and notice that there is a blind girl with a cane walking your way and it's so difficult and unfair to expect them to move out of the way to avoid tripping over said cane. They seem to think it's easier for the blind girl to get around by herself than it is for someone who can actually do that to be a little considerate and move out of the way.
ur right it's not a health and safety issue!! The schools are just fucked up
A school that banned anything that a child with disability need to use every single day should be fine or have very teachers be treated like they wanted to do on that child
Carlos Sanchez
You're an idiot!
No teacher made this decision.
A mobility officer did. Be mad at him, not the people who likely didn't even get a say.
The girl's teacher would probably prefer that Lilly-Grace kept the cane as the little girl is clearly more confident with it.
TheAlorra the teachers could have said "NO it's a risk of health and safety if she doesn't have it"
Carlos Sanchez I definitely agree with you
Carlos Sanchez it's like taking away a child's wheelchair because it's a health and safety risk that another child's foot could be run over or a child could be bumped into. Children have enough brains to avoid the cane or wheelchair wheels
Oh what. This is fucked up in so many ways. Even the scissors they want the kids to bring with them to do activities are more dangerous.
That's like taking the wheelchair from a kid with paralyzed legs "because they might run into something" or taking the hearing aid from a nearly deaf kid "because it encourages eavesdropping" or just suspending a kid with a cast "because they might hit someone with it accidentally". If that sounds ridiculous, you're right! so why take this kid's cane?
Creator Sama yes! I was thinking of different things but you give a clearer idea of what the school is doing.
Creator Sama my school wouldn't let me come to school when I broke my ankle
Rachel _149695 was that so you wouldn’t mess your foot up more or are they just dumb?
Ida Skipper being dumb they thought I would use it as a wepen
Rachel _149695 how the hell?
You broke it right? Did they expect that you’d swing your leg around when your ankle was broken?
what's next you can't breath air because it's disturbing the children
raascal yep oh and no coughing, sneezing, or just no school it's a "health and safety hazard" Yeh stupid school
No you can’t live, it’s bothering the kids
Probs
A PE teacher once told me off for breathing as I was “disturbing the lesson”
+kara smith WHAT THE 💩
It's a health and safety issue taking the cane away from the kid! The other kids have eyes and can see the cane, besides she's a kid she wants to explore on her own without some staff holding her hand 24/7 if I were them I would've found a much better school that would accept her for what her needs are. Smh this is so messed up.
It's actually discrimination by uk law send a letter direct to the prime minister and queen .
That what i figured
A soldier has his mine detector that he uses to cross the minefield confiscated by his Sargeant.
The Sargeant tells him that it was because other soldiers may trip over the mine detector.
*This situation in a nutshell*
Bob Robinson
Or taking away a student's glasses because other students may break them and step on the glass, or take them and stick it in their eyes or try to shove it down their throat, because apparently it's unrealistic for other kids NOT to do that, and it's so difficult to teach them not to.
This mom is right in promoting her daughter's independence. The school is WRONG WRONG WRONG!
Jeffry Blackmon I could agree more!💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
yea! the mother is doing the right thing to teach her independence the teachers just want their fucking paycheck to idk watch a movie or fly fucking first class like TF
Jeffry Blackmon yep
To the stupid schools it a healthy and safe risk for her not to have her cane !
It's health&safety gone crazy, the cane is the little girls independence, she should be an inspiration to her classmates on how to handle disability not a liability, that she might trip a teacher, So are canes banned for every blind person everywhere like streets, supermarkets in case someone trips or is the cane classed as a lethal weapon ? When the little girl needs the bathroom she has to roundup a posse instead of using her cane let the little the girl have her independence and dignity
I would MOST definitely seek a lawyer to challenge this!! DISCRIMINATION!!!
My best friend is blind I help her because I want to make her feel like everyone else cause she is like everyone else
How the hell can someone who CANT SEE walk carefully and considerately if she can't she where to walk carefully and considerately jeez
"Over wet pavement and drains" How the f is she meant to know they're there?
That Girl With The Coffee warning: the following comment is sarcasm. Well it's clearly because she uses her magical bling person powers to smell them.
Becca Bluebird it means she has to walk slowly and be careful to not run into things/people and not hit people with her cane but if you see a blind person about to hit you with their cane move and tell them to try and be more careful but dont get pissed and triggered cause they are blind and cant see you
Hello Hi FINALLY! Someone who understands!
Becca Bluebird I mean its possible, once I fell on the stairs in 6th grade because the second my foot was about to land the stick got there and I tripped. But I see your point
why do people do this stuff? Imagine you being blind, how would you feel if someone just takes your cane and makes your life harder than it already is. This is a huge issue for blind people. You at least need a better reason. PEOPLE THESE DAYS!
Heather Traglia ... ye . PEOPLE NOW ONLY HAVE LESS THAN 100 IQ and COMMOM SENSE .. WHAT IT WRONG WITH ZA WORLD
Heather Traglia yeesh
Heather Traglia ikr
Heather Traglia a person can develop sonar hearing though
full power of the high ground well you can teach her that and see if she can learn it in 5 years
Go get 'em Momma! You are an increfible advocate for your child! I would love to hear an update on this.
For safety reasons. Can't no one move out of the way!?
Do we then ban cas on roads?
Do we then ban cars on road and planes in the sky.?
Jeez, lets make disabled kids more of an outcast shall we?? What are they thinking... if the worry is of other kids then teach them to be aware.
DuSky Glider Guess we should just kill off all kids because they are safety risks to the environments. While we are at it, while the admins play jump off a building because their existence is a safety hazard. Oh wait, they are special, privilege parasites that sucks up schools funds just to be a leech in their existence. They are needed in life.
DuSky Glider I wouldn't mind gauging their eyes out and tell them, oh sorry, you can't use a walking cane, it's a safety hazard.
rb9951 oh sorry u can't use your eyes their a safety hazzard
DuSky Glider im an outcast becuase i have a reading disability but a disabled child i can't imagine how bad it is 😓
DuSky Glider My school is pretty good with my disabilitys
I am disabled aswell
Risk? Why? Do they really think a blind girl is going to hurt her classmates with something she use to ''see''
The others have eyes that can see, they can avoid the cane.
B's Training Journal I was blindfolded once... I ran into a tree.
Kristina De' Suave Imagine being paralyzed from the waist down and someone says that you can't use your wheelchair or crutches. They literally force you to be unable to move. It's like someone breaking your legs because they're a safety hazard for other kids too since you could use them to kick someone.
Kristina De' Suave this argument is literally so bad
Kristina De' Suave well I guess if you're a slow fucking lazy child I suppose you won't move but the thing is, you have hands that are literal shock absorbers and on top of that you have the gift of sight, sonthing that a blind person will not have and as strength is connected to vision will not use all of.
What a strong mother - an excellent role model for her daughter!
People are getting stupider as each new generation comes along. as a legally blind person, I find this ludicrous. This needs to be nipped in the bud.
Make a discrimination complaint against the school, or tell them if she falls you will sue them, and then see what they say about health and safety regulations.
ArdoBlueMoon or if she falls and people fall with too!! Let's see if it's SUCH A safety hazard to take her cane away!!
ArdoBlueMoon This goes against her human rights ! Taking that cane away holds this child's life in contempt!! I would seek a lawyer.
This is definitely discrimination x
I hate the educational system so much.
It has gone to some real nasty shit over the last 8 years..
I wonder why ....
Barbusie I'm Canadian, so...
Last 8 years... hmmm.... Oh yeah, someone let Obama in office.
maggma i remember that
Maggma umm, no Donald trump is horrible and mitt romeny(idk how to spell his name) is bad enough. Obama isn't the best, but he's better than either of those people.
absolutely amazed but not shocked in this day and age of idiocy.
This makes me so angry :( Keep on being strong and dont let them make you feel bad because you are right and they are wrong!
school: the cane isn’t safe!1!!1!
me: bOI PEOPLE WITH E Y E S CAN SEE THE DAMN CANE
YES THANK YOU LIKE... She needs the cane for her health and safety the other kids should use the frickin sight they have and avoid the cane she can't and this is MESSED UP
People who are necletly impaird need a can at all times people who are blin. Need it :) ever step they take they tap so they know were going buy feeling
That school is dum
Mimi Lounsbury yea
Thank god u said that! The skill is like bla how I can't use the cane how bow, people can see it!
We now live in a world where, common sense is no longer common.
Logan Davidson To be fair common sense doesn't really exist. But I get your point.
My mother recently said something like that. "Common sense shouldn't be called common sense unless it's common" she said. Damn right mum. And I'm not your everyday person you just pass by on a daily basis, so at least I'm normal in this SENSE.
Logan Davidson ... Now its called Brain sense as now people only randomly move around their ingame characters and try to win while i am a child who just walks towards dem and touch them by their hair . Suddenly the person collapse
Logan Davidson As Voltaire said "common sense is not so common"
That's A little late
Are they that afraid this girl would be able to find her way around the school grounds? Why can she not be allowed to be independent?
Absolute MADNESS !! Poor baby! I pray all goes well and she gets her cane back😘
but they should teach the other kids to understand this little girl is blind and to watch out for the cane im so annoyed they had to say its health and safety im sorry little girl 😦
minzy maey same
So next is.........
Glasses "Might Hurt someone" - I actually have astigmatism (I have terrible sight)
Inhaler - "Distracting Noise"
Paper - "Paper Cuts"
Pencil - "Too Sharp"
People - "Can hurt others"
Anything - too Much of anything can hurt someone or too much of something or something as simple as something someone NEEDS! If I was there.......... let's say I would be irate like I am right now!
An inhaler........
If they were to ever do that, then whoever they are shouldn't exist.
"Health and Safety" my ass. More like "Choke on your asthma and Die"
Mk VS The Universe I Stabbed Someone With A Pencil. . . Twice ...
Adding. I recognised that accent amidietly and then I looked where it was from, Bristol!
I have too use my inhaler and I’m very mad about the way the school took that girls cane
I have astigmatism too. My left eye is worse.
Why not use the cane as a teaching opportunity for her classmates? Eventually they need to learn to be aware and careful
Beautiful child ❤️ sending blessings and a huge hug
This is so messed up in so many ways, I'm not even sure where to start... for one, shame on the school.
I completely agree that this is so messed up in so many ways. It's amazing how ignorant and uncaring people can be, about disabilities. I can start, 007K: first, the 7 year old needs the cane for her health and safety, so to take it away from her goes against discrimination laws passed, preventing assistance to those with disabilities being illegal. Second, the school isn't an expert on disabilities, that's the special education teacher's job. Third, if the special education teacher suggested taking the cane away to begin with, I will be furious, because people in that career position should know better. Fourth, if it's the general education teacher or principal or superintendent that suggested this discrimination, then shame on them, they have absolutely no right to make that kind of decision. Fifth, by law, the school can't ban a child from their premises because that child has a disability and know that, so instead of explaining to the other kids why the cane is needed and bullying will not be tolerated, they decide to make her life harder, by banning the cane she needs, which is lazy on it's part. Sixth, that seven year old needs to learn independence, just like any other seven year old, whether she has a disability or not, it's only a matter of time that the child will get hurt in some way, shape or form without her cane, which will most likely result in the school claiming innocence, to not feel the repercussions of their actions, which caused this to begin with. Seventh, the best way to get this school to sit up and take notice about the problem they just caused, is by threatening to take away it's money and the best way to do that, is through a lawsuit.
I agree. What is the second one
Totally agree with you this is a FUBAR.
School: * walking around
Me: * hitting school with whip while following it.
Me: Shame Shame Shame Shame Shame...
007K I I
Yes because children who can see are more at danger here
Horsesare heaven *sarcasm*
When u watch this video u lost people's humanity
BUT when u read the comments people's humanitu went up
GUYS CLAP FOR YOURSELVES FOR BEING SO KIND👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
YES YES YES.
I have watched a lot of disabilities/handicapped people and I saw one thing, "they all seem happy than normal people" which is so so amazing ... really wonderful!!!!
Life with a disability is our normal. We're not abnormal because we have our unique challenges we live with day in and day out. If you lost your eyesight in an accident or ended up paralyzed, would you view yourself as abnormal or want able-bodied people to view you that way?
this school sounds like the most stupid thing I've ever heard and fell bad about this girl plus she's blind this lady should be given full refund and go to a different school
She is so freakin adorable. The people that didn't let her use her cane are jerks
best part of the video was when she was on her typewriter messing around hitting all the keys at once
but what kind of parents lets a child that is blind to normal school?....
Fobija 13...
"but what kind of parents lets a child that is blind to normal school?...."
The kind of parent who believes that their child deserves to be treated equally, to have access to the same educational opportunities as everyone else, regardless of any (non-cognitive) "disabilities".
paspax No. The answer is idiot.
Letting child who cant see to place that kids so stupid that you need to think who is blind because they runs around like without head isnt safe nor equally as teacher are more likely to show things on board like math or art rather then talk.
I had to go to same class where was autistic person (in bad way. In the way you know why word autism is insult) and it wasnt safe nor to that person nor to surrounding because teachers arent special nannies who has diploma about children with disabilities.
where i live we have a blind school, some kids go there others do 1/2 blind school 1/2 normal school, some do all normal school, usually the blind kids did walk the halls when the other students were walking, we had a crowded school, so the cane was kind of a hazard, if they wanted to use their cane they could go early from class
Whoever did this has lost their mind
This is horrible. That is one amazing Mom and child.
she's blind. she needs it to not injure herself. shame on the school
Shame on that school
MaryLRB amen.
MaryLRB Yeah
I agree Mary
agree
I agree
My Mom raised 8-kids, and was legally blind at the age of 16 years old. She graduated from Cornell University. And later my Mom went 100% Blind. I admire Grace's strong Mom, for sticking up for her. No one denied should be denied their freedom. The school officials need some education on compassion. Stay Strong.
Um sue the school thats just wrong on every level
BRUH *EVERY ONE* can see the cane easily like *SHE NEEDS IT AND ITS FOR HER SAFTY AND HELTH*....*those people are idots*
when did this ever get likes!? I’m confused.
HAVE PRIDE! AND DON’T HIDE! Pride? You got a new subscriber.
I would ignore it and let her have her cane at school anyway, and tell the school to take me to court if they don't like it where I would win the case on grounds of discrimination.
that would suck for the kid, because adults are bigger than her and would just take the cane away again.
Absolutely adorable. God bless you. Amen
Gosh darn it, she's so adorable!! I would hug her if I could!!
You can’t just take a child’s Independence away from them. My little cousin is blindand wasn’t taught properly how to take care of herself until my other cousin took her and started teaching her basic things that a young woman should always know how to do at her age. Now she is in special Olympics at her school because she has the independents that she she need to do stuff like that.
it wasnt even the schools fault. it was her mother. the child was a teenager and didnt know out to take a bath on her own until our older cousin took her and tought her how she can do it on her own rather then needing help with everything. the only thing she gets help for now is walking up and down stairs and making sure she doesnt trip and fall over everything. the child is also really smart and has an amazing memory. you can walk into the roomnd not say anything and she will know you are there before anyone else ever does. she will also know exactly who you are if she's met you before. she is actually amazing.
ThatLittleKat XD feel srry 4 u hope that a miracle happens on your relative 👍👌
ThatLittleKat XD I was going to ask, “where is her mother, and why didn’t she teach her these skills. Aw! Bless her and your cousin!
thank you. they are both amazing. my older cousin actually took my sister's friend's son because the babies mama wasnt in the right state of mind to take care of him.
I'd change my daughter's school immediately.
That administrator should be fired that is one of the coolest cruelest lamest reasons I've ever heard in my life.
Great mother.Very well spoken.
basically like saying "you cant use your wheelchair here, sorry its too bulky" or something like that. ill be interested to see what happens with this case
"JUST WALK!" will happen lol
"We're sorry but your child can no longer use their wheel chair at school as it is a health and safety issue, the child will have to be dragged by an adult, or use their hands to crawl along the floor while doing so considerately of others. "
Maranda with an A: iI actually had that said to me in a supermarket.
And what about the poor young girls safety!
Just when you think you heard it all. Then I am yet amazed again. Shame on that school
AND the fact this happened in the 21st century is just sickening also. I signed the petition that went around after this but don't remember if that had an impact or not on that school administration's pigheadedness about the situation.
Time to Sue that school that is discrimination.
Lucky for school this wasn't in Finland. Because that would have turned really ugly for the school in like 3...2...1.
That is similar to denying access for service dog or saying that you can't come into school in wheelchair. Discrimination.
It wouldn't happen in the US. The federal agencies that enforce the Americans with Disabilities Act would consider it a violation of her rights since she would be denied the same freedom to move about the school that other students have.
Unfortunately she is in the UK where we don't have rights :-(
Not true. In the UK we have the right to do as we're told.
Here in the UK we have the Equality Act 2010. I would seriously lobby my MP and get that school in court!
What a pathetic excuse.
If o was in the unfortunate position as that sweet little girl and they tried to do the same as they have here, I'd know exactly where to put that stick...
Oh and I'd refuse entirely and irrefutably on the basis of discrimination and complete and utter stupidity.
This mum is absolutely right in promoting her daughter independence .
Good bless her little heart and yours too mom 💘
You have 100% of my support ( let her keep the cane )
LILLY YOU GO GIRL I SUPPORT YOU NO MATTER WHAT, YOUR BLIND, THEN MORE POWER TO YOU, YOU WANDERFUL HUMAN BEING!!!
Maybe they will think again when you win the stupid country a gold medal i n the paralympics. Go.. go for it... girl.
School:Ban the cane it’s to “Dangerous” for other children
Me: THE CHILDREN WITH THE BLOODY EYES CAN SEE THE “CANE”
My son was born blind and has Optic nerve hyperplasia...That is such an absurd offense. The person or persons ' in charge' of a decision like that absolutely disqualify themselves from leadership.
If the most vulnerable among us are not considered highly then no one else deserves any respect.
uhm shouldn't the people with having the capacity to see adjust and accommodate her...
Oh, yes they should, itsme_again, it's called asking for the special education teacher's help, instead of taking that seven year old's cane away from her.
Discrimination against a child with a disability absolutely disgusting
I’m crying and praying for this girl 😭😭😭😭
Its illegal for them to take her cane away bc its a vital thing for her safety and health. If others have a problem with it then make them go blind and ask them how that feels