GM Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Legal warning halts outdoors trip A school trip for about 70 pupils has been cancelled because of potential legal action over the exclusion of a disabled child in the group. The stay at an outdoor activity centre in the Cairngorms has been held annually for children at Inverness's Crown Primary. Highland Council has cancelled the trip to Craggan to avoid the action. The girl's mother Donna Williamson said her daughter was physically unable to take part in the activities planned. She told BBC Scotland: "She cannot hold a bow and arrow for example, or go kayaking, because she has no upper body strength. My daughter would have been excluded in that she would have had to stay in the centre while all the kids went off to do the activities. When she wasn't in the centre she would have been asked to film them kayaking and doing the things she would love to do but she cannot do and I thought that was psychologically a pretty cruel thing to ask a child to do." Another parent at the school, Donald Mackenzie, said he was worried the situation could lead to other activities such as music lessons being stopped. He said there had be a "little bit of give and take" and the activities the children had expected to take part in were not themselves wrong. Danny Alexander, Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, said he hoped the trip could still go ahead. He said: "I think it is very sad that the Disability Discrimination Act has been interpreted in this overzealous way by Highland Council given the efforts that the school made to make reasonable adjustments to the trip." 'Tried hard' An alternative trip to Glasgow has also been cancelled by Highland Council. A council spokeswoman said: "In the light of legal advice relating to aspects of the Disability Discrimination Act and subsequent amendments, the decision was taken to cancel two trips organised by the school. The school has tried hard to accommodate the needs of pupils, but such is the complexity of the legislation governing disability discrimination that the council felt it had no alternative at this stage." She added: "In the new year there will be a concerted effort to provide an appropriate out-of-school excursion for all the children." Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8427762.stm Political correctness gone mad. Cancelling a school trip because one kid is disabled - the mother's militancy in this case really does a disservice to the interests of disabled people I feel. Have a word with yourself, love. Why should your kid's diisability ruin the educational experience of 70 kids? Fucking hell. Hopefully the Highland Council will get this one sorted out the right way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Legal warning halts outdoors trip A school trip for about 70 pupils has been cancelled because of potential legal action over the exclusion of a disabled child in the group. The stay at an outdoor activity centre in the Cairngorms has been held annually for children at Inverness's Crown Primary. Highland Council has cancelled the trip to Craggan to avoid the action. The girl's mother Donna Williamson said her daughter was physically unable to take part in the activities planned. She told BBC Scotland: "She cannot hold a bow and arrow for example, or go kayaking, because she has no upper body strength. My daughter would have been excluded in that she would have had to stay in the centre while all the kids went off to do the activities. When she wasn't in the centre she would have been asked to film them kayaking and doing the things she would love to do but she cannot do and I thought that was psychologically a pretty cruel thing to ask a child to do." Another parent at the school, Donald Mackenzie, said he was worried the situation could lead to other activities such as music lessons being stopped. He said there had be a "little bit of give and take" and the activities the children had expected to take part in were not themselves wrong. Danny Alexander, Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, said he hoped the trip could still go ahead. He said: "I think it is very sad that the Disability Discrimination Act has been interpreted in this overzealous way by Highland Council given the efforts that the school made to make reasonable adjustments to the trip." 'Tried hard' An alternative trip to Glasgow has also been cancelled by Highland Council. A council spokeswoman said: "In the light of legal advice relating to aspects of the Disability Discrimination Act and subsequent amendments, the decision was taken to cancel two trips organised by the school. The school has tried hard to accommodate the needs of pupils, but such is the complexity of the legislation governing disability discrimination that the council felt it had no alternative at this stage." She added: "In the new year there will be a concerted effort to provide an appropriate out-of-school excursion for all the children." Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/8427762.stm Political correctness gone mad. Cancelling a school trip because one kid is disabled - the mother's militancy in this case really does a disservice to the interests of disabled people I feel. Have a word with yourself, love. Why should your kid's diisability ruin the educational experience of 70 kids? Fucking hell. Hopefully the Highland Council will get this one sorted out the right way. Too damn right GM! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Shearer 9 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 She could still have taken part Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 But her mother was just being really vindictive about it - because her daughter can't physically do something so others shouldn't be allowed to do that thing, whatever it is. Saddening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Shearer 9 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 SHe could of ridden round with an apple on her head to provide a moving target for the other children during archery lessons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 SHe could of ridden round with an apple on her head to provide a moving target for the other children during archery lessons. SHe could of ridden round with an apple on her head to provide a moving target for the other children during archery lessons. Tee fucking hee. You're quite the comedian. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Shearer 9 Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 Sorry, was trying to be too affable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 All she'll get is bullied now and I can't really blame the kids for that. Social outcast for life; she's ruined any attempt of her daughters 'normal' life with this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 All she'll get is bullied now and I can't really blame the kids for that. Social outcast for life; she's ruined any attempt of her daughters 'normal' life with this. Do-gooders doing wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 All she'll get is bullied now and I can't really blame the kids for that. Social outcast for life; she's ruined any attempt of her daughters 'normal' life with this. Spot on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniatmoko Posted December 23, 2009 Share Posted December 23, 2009 What an egoistic mother... spot on GM & TT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest SupermacTheLegend Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 But her mother was just being really vindictive about it - because her daughter can't physically do something so others shouldn't be allowed to do that thing, whatever it is. Saddening. Selfish in a way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzzieMandias Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 It's an "If I can't have my way I'm taking my ball home" kind of thing. Overzealous application of a decently intentioned law. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northerngimp Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 The mother wants shot "if my child cant go then no one is" shell fish bint. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted December 25, 2009 Share Posted December 25, 2009 Equal rights becoming a nonsense? They got the vote years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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