School trip cancelled due to disabled kid's parent
At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, and whilst completely agreeing with the spirit of the Disability Discrimination Act, this unfortunate parent is taking it to its extreme and managing to discriminate against the other children involved because they happen to be able to participated in able-bodied activities. ‘Disability’ row leads to cancellation of outdoor school trip I understand and completely empathise with the parent involved who must feel frustration at the activities her child - undoubtedly just as loved and worthy as any of the other kids involved - cannot participate in. But humans with limited arm and leg function cannot climb climbing walls or safely participate in kayaking in a freezing loch. At a time when there are many reports of overweight kids due to lack of activity, outdoor activities can have huge benefit to able-bodied kids. As far as possible kids with less major disability should be catered for. There is no reason partially-sighted kids should n...