Walking Dumb

A blind seven-year-old girl has been banned from using her walking cane at school for “health and safety” reasons – in case she trips up teachers and pupils.

How did this become an issue, you ask? Did she actually trip someone? Not exactly...

The school’s mobility officer raised health and safety issues around the new cane following a recent risk assessment

The mere fact that this school has someone with the title of 'mobility officer' running around doing 'risk assessments' is more than sufficient grounds for everyone on the staff to receive a severe beating. No... two beatings. The second one is to remind them of the first beating. Better yet, daily beatings.

I fully understand legal liability in schools; my wife is an assistant principal. But there is a point where legal paranoia must give way to common sense. If the school's lawyers are incapable of mounting a credible defense of accidental tripping due to a BLIND SEVEN YEAR OLD GIRL, they need to fire them and get some new fucking lawyers, because my dachshund could successfully defend that case.