A lot of great things are happening for Féach at the moment. We met with Dr Patricia McCarthy and Dr. Aoife Lynam of Trinity College Dublin, to discuss the upcoming research Patricia will be leading on “Insights into the Lived Experiences for Blind and Visually Impaired School-Aged Children in Ireland.
The research is funded by Trinity College Research Boost Program. We are very excited about this, we have so much anecdotal evidence but no research backing what young people with vision impairment face every day.
They have great technology but little IT training, digital books but inaccessible digital exams, they are told to advocate for themselves but don’t know what they need, schools embrace inclusion but exclusion for being different is a fact of teenage life… We can only find solutions by listening to them.
