What the Heck!

STEED · 11-17-15, 01:13 PM

Just when you think this Health & Safety madness can not reach a new low along comes this....

Quote:

Blind girl, seven, banned from using white stick at school as it is 'health and safety risk'
Bristol primary school says seven-year-old pupil can no longer use her walking cane because it could trip up teachers and other children

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/news...fety-risk.html

This is a new low.

If this claptrap was around in my day I could have been banned for using..

This country has gone stark raving mad when I read this sort of stuff.

BossMark · 11-17-15, 02:38 PM

Well it doesn't surprise me, all this health and safety bollocks is going over the top with that one if that had been my child then I would have told them to piss off and told them the stick stays or she stays at home.

vienna · 11-17-15, 04:58 PM

Situations like the one above is one very good reason there is an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the US. Even with a lot of the concerns about health and safety, here in the US a person with disabilities is assured legal protection and the opportunity for reasonable accommodations for the needs of their disabilities. It is true some rather unscrupulous people have tried to game the law, but they are more often caught than not, and they are the exception rather than the rule.

As regards the 'risk assessment' person who raised the issue, I would suggest a thorough 'risk assessment' of his continued employ in his or her current position...

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Reece · 11-17-15, 06:19 PM

Now I know where Australia gets its stupid laws!!

BrucePartington · 11-17-15, 07:36 PM

Stupidity ought to hurt. Maybe then people would actually make an effort to wise up.

fireftr18 · 11-17-15, 10:27 PM

It's a terribly one sided article. There was a similar situation here in the US a few years ago. Looking deeper, it came out that the child in question was using the cane as a weapon.

11-17-15, 02:38 PM	#2
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Well it doesn't surprise me, all this health and safety bollocks is going over the top with that one if that had been my child then I would have told them to piss off and told them the stick stays or she stays at home. __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

11-17-15, 04:58 PM	#3
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,723 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Situations like the one above is one very good reason there is an Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in the US. Even with a lot of the concerns about health and safety, here in the US a person with disabilities is assured legal protection and the opportunity for reasonable accommodations for the needs of their disabilities. It is true some rather unscrupulous people have tried to game the law, but they are more often caught than not, and they are the exception rather than the rule. As regards the 'risk assessment' person who raised the issue, I would suggest a thorough 'risk assessment' of his continued employ in his or her current position... <O> __________________ __________________________________________________ __

11-17-15, 06:19 PM	#4
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 34,815 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Now I know where Australia gets its stupid laws!! __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

11-17-15, 07:36 PM	#5
BrucePartington XO Join Date: May 2013 Location: KM AM99 Posts: 405 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Stupidity ought to hurt. Maybe then people would actually make an effort to wise up. __________________ "The bureaucracy is expanding, to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy." - Leonard Nimoy

11-17-15, 10:27 PM	#6
fireftr18 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kentucky Posts: 2,528 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 0	It's a terribly one sided article. There was a similar situation here in the US a few years ago. Looking deeper, it came out that the child in question was using the cane as a weapon. __________________ Of all the forms of Martial Arts, Karaoke causes the most pain!