A primary school has infuriated parents and disability advocates by asking students to come to school dressed as a disabled person as part of a fundraiser.
In a newsletter sent home to parents on Wednesday, Ramco Primary School in South Australia advised it would hold a "disability day" and fundraiser on Friday, May 29, with prizes for the "best students dressed as a person with a disability".
The aim of the dress-up is to raise money for a clinic in Bangladesh that repairs cleft lips and palates in children.
Its newsletter stated: "There will be prizes for the best students dressed as a person with a disability. Get your thinking hats on and see what disability you can represent!"
The well-meaning idea has missed the mark, with one disbelieving parent saying she had spoken to other parents who were also bemused by the concept, wondering how they were meant to dress their child.
Principal Barrey Niven said the idea had been to raise student awareness of what it is like to cope daily with a disability but the idea had not been conveyed well in the newsletter.
1 comment:
i think its a great idea. it not only raises awareness about people with disabilities, it raises funds for a clinic in Bangladesh that repairs cleft lips and palates in children. double win..
incidentally i had a special needs child myself, William. he died aged 10 from muscular dystrophy.......well done Ramco Primary School in South Australia. you have my support
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