2 Oct 2019

Disabilities at an athletics carnival

From The Panel, 4:40 pm on 2 October 2019

Sydney's top private boys schools have split over a decision to include a race for students with disabilities at an athletics carnival, prompting organisers to abandon the plan.

A representative of one school warned that students with disabilities would be mocked and said the inclusion of a special race was "tokenism". We speak to Chris Orr from Blind and Low Vision NZ.