Aisling is a second-year student at The University of Reading, studying politics and international relations. Her twenty-two years of living with Cerebral Palsy has given her a unique insight into the education system in the UK and the challenges that disabled people face in the twenty-first century.
Having completed compulsory education, Aisling reflects on her time negotiating a school system that does not accommodate high achievers who happen to be disabled and facing the challenges of being overlooked for activities and extra curricula’s because of preconceptions of capabilities. Aisling is committed to doing whatever is necessary to help and support young disabled people and their families.
Outside of school, Aisling's determination and open-mindedness has led to many unique (and often humorous) adventures abroad. Travelling around the world has presented its own set of obstacles such as taking a night-train across India or having the charger of an electric wheel-chair stolen in Barbados; alongside dealing the preconceptions and social stigmas associated with being a wheel-chair user.
Now at university, Aisling is dealing with a brand-new set of challenges that many young many people face including living away from home for the first time: new flat mates, societies, socials, lecturers, the hangovers, the crazy deadlines, figuring out how to cook chicken without poisoning herself or burning the halls down, and the bane that is the nine o'clock lecture. On top of this she also has to juggle her many employees who form a team to enable her to access everything that university has to offer.
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