Joanne O'Riordan hopes China's disability stance will change

Disability rights campaigner Joanne O’Riordan hopes a special meeting with Chinese students could help change their state’s attitudes towards people with disabilities.

The outspoken activist said she was “humbled and honoured” that the students from Nanjing chose her as their subject for a project as part of an educational and cultural exchange programme between Ireland and China, supported by Cork city and county councils, and the Irish consulate.

Xu Chengcheng, Geng Jiamin, and Cheng Yueran, all aged 14, presented their project to judges in the Shamrock Cup, an English language competition for high school students in Shanghai and Nanjing, set up arising out of the twinning link between Cork and Shanghai.