'Not all children are cherished equally': Father of deaf Cork boy considering High Court action
Calum Geary and twin brother Donnacha and dad Andrew, tell Ryan Tubridy about some of the challenges deaf people face in Ireland. Donnacha, who has full hearing, has just started secondary school, while Calum is repeating sixth class.
Five months after 12-year-old Calum Geary, who is deaf, appeared on the Late Late Show with his twin brother Donnacha, his dad Andrew says the family is considering High Court action to try to secure a better future for Calum.
“Getting a basic right for your child, an education, something that’s enshrined in the Constitution, shouldn’t be this hard,” says Andrew Geary, as his family faces the arduous and costly prospect of mounting a High Court challenge in the hope of securing a full-time classroom Irish Sign Language (ISL) translator.
