I was just watching the BBC breakfast program, and I think I ought to flag up something rather horrifying which they just informed the country of. A primary school in Scotland has apparently been issuing two different class photos which parents could choose between: one version with students with disabilities or additional needs, and one without. “A council has apologised after parents were offered a choice of class photos with or without children with complex needs in them. Parents at Aboyne Primary complained after being sent a link from a photography company offering them alternative pictures.” That strikes me as appalling, as I hope it would any thinking, politically conscious person. The photography company claim they didn’t want to offend anyone, but this is no better than offering parents class photos with all the black kids taken out. It is effectively saying that disabled kids might not look good enough to be in the class photo, and that some parents may prefer to have their kid’s class photo taken without their crippled classmates. I was stunned to hear about this just now, and find it chilling that things like this can still happen, and that some people can still have such vile attitudes.