Blind woman forges her own path to pursue teaching dream

A Dublin woman who became blind after brain tumour surgery is forging her own path to pursue her dream of a career in teaching. At the time of her graduation in 2019, Claire Shorten was featured in the media as Ireland’s ‘inspirational first blind teacher’. But after 60 job applications over four years, she says she has been offered only one interview for a teaching position.
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