When people learn that I'm a qualified primary school teacher, I'm often met with surprise and a list of questions, including, 'How do the children react? How do you do it?' Children are some of the most open and inclusive… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
Using a public bathroom is an incredibly embarrassing experience. I enter the stall but can't reach the lock on the door. — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
Hate crime and hate speech must not be tolerated. Our policy and lawmakers and those who uphold the law must protect the most vulnerable… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
Looking at how things might be under Trump is scary, particularly when a pinnacle moment in his campaign saw him mocking and belittling a… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
People often ask me when I realised that I was different. Some people seem surprised that it's a question that I cannot answer. I… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
My height was not a deterrent, and it did not make me the person I am. It was like my long brown hair or… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
I was fortunate and worked hard to graduate top of my class as a primary school teacher and receive the Vere Foster Award, which… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
I often forget that I'm a little person. It's the physical environment and society that remind me. — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
If somebody, without knowing me, comes up to me and wants to upset or belittle me, I think that reflects badly on them, not… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
With the rise of social media, it has given me an opportunity and a platform to have a voice as a blogger and as… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
For so long, the fashion industry has designed almost exclusively for a particular woman with particular measurements, and they've never really been challenged on… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
Disability is articulated as a struggle, an unnecessary burden that one must overcome to the soundtrack of a string crescendo. But disabled lives are… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
Listening sounds like a ridiculous characteristic for mentoring, but genuinely being invested and interested in people, meeting them for cups of coffee and spending… — Sinead Burke Copy Share Image
