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William had an accident nine years ago when he was in the Army |
William Percy, 28, is nearing the end of his first year as a business studies and ICT teacher at Alsager School in Cheshire.
His story is one of determination in the face of discrimination, as well as of a school willing to listen and be challenged.
"When I first started applying for teaching posts, I was getting refusals, no interviews, no nothing," said Mr Percy, who has used a wheelchair following a parachuting accident nine years ago.
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"Some heads would say: 'How can you teach from a wheelchair?' It was getting me down. I felt I was wasting a lot of time and getting nowhere."
When he applied to Alsager School though, the attitude was very much "apply and if you're the best candidate, you'll get the job".
The benefits he brings to us greatly outweigh the costs, in my view |