Sophie Cole, a Cork special needs assistant, is left in persistent, excruciating pain after her arm was injured while cleaning up a spill at work. Suffering from Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), she has initiated a fundraiser and highlighted the lack of access to multidisciplinary teams and services, which may contribute to injuries among special needs assistants.
The family of a Cork special needs assistant left in 'persistent, excruciating pain' after an incident in the classroom, have started a fundraiser to help her manage her condition.
Sophie said she 'lost her life as she knew it' following the incident, which happened just over two years ago. She has since been unable to drive or even shower or prepare food independently, and has given up many of the hobbies she enjoyed before the incident. "I lost my independence. There's so many times when I rely on someone else to cut up my food or even shower me. I lost a lot of my social life, my ability to sleep and of course, the big one here because this is what we're campaigning for, I lost my income," she revealed on the Neil Prendeville Show on Cork's Red FM.
She recounted her surprise at finding out about her leave's limitation. "I was told that I was going out on leave and that was fine and I was oblivious to it having an expiration date," she said. "I assumed when I was medically certified to be out of work due to the injury that I was on leave.
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