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Photography Firm Faces Backlash for Offering Class Photos Without Children with 'Complex' Needs

Aberdeenshire Council - Aboyne Primary School - Children with Special Needs - Inclusivity - School Photography - Tempest Photography

Outrage as photography firm excludes kids with disabilities from school photos! #PhotographyControversy

Tempest Photography sparked controversy by offering parents alternative class photos with or without children with 'complex' needs. The move drew criticism and devastated parents, with some children, including a nine-year-old girl with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair, being removed from the pictures. Aberdeenshire Council and Tempest Photography issued apologies, acknowledging the sensitivity of the issue and promising investigations. The incident has highlighted the importance of inclusion and the need for companies to be mindful of diversity and inclusivity in their services.

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Tempest Photography sorry for Aboyne Primary 'complex' kids removal (HeraldScotland)

A photography firm has apologised after it offered parents alternative class photos with or without children with 'complex' needs.

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Parents devastated as school photos offered without children with ... (Bracknell News)

Aberdeenshire Council has apologised, stating it is investigating the issue with company Tempest Photography.

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Aberdeen parents in shock after being offered version of class photo ... (The Independent)

Those removed from the pictures included a nine-year-old girl with cerebral palsy in a wheelchair.

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Aboyne Primary School mum criticises photography firm for offering ... (Sky News)

Tempest Photography has apologised for what it described as "not standard procedure" and said it was "taking this matter very seriously".

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Apologies issued after parents offered Aboyne Primary School class ... (Grampian Online)

Parents of Aboyne Primary School pupils were given a choice to purchase class photos without children with additional support needs featured in them.

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Mums furious after photo firm offers to delete kids in wheelchairs ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Mother-of-two Natalie Pinnell was shocked to learn her daughter Erin, nine, had been removed from one version of a class photo for Aboyne Primary School, ...

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Parents offered class photo version with no 'complex needs' pupils (BBC News)

Parents in Aberdeenshire were left "shocked" after being offered different versions of primary school class photos.

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Parents devastated as school photos offered without children with ... (shropshirestar.com)

Aberdeenshire Council has apologised, stating it is investigating the issue with company Tempest Photography.

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