Irish writer Sinead Burke has been praised for her "inspirational" advice on how to deal with bullying.
Burke, 29, sat down for a chat with Ryan Tubridy on The Late Late Show on Saturday where she opened up about the challenges she has faced in life.
The academic and activist spoke at length about her experience living with a disability and how to change public perceptions.
She told Tubridy: "So often ignorance isn't malicious, we just don't know what we haven't been exposed to, and there is no point within our society, or within our education system, in which we teach people what it's like to live differently.
"So much about the bullying that you've just spoken about is because we feel alone."
When asked about the advice she would give on dealing with bullying she said: "I think it's not just about marginalising those who are already othered or those who perhaps are experiencing pain and are representing that in a way and causing trauma to others."
"I think it's a lesson that we all need to learn. We need to educate ourselves on what it is we don't know, and we need to facilitate the curiosity within us. "
Burke also shed some light on how the public can change their attitudes towards people living with disabilities.
She said: "An example I give is that I'm in the aisle of a supermarket and a child will see me and the first thing they will do is point me out and say 'look, there's a little woman'. And in that instance, the adult will ignore them, dismiss them, try to distract them, remove them from the place where they are.
"Only because they're embarrassed, they're embarrassed that this has happened, and they feel that it's a negative impact on their parenting and how could it be so.
"Instead of realising that's a child's natural curiosity, and why don't they say to the child 'yes that is a little woman, say hello.'
"But I say this with the premise with the framework and understanding that it's also not my job to educate the world that I should get to exist. But it's a balance of the two, and it's something that I choose to do."
Following her appearance viewers praised Burke for her "inspirational" and "awe inspiring" interview.
One wrote: "Listening to Sinead Burke on Late Late Show being interviewed. She is such an inspiring young woman"
Another said: "Sinead Burke is a tonic, an antidote to lots of the toxic values that plague the society we live in."
A third person wrote: "Sinead Burke is such a thought-provoking speaker. She knows how to shape the conversation and highlight important subjects whilst keeping the audience engaged."
This year Burke who hosts the ‘As Me with Sinéad’ podcast, was chosen by the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle to appear on the cover of British Vogue's September issue as one of 15 "forces for change".
She recently made waves following her appearance on the popular US chat show Late Night with Seth Myers.
