Daily Monitor
Monday May 24 2021
Summary
Although specialised schools for the blind may be a good option for some students who require intensive training, a good number of blind students can be successful in a mainstream school setting with access to appropriate services and support.
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While the other Senior Six candidates were busy in the school library revising, Julius Kwizera, 21, a blind student at Hornby High School in Kabale District cut a lonely figure seated in one of the classrooms revising using his braille machine and papers.
Kwizera has been blind since he was two years old. Being too young at the time to remember the circumstances under which he lost his eyesight, his parents have told him that he was affected by a trachoma infection.