August 10, 2004

A Story of a Boy

Here is a sad story about a boy. I'm so glad he is able to read now!

"MOST children can pick up a Harry Potter book and be spellbound by the schoolboy wizard's adventures without a second thought.
But until recently life at Hogwarts was a closed book for little Kieron McCluskey. The eight-year-old, from Uddingston, suffers from a crippling eye condition, called uveitis, which makes it agonising for him to be in natural sunlight.
While other kids are out enjoying the summer sunshine, he is trapped indoors with the curtains and blinds shut.
And his condition has deteriorated so much over the last year, he is now registered blind.
Without books to entertain him, he has been forced to rely on his PlayStation to pass the time.
But now thanks to a local fundraising campaign, his family have bought a £1500 video magnifier to help him read again.
It has opened up a whole new world of superheroes, witchcraft and wizardry for the youngster.
The magnifier allows Kieron to enlarge books and display the print on a television screen."

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