Visual impairment no barrier to excel in SPM


GUA MUSANG: Despite being visually impaired, Sekolah Menengah Sains Gua Musang student, Nurul Izatul Husna Ismaliah, beat the odds and scored 9As in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia examination.

Nurul Izatul Husna, 18, said she developed amblyopia, or lazy eye, when she was three years old, causing her to have blurred vision in her left eye despite wearing a contact lens with a high-power prescription.

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