RMtimesNg-[b][/b]Mrs Ibrahim and her husband, Mr Mansur Ibrahim in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, did not know they gave birth to a visually impaired baby.

After some months, they observed that they could not connect expressions between them and the baby but they thought the development could be one of the early challenges among the newborns.

After two years, they sought help from a medical specialist that diagnosed that their son was visually impaired.

The specialist suggested medications to restore the baby’s sight which the couple agreed and the medications began immediately.

In spite of the medications, the condition never changed and they had to live with the pain of having a blind first child.

“We have to start looking for an elementary school where his condition will be accepted and found one school for blind and physically challenged children in FCT,’’ Ibrahim said.

The child — Ishaku — who is presently 24 years old, is a 300-Level student of Political Science in University of Abuja.

Ishaku said: “Being the first child of my parents, I was born blind and it took more than two years and six months for my mother to discover the condition.

“My mother took me to St. Mary Specialist Hospital, Zuba in FCT, where we met a German doctor.

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