Gerry Kelly reports for Good Evening Ulster on provisions
being made by the Open University for a registered blind man to take a degree.
He tells Gerry how he can see only well enough to find his way around and to
read a newspaper headline, but nothing smaller, and describes how he only has a
little power in his left arm.
He describes how education was always a struggle for him due to his impaired vision. Having initially been taught in a school for the blind he found it hard when he attended grammar school in Bangor, and had similar problems at night school. However, the ability to listen to his course books on audio tape through the university has been transformative for him. With the cassettes, a braille machine to make notes on, and an understanding employer who allows him to use these devices in the office, new possibilities of education have suddenly opened up for him.