A 12-year-old girl from Holyport has started a website to empower young people to be proud of who they are.
Maleeka Abbas has Leber’s congenital amaurosis and is registered blind. She has very slight vision up-close but she cannot see in detail, and her side vision is completely blind.
The hardest thing about her ‘challenge’ is not being able read people’s non-verbal gestures and expressions in social situations.
Maleeka said: “I want to raise awareness for visually impaired people (VIPs) because most people in society see us as people who are quite needy and not able.