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Tejas Mahendran, seven, who has low vision due to cone-rod dystrophy, uses a portable video magnification system that enlarges words on the class whiteboard and materials like worksheets to help him read.
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When her son started at Northoaks Primary School in Sembawang earlier this year, Mrs Sarasvathy Mahendran had a wish - that her child does not think he is different from his friends in Primary 1.
Seven-year-old Tejas Mahendran has cone-rod dystrophy, a disorder that results in low vision, and over time, possible vision loss.
