Visually impaired face challenges on public transport: Study

Mr Chia Hong Sen, who has visual impairment, taking the train with his guide dog Clare, which he says most people are accepting of. PHOTO: GUIDE DOGS SINGAPORE
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SINGAPORE - Sometimes when Ms Sherriza Hareani Jalil is heading out to meet her friends, she misses the bus as it goes by without stopping.

As she has visual impairment, the 52-year-old needs someone at the bus stop - a stranger or otherwise - to tell her when a bus is approaching and which one.

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