The Story Of A Boy

This is a true story about a boy who until recently couldn't read Harry Potter:

MOST children can pick up a Harry Potter book and be spellbound by the schoolboy wizard\'s adventures without a second thought.

But until recently life at Hogwarts was a closed book for little Kieron McCluskey. The eight-year-old, from Uddingston, suffers from a crippling eye condition, called uveitis, which makes it agonising for him to be in natural sunlight.

While other kids are out enjoying the summer sunshine, he is trapped indoors with the curtains and blinds shut.

And his condition has deteriorated so much over the last year, he is now registered blind.

Without books to entertain him, he has been forced to rely on his PlayStation to pass the time.

But now thanks to a local fundraising campaign, his family have bought a £1500 video magnifier to help him read again.

It has opened up a whole new world of superheroes, witchcraft and wizardry for the youngster.

The magnifier allows Kieron to enlarge books and display the print on a television screen.

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oh wow i am so happy for him . poor thing i never herd of his desease though.

I hadn't either, but I can't believe never seeing the sun again.

yeha i mean you need sun . i feel so sorry for him i am so happy that he is able to read now though. poor thing.

I think it would be irritating having to wear sunglasses, and a hat everytime I went outside.

i fell very sorry for that kid thing we take for granted he can never do .maybe he's part vampire (not funny i know).

I agree. We take too many things for granted. Like being able to play in the sun, and being able to drive a car.

yeah we should all learn a lesson here that we should never take anything for granted because look at this poor kid and he has so many years to go before he caN be at peace and i wish that somehow i can find a cure for all these terrible desease that are ruining others life