![]() Unfortunately my friend passed away, and I fell into a hopeless state of depression. I had a really close friend, who helped me to do these tasks, allowing me to concentrate solely on teaching. In particular, I was unable to mark the paper copies of my students’ work. Parts of the job, however, were not accessible to me. She says, “I loved the process of teaching. She then went on to earn her Master’s Degree and soon got her first job as a teacher. Often I wondered what other visually challenged people’s lives were like, were they similar to mine?”īattling through her challenges, she received her Diploma from the Karakol Branch of the Moscow Institute of Entrepreneurship and Law in English and Literacy. ![]() She recalls, “There were times I wanted to give up it seemed I was the only person with difficulty seeing because I never met any other visually impaired people. Gulnaz encountered innumerable challenges the most difficult one was the inaccessibility of her study material. She soon surpassed all their expectations and earned not one but two Bachelor degrees and a Master’s degree as well however, this did not come easy. This experience of determination and perseverance had a deep impact on me.” I would read everything in advance with the help of my parents. Determined to outshine my peers, I always read more than what was asked. While in school, she says, “I did not want to seem different, I lived with and around sighted people, and like any other school-going kid, did not want to stand out. However, Gulnaz was determined to lead a normal life, and her parents agreed to send her to a regular school. They suggested that her parents consider sending her to a school for visually impaired children in Bishkek, far away from where she resided. The doctors said that Gulnaz would be unable to attend an ordinary school. After that I visited a string of doctors, and was soon diagnosed with vision impairment.” Worried by this behaviour, they took me to the doctor when I was three years old. I played differently and I had difficulty finding my toys. ![]() Gulnaz says, “When I was a kid, my parents started noticing certain things about me. Her mother worked in a school for 33 years while her father held various jobs, working at an auto-base and later in a school. Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva grew up in Issyk Kul, Kyrgyzstan, with three brothers. Since 2016 Gulnaz has been an Executive Committee Member of the Asian Blind Union. Gulnaz has been engaged in educational, cultural, and social charity projects in the visually challenged community in the last nine years. She is building a new specially-abled community with a positive attitude towards the disability. ![]() Gulnaz Zhuzbaeva is the Co-Founder of the Public Union,’ The Kyrgyz National Federation of the Blind.’ The organization teaches independent living skills for the visually challenged through rehabilitation training. ![]()
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