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My poor eyesight led to a disease that only affects one in 5,000

At the tender age of three, Joan Murugi was diagnosed with a rare condition that would change her life completely. And forever.

She was a normal child who went to school like her age mates. But unlike them, she refused to make friends and would not talk to her teachers. 

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