Hi folks.
I hope everything is going well.
I really need some advice.
So, I go to a mainstreem school.
I don't do the South African Curriculum as this school teaches Caimbridge.
I have a Major, Major problem
I don't have any braille textbooks.
The only textbooks I have are textbooks from the elevate website, they are computer sciences and business studies.
I find it quite hard to use these books as I can't find an accessible way to get the page numbers.
Afrikaans and english do not really use textbooks.
I need History, Business studies and Computer science textbooks in braille.
However, I was told that Caimbridge refuses to sell us the books for some reason.
As I do not do the South African curriculum, I don't think the government will help me.
There are 2 reasons for this.
Firstly, not even some of the government run schools have braille textbooks for their blind students.
Second, they have enough problems to deal with as it is.
The braille printing company that does a lot of the printing here has agreed to print the books for me, all for the tiny sum of R120000 per book (about $7000).
There is no way in hell that I would be able to pay for the 3 books I might need, only to need new ones next year.
I also contacted the presidency about this, but I got no response.
I don't mean to sound entitled, but I have no idea what I'm going to do.
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