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Blind integration refers to bringing together the visually impaired and normal people whether in school, the house or even workplaces. Integration is very important or essential in our modern day life because it provides equal grounds for both the blind and normal persons to compete in society and also makes the blind not feel marginalized as was done in the past. The attitude and notion of the society towards the blind was indeed negative , with the enormous belief that blindness is a curse or contagious disease.

In the school curricular, to some extent it has been made possible for the blind to attain higher educational status just as normal people.

This is because schools such as Okuapemman School, Wenchi Senior High School, P.T.C and Cape Coast University, to mention just a few, have integrated the blind and normal  people in their institution.

However, the integrating programme is not without challenges confronting it, this therefore does not help the course of presenting the blind the needed equal opportunities in terms of in terms of academic competition.

The Blind Resource Center cannot boast of any Government Braille Textbooks, however it can boast of only two computers for the whole populace of blind students in Okuapemman School. The cordiality and mutuality of students – students relation also leave much to desired, as a result of insufficient sensation on “blindness”. The result of this derogatory names and negative utterances towards the blind which tend to hurt us psychologically. The continuous inability of government and WAEC to provide a level playing field for both the normal and blind students in terms of curriculum development and conducting of tests presents the greatest challenge.

Again as a result of marginalization by fellow normal students resolves to withdrawal from social gatherings, such as dining and even church services. For blind integration to be meaningful and successful, stakeholders need to execute their roles sincerely. Government is therefore entreated to endeavor to create equal opportunities for the blind to realize their full potentials. Integrated institution must be empowered by providing them with special teaching and learning materials such as government braille textbooks and adequate number of computers to cater for the blind.

Government should again ‘take the bull by the horn’ and enforce the Disability Act to provide for the rights of the blind and people with disability.(P.W.D.). Society in general should depart from derogatory remarks, discrimination and stigmatization in order to ensure successful integration of the blind in all spheres of life. Parents of the blind and disabled should be more responsible for the smooth integration of their wards. Furthermore the role of sensitization of tutors and students on the need for cordial relationship between them, the normal people and blind should not be overlooked by our institution authorities. In conclusion, if all the above stakeholders as well as related N.G.O’s would play their respective roles effectively, the blind integration programme would be a success story in Ghana.

DISABILITY IS NOT INABILITY