SocietyThe Gambia’s first blind magistrate tests a system built for the sighted

For a decade, Muhammed Krubally has served as The Gambia’s first visually impaired magistrate, presiding over more than 1,000 civil and criminal cases. Using a screen reader, smart glasses and help from his clerk, he says he joined the judiciary to make it inclusive. Barriers remain for people with disabilities in services, education and employment.

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