In My Take this week, we have 21 year old Maitreya Shah who is visually impaired. Maitreya, who is pursuing his final year law studies is a well-known disability rights activist from Gujarat.
I was just like any other normal kid, living my life to the fullest. When I was eleven years old, I was playing cricket when the ball hit my eye. I became fully blind and that changed my life. I vividly remember those days when I was depressed and used to lock myself inside the room. My parents were equally affected and this went on for a few years. "My parents couldn't bear to stand what happened to me. Those were difficult times for us. But we stood together as a family and my mother was the strongest amongst all of us. I used to lock myself up inside the room and cry for hours. What made things even worse was society's attitude towards us. Our close family members and relatives stopped inviting us for social gatherings because I had a disability." Continue reading the inspiring story of the first blind student at his law college, Maitreya Shah who is a well-known disability right activist from Gujarat. https://bit.ly/2mkSuEB Warm Regards Ramya Venkitesh Newz Hook <https://newzhook.com/> Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
