Sharing an indian express article, which talks about a young chap who lost his eyesight gradually due to Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Source: http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/Led-by-Inner-Sight/2014/05/19/article2231905.ece KOCHI: Jerin Jose, 26-year-old assistant manager of the Union bank, MG Road, is visually impaired but walks without any assistance. Barely visible to a normal passerby, his help is just a white cane. Jerin always had ophthalmic assistance from grade five and had worn glasses from then. He aspired to be a pharmacist and enrolled as a student in J J K Nataraja Pharmaceutical College, Erode, Tamil Nadu. He observed his lack of partial vision during his college life. The doctor he approached confided in him his medical condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa, a genetic disorder which has no known medical remedy. The ophthalmologist also warned him of complete blindness. But he kept this a secret from his family and friends so as not to worry them. He slowly became virtually blind and needed help from fellow classmates to even prepare records and academic materials. “It takes some time to adjust to the surroundings, but I manage to do everything by myself and what seemed to be difficult in the beginning has become easy. I also have great support from my family and friends,” says Jerin. Jerin, a firm believer in the Almighty was lucky enough as the University took a bold stand to allow any student who had not completely passed in all their previous exams to continue studies and complete exams. He had discontinued his studies due to lack of emotional support. Jerin, rejoined his old college in Erode. Understanding his medical condition to the fullest Jerin decided to change professions. He joined Wipro in the HR department and worked there for one year. He passed the bank test and joined Union Bank, Kochi, as an assistant manager last year. Along with his career, he is also doing his MBA from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. He is all prepared for his second year exams. Jerin is initiating a project plan for bringing up a POC Catholic Bible in Malayalam for the visually disabled in a ‘Digitally Acceptable Information System.’ Jerin does not seek any help to come to office, he walks alone with his companion, the white cane. His office work as well as his daily chores are done with the help of a system called ‘Job Access with Speech(JAWS)’. He spends his free time browsing social networking and reading online books and newspapers all with the help of JAWS. His family includes his father Jose, mother Rosy and his younger brother Rejin studying for BSc Computer Science in Sahrdaya College. Rejin too suffers from a similar medical condition. His vision too is bleary, weak and needs assistance. “Life is unpredictable. Anything can happen anytime, but it is our confidence that makes us overcome the hurdles and live life,” says Jerin Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in 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..
