Congrats Jerin for achieving your goal and taking a bold decision in your career !
On 6/25/14, Rahul Gambhir <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.. > -- Best, Mujeeb "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." Sent from my iPad 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..
