*Visually impaired teen sets sight on a career in law* Shrikant Rathi lost vision in his eyes to cancer at 18 months of age. But his family did not lose hope and sent him to Mumbai for studies. “Schools in my hometown, Bhubaneswar, did not have the resources to support my education. That’s why I moved to Mumbai when I was 12 years old,” said the teenager who scored 88% in the arts stream. A student of VG Vaze College, Mulund, Rathi lives in the city with his maternal aunt and uncle. He studied using braille notes and audio books. “Classmates would send me notes on WhatsApp and my sister, uncle and aunt would read them out to me,” said Rathi. “Teachers would spend time helping me understand concepts.”
While Rathi initially wanted to take up a career in computers, he now has developed an interest in law. He cracked both the state and national law entrance exams and is yet to pick his college. *— Vinamrata Borwankar* Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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..
