Wonderful achiever, too.
But totally blind should not hate holding hands, me thinks. सादर -----Original Message----- From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of poonam Vaidya Sent: 28 May 2018 22:28 To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning the disabled. Subject: Re: [AI] Girl beats blindness in CBSE feat : The Telegraph I know her. She is completely blind. Regards, poonam > On 28-May-2018, at 12:36 PM, Asudani, Rajesh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Congrats to Rashmi. > However, beats blindness and all... well, I don't agree. > > And wha it great in not holding hand while walking? > She may be partially. > Some partially sighted pride themselves on not holding the hand and fall down > while stepping down or up or on less-lit pathways. > > -----Original Message----- > From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Sruti disAbility Rights Centre > Sent: 27 May 2018 20:58 > To: sruti-disability-rights; Dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing > accessibility of mobile phones and Tabs. > Subject: [AI] Girl beats blindness in CBSE feat : The Telegraph > > *https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/girl-beats-blindness-in-cbse- > feat-233384# > <https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/girl-beats-blindness-in-cbse- > feat-233384#>* > > *Kalikapur: *A Calcutta girl born without vision has passed the CBSE Class > XII examination in arts with an aggregate of 85.4 per cent in her first > attempt at writing a board test with assistive technology. > > Rashmi Maruvada, 18, had studied till Class X at Patha Bhavan using Braille, > a universal system for the blind in which letters and numbers are printed as > raised dots so that these can be read by touching them. > > For term and annual examinations, her mother would arrange a writer to take > down what she dictated. "In class tests, she would answer in Braille. A > person from the Society for the Visually Handicapped transcribed the answer > scripts. Her class work wasn't evaluated," recounted mother Annapurna. > > At Apeejay School Park Street, Rashmi opted for humanities, but it was > technology that opened up a whole new world to her. She started using a > recorder as an alternative to taking notes and doing projects on a laptop > using software that enabled her to read and convey what she wanted without > depending on anyone. > > According to Rashmi, the JAWS (Job Access With Speech) screen reader program > gave her freedom and confidence she hadn't experienced before. > "Assistive technological devices have made me more independent in writing > exams and completing assignments," she said. > > The teenager's Class XII scores reflect her confidence: 90 in English, 88 in > human rights and gender studies, 86 in psychology and sociology and 77 in > legal studies. > > "Be it searching the Internet for learning resources or reading documents > sent by teachers or friends, I now use JAWS. I need help only in downloading > pictures for projects because the screen reader does not read images. I > explain the kind of image I need to my mother and she searches for them. She > describes what she finds and, based on my feedback, downloads the ones I > needed," she said. > > Rashmi was in her third day of school at Apeejay when she realised that one > of her teachers was speaking discernibly slow. She gently stopped the teacher > to say: "I can keep pace with the lecture. Please do not go slow for me." > > When she does miss making a mental note of something being taught in the > classroom, the recorder ensures that she gets a second chance to hear it. > > "The CBSE system has provisions that enabled us to get permission for Rashmi > to use a computer to write the Class XII exam. She is a hugely determined > girl and I have seen her refusing help to walk up to the stage during > concerts in school," said Reeta Chatterjee, the principal of Apeejay School > Park Street. > > Rashmi had undergone an unsuccessful cornea transplant when she was just a > year old. Since then, the only thing Annapurna has wanted for her daughter is > a normal life without her lack of sight coming in the way. > > Annapurna, a special educator, decided early that her daughter would go to a > "mainstream" school rather than a special institute. "She did not want a > secluded or protected life for me and insisted that I go to a mainstream > school and be just like anyone else my age," Rashmi said. "When I am out with > my friends, they do not hold me by my hand. They only guide me, if needed. I > am planning to study outside Calcutta and am preparing myself for that." > > In 2010, Rashmi won an award from the National Innovation Foundation-India > for her concept of a computerised tricycle that can drive itself to a > pre-selected location. > > Academics is not her only focus, though. Rashmi goes trekking, rafting and > kayaking. She has also done a course in mountaineering. "I enjoy doing > something outside my comfort zone that is also a new experience. 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