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Inspiration: Bhavna Botta
( Born with Athetoid Cerebral Palsy, she
is unable to walk, write by hand, or communicate verbally. )
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By DIVYA KUMAR: The first thing that strikes you
when you meet Bhavna Botta is how full of smiles she is. Not surprisingly, she
was voted Miss Smiley and Miss Final Year at her B.A. Corporate
Secretaryship department farewell party in Ethiraj College this year.
Bhavna was born with Athetoid Cerebral
Palsy, which means she is unable to walk, write by hand, or communicate
verbally. Yet, she has defied all odds to complete her Class XII exams from a
mainstream institution, Lady Andal Venkatasubba Rao Matriculation Higher
Secondary School, and now her Bachelor's degree from Ethiraj, all using a unique
system of communication by eye-pointing'.
She is definitely the first person in India and
possibly in the world to have finished a college degree using the eye-pointing
system, says Kalpana, her mother. With this system, Bhavana communicates and
writes her exams using a chart of alphabets in numbered columns, spelling out
what she wants to say by pointing at the columns with her eyes. The chart was
developed specially for her at Vidyasagar (a voluntary organisation that works
with children and young adults with cerebral palsy and other neurological
disabilities), where she studied until Class X. That's what she uses during this
interview as well, spelling out her answers so rapidly at times that Kalpana
can't keep up.
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full article from The Hindu
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