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How the girl who was denied an education created a school

Born visually impaired in Karnataka, India, Ashwini Angadi was initially deprived of an education. As an adult she went on to set up her own pioneering school.

Ashwini Angadi was born totally blind in a small village in Karnataka, India. After initially being denied an education, a chance meeting in a taxi changed her life — she was able to enrol in a school for the visually impaired. Ashwini excelled there and later at college, and after graduating, she travelled across India as an activist lobbying for young disabled people. She’s been celebrated for her work with an award from the United Nations and went on to establish her own pioneering school.

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(Photo: Ashwini Angadi. Credit: Sam D’Agostino/ SDP Media)

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