Asha Rathore is a partially Blind student of Grade 7 of Lion’s Girls School Vadodara. She belongs to a very small village in Outskirts of Vadodara District. A daughter of a farmer, she aspires to become teacher and help children with Visual Impairments to learn and use technology for Education.
Before Covid Crisis, She received a smartphone as part of a VOSAP initiative in Jan 2019. With the assistive device, she was able to continue her education uninterrupted, away from school. She learnt using Zoom, Emailing and used the same to give exams. Post Covid when she rejoined her school, She was enthusiastic to learn what more she can do with the device.
Asha is using the device to learn new skills like multi-language typing, Hindi, Gujarati, and English on notepads, Using email correctly, watching videos on youtube for studies, using talkback effectively, identifying currency using the money app, and a lot more.
This is just one example of the transformative power of assistive technology.
Discover so much more at the launch of the World’s first 3D Exhibition on Assistive Technology Solutions on December 4th, 2021, at 6:00 PM PST/December 5th, 2021, at 7:30 AM IST.
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