Essay on my ability is stronger than my disability
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The first adjective that pops to mind when we meet Ashura Michael, 24, is that she is affable. She has a bright engaging smile, open and expectant look.
Accompanying her is a cousin, who is her interpreter today. You see, Ashura is deaf, the result of a measles attack when she was four years old.
The life she had known was abruptly cut short, and she had to re-learn how to communicate using sign language.
“My parents, through the advice of my doctor, enrolled me to a primary school for children with special needs so that I could learn basic sign language. I progressed to a secondary school for the deaf, and it is while here that I decided to be an agent of change,” she explains, and adds,
“I had heard several cases of young hearing-impaired girls who had been sexually assaulted, their perpetrators never having been apprehended. Also, I had noticed that students with disabilities were treated differently from the able-bodied ones, and was sure that I could do my bit to change this if I studied law.”
Her family, however, thought education was a better choice, and even went ahead to point out several deaf young people who were doing well in that career, but her heart was firmly set in law.
“I reached out to anybody I thought could help me achieve my dream. Finally, I got an opportunity to study a diploma in law in the then Inoorero University through the support of the National Council for Persons With Disabilities since my guardians could not afford the school fees.”
Accompanying her is a cousin, who is her interpreter today. You see, Ashura is deaf, the result of a measles attack when she was four years old.
The life she had known was abruptly cut short, and she had to re-learn how to communicate using sign language.
“My parents, through the advice of my doctor, enrolled me to a primary school for children with special needs so that I could learn basic sign language. I progressed to a secondary school for the deaf, and it is while here that I decided to be an agent of change,” she explains, and adds,
“I had heard several cases of young hearing-impaired girls who had been sexually assaulted, their perpetrators never having been apprehended. Also, I had noticed that students with disabilities were treated differently from the able-bodied ones, and was sure that I could do my bit to change this if I studied law.”
Her family, however, thought education was a better choice, and even went ahead to point out several deaf young people who were doing well in that career, but her heart was firmly set in law.
“I reached out to anybody I thought could help me achieve my dream. Finally, I got an opportunity to study a diploma in law in the then Inoorero University through the support of the National Council for Persons With Disabilities since my guardians could not afford the school fees.”
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