She’s a YouTuber, singer, motivational speaker, and since Friday she’s been a CBSE Class XII star. Hannah Alice Simon from Kochi, who He suffers from small eyes, which is a resultant condition in blindness for Her, she topped this category of the students with Disability – Record 496 out of 500.
A 19-year-old humanities student who I always studied in A “regular school, negotiating life is a challenge She was ready for From young age in home.
In general, when a child is born with Obstruction, parents treat they with Baby gloves. But in Mine houseI was given the same responsibility and treatment as my younger siblings. So they joined in a regular Hannah told the Indian Express.
In microocular conditions, the eyeballs do not fully develop or develop at all. Because of This, she was often made to feel conscious of Looks different from others people.
“When will they do it? treat me differently in School, it hurts, because I was made Aware of my disability. Up to the fourth degree, I was too in Another school and me faced Some bullying there. they will call They told me the names of a ghost and a demon, they said I fear them. I changed my school in fifth category,” says Hana who studies in Rajagiri Christu Jayanthi Public School in Kakkanad.
As she got older, bullying wasn’t the same more big problem. Students won’t bully but they won’t interact much, teachers will try to help me like Save me on a seat at events telling me not to runEven the excessive care felt oppressed. I was always different for bone people,” she says.
in terms of Academics as well, there were many challenges for The student who record full 100 in Psychology, Sociology and Economics, 99 in politics and 97 in Einglish.
“At first I didn’t have access For formatting textbooks in pdf format. Later, when I received them, there were bugs and errors. Mine main problem He was studying mathematics, especially geometry because there are no tactile devices to understand shapes. Usually teachers make exaggerations on The board I find it difficult follow. But they can’t give I special Attention. But they really tried hard to make me comfortable, like in social Sciences, instead of A question based on the map they will do give I have one more thing and many such cases” says.
Although difficult to firstshe says to her parents” decision to record it in a regular school was best one for to her.
Her father’s legal Simon manager in a private Company, explain why. “When we inquired about schools for the blind, we realized that they could only study there until the 10th grade. But we didn’t. want to her drop out Later. My wife, Lega, learned Braille herself and taught Hannah,” he said.
Hana’s teacher and principal call Her talent is exceptional. “My child is hard of hearing and studies here. As far as Hana goes, she is not just good in academics. she gifted Singer great Al-Khatib writes wonderfully and has in fact A book was released. She is very composed and confident for someone her age,” says Saji Varghese, Principal of Rajagiri Christu Jayanthi Public School.
a student of musicHannah has completed eighth grade from Trinity College, London in Western classics, rock and pop. “In the sixth class, during a competitionI made up a few original songs. was then, on My father’s suggestion that I wrote first song”Jesus by my side”, and me parents I created a YouTube channel for You remember.
Since then, Hana has written eight songshe got 20000 subscribers for Her YouTube channel has published a book of Recently Short Stories – a speaker in schools and colleges to boot.
I started sharing my experiences in Church, someone found He inspired me and asked me to come and share in another place. Now schools and colleges call me me just go and share My experience – hmm call They are motivational letters,” Hannah said, who Now he wants to specialize in Psychology as well as the study of creativity writing And the music.
On August 9, I left with to her parents for the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, United States, where it was shown full Scholarship.
“All I am want he is for The world to me treat I like any thing else regularNormal student. I know The first A few months will be difficult but I want to me prove I can survive on of mine in Foreign country just like any thing else student. “
