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visuallY challEngEd Man dEvEloPs
a WEBsiTE

uniT - 6

Beethoven, the great composer, was deaf. Bob Mathias,
the great Olympic decathlon winner, was once a cripple. He
was only seventeen years of age when he completed in the
14th Olympiad in London in 1948 and won laurels.

A handicap is no impediment to greatness. An example of
this is Dr Vinod Sena, a retired English professor from Delhi
University.

Dr Sena, a visually challenged person since infancy, is the
brain behind developing a website. It is no ordinary website,
but a ‘site (sight) for the unsighted’. The extraordinary feature
of the website is that it can be navigated without a mouse.
With text-to-speech software, it becomes audio-based and it
can be used by the visually challenged without sighted help.
glossary

decathlon : a sporting event in which people compete in
ten different sports
cripple : a person who is unable to walk
laurels : honour and praise

impediment : something that stops or delays

infancy : young age

Extended activity

Read out the following words until someone shouts Bingo:

try succeed climb

drive do reach

stand get up stumble

strike hit

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