Kartik Sawhney - by Pramila Komanduri
“What is required to succeed is not vision but A Vision,” said Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam to Kartik Sawhney, a blind boy who was studying in the 5th grade in New Delhi, India.
Science and Invention
Dr. David Wohlers
Dr. David Wohlers
Chemist
“I am not the first blind chemist and I am not the only blind chemist, but I am one of the few blind chemists” says Dr. David Wohlers.
Dr David Wohlers is a world renowned chemist. He obtained his Ph.D in chemistry from the Kansas State University, U.S.A., with a specialization in inorganic synthesis and photochemistry—the study of how light alters the chemical properties of a substance.
Sabriye Tenberken
Sabriye Tenberken
Creator of Braille Script of Tibetan Language
Visual impairment : Blind since the age of 12 due to a retinal disease
Born : 1970
Sabriye Tenberken is a native of Cologne in Germany. When she was 12, a congenital retinal degenerative disease led to loss of sight.
Louis Braille
Louis Braille
Inventor
Visual impairment : Became blind at three, due to accident
Born : 4 January, 1809
Died : January 6, 1852
Louis Braille was born January 4, 1809 , in Coupvray , France , a small country village about twenty-five miles east of Paris. He lived with his mother, Monique, his father, Simon-René, his two older sisters, Monique-Catherine and Marie-Céline, and his older brother, Louis-Simon. Their home was a stone cottage in the village.
Kent Cullers
Kent Cullers
Physicist
Visual impairment : Blind since birth
The elder child of George Cullers, a physicist, and his wife, Wanda, a college administrator, Cullers was born seven weeks prematurely in El Reno, Oklahoma, at a time when it was standard practice to immerse 'preemies' in pure oxygen. Overexposure saved his life but destroyed Cullers' retinas and left him totally blind.
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