Meet this boy who has beaten the odds to become one of India’s first visually impaired Company Secretary

• My mother is fond of saying, “one is disabled if one does not make full use of abilities”.
• Hi, I am Turab Chimthanawala, a Company Secretary from India.
• I have been partially sighted since birth and apart from this challenge, nature served another cruel blow with the loss of my father Dr. Hamdevafadar, at only 6 months of age.
• However, divine blessings and the ‘never-say-die’ attitude of my mother Dr. Shenaz, drove me forward.
• Tackling blindness has been a significant accomplishment, apart from that I would like to believe with utmost humility, that I have accomplished many other things (which many sighted people haven’t).
• At present, I operate with the assistance of a screen reader on my laptop and iPhone and a white cane for mobility.
• Here is my story of how I overcame all the odds with the right attitude and mindset and emerged successfully.

Acceptance of my disability as I was growing up

“If one makes her weakness her strength, life would be more beautiful and fulfilling.”

I am suffering from Leber Congenital Amaurosis which in layman’s language is a defect of the retina and thus partially sighted since birth!