‘Did not let partial visual impairment come in way’

New Delhi, May 26

Lavanya Jha, who scored 97.4 per cent and has come third among the differently abled students in the CBSE Class XII examination, says she did not let partial visual impairment bog her down and come in the way of her aspirations. The DPS R K Puram student is 40 per cent visually impaired and her impairment was diagnosed in 2014.

"I did not let it affect me. I thought it would be better if I did not pay much heed to it. I ignored it and did not consider it as a hindrance," she said.

"I left my parents and my home. I stayed in a hostel. The course I wanted to pursue was not available in Patna and that's why I had to move to Delhi for my Class 11 and 12... I gave up TV. I used to enjoy watching songs. I don't think I like watching TV anymore now," Jha said.

"I got extra time to write my exams and and the question papers had a larger font. Even in school, I used to get extra time," she said. — PTI