Sex: FV. Thangapappa
Profile compiled by HCI volunteers - Aug. 2005
Sex: F
Age: 23
Date of Birth: March 8, 1982
Nature of Disability: Right Unilateral Polio
Sponsorship Program: Youth Sponsorship/ Child Adoption
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
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Basic Education (programs previously completed) |
Data Entry Operations, Foxpro Programming, Tamil and English Typewriting, Bachelors of Computer Applications (BCA) |
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Course currently being studied |
Masters of Computer Applications (MCA) |
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Estimated date of completion |
December 2006 |
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Future goals |
Work as a software engineer or programmer, either in ASSA or elsewhere |
MEDICAL REPORT:
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Details of Disability (mobility) |
Right Unilateral Polio |
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Special Requirements (appliances) |
Calipers |
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Physical Therapy program |
Exercises: Passive movements right leg, active assisted exercises, active exercises to target left lower limb, spinal flexion exercises and breathing exercises |
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Improvements |
Past: muscle weakness in Right lower limb, shortening of right lower limb and lordosis Present: knee, ankle, foot orthotics without support, lordosis is slightly reduced |
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS:
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Strengths |
Strong student, particularly in computers, data entry, moderate command of spoken English
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Areas of Improvement |
Spoken English
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Hobbies/ Interests |
Reading family novels and English stories, computers, graphic design, web page design, flash, multimedia |
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Additional comments |
Described by others as being very helpful and friendly |
Thangaappa has many aspirations and at 23 years of age it doesn’t seem like much can slow her down. She has been at Amar Seva Sangam since 2000 and has been working diligently towards future goals since she arrived. She is the daughter of Vairavan, who is an agricultural farmer and Ponnuthai who is a housewife. She has 1 younger sister who is currently studying and 2 brothers who are also in school. She comes to ASSA from the village of Karuvantha.
Thangapappa suffers from polio in her right leg. She is able to walk with the use of a caliper. She attends physiotherapy daily for half an hour and is working to improve strength in both her lower limbs, adjust her gait pattern and practice breathing exercises.
Thangapappa has completed a bachelors degree in computer applications and less than 2 years remaining to complete her masters of computer applications degree. She has previously completed courses in data entry operations, foxpro programming and typing in English and Tamil. Once she completes her master’s degree she wants to pursue a PhD in programming and then attain a job as a programmer or as a software engineer. During her spare time, she works at ASSA doing multiple jobs associated with data entry operations. This is a requirement by ASSA that all candidates contribute several hours of volunteer work as a means to get training and help the institution out. Her friends describe her as extremely hard working and a very good friend.
To HCI, Thangapappa says “Thank you very much for investing in my future and my abilities to learn and attend rehabilitation. I come from a poor family and I would not have been able to afford the training. You have really made my dreams come true. Please support my studies until I finish. Thank you.”