Against all odds: Boy with genetic muscular disorder scores 93.8% in Class X boards
Gurgaon: Physiotherapy takes up eight hours a day. Another six to seven hours are spent studying. And the remaining, on resting.With this daily routine,
Vihaan Gupta
scored 93.8% in his Class 10
CBSE Board exams
.Though he is enrolled with Lions Public School in Sector 10 of the city, Vihaan can't attend regular classes, his mother Sneha Gupta, a homemaker, told TOI.The 16-year-old was diagnosed with
Duchenne muscular dystrophy
, a rare genetic disorder that weakens muscles over time.
Vihaan used to go to school regularly till Class 5-6. But his condition deteriorated in the years after, and he now uses a wheelchair."We never made him feel as if he was ill. If you keep telling a child you are sick, then mentally, the child's thinking will become negative. He was already good at studies. So, we motivated him a lot. We keep a positive environment at home," Sneha said.
The teenager has opted for humanities with mathematics for classes 11 and 12, and aspires to pursue a career in artificial intelligence and data sciences.Another achiever is Shiva Kaul, an Amity International School student who battled dyslexia and scored 85.2% in CBSE Board exams this year.Shiva's mother Renu Kaul said that he took one-on-one support to manage his studies with the learning disability. Shiva, a commerce student, plans to take up BCom or BBA for higher education.Debanshu Mukherjee, also a Gurgaon resident and Amity student, was diagnosed with dysgraphia, a neurological disorder that affects writing abilities.Debanshu, his family said on Tuesday, took the help of a scribe and secured 91% in Class 12 arts stream. His father is a retired IAF officer and mother, a music teacher, and the teenager is set on following a career in hotel management.'I want to become an IAS officer'As the eldest among four siblings, Kajal has set an example for her sisters.The daughter of an auto-rickshaw driver scored 95% in Class 10 CBSE Board exams and dreams of becoming an IAS officer."I am delighted with the results I've achieved and plan to take up arts stream. I want to become an IAS officer. I am deeply inspired by the respect IAS officers receive in the society and the meaningful impact they have on people's lives," the teenager, who is a student of Amity School, said on Tuesday.Kajal's father Hari Narayan Shah told TOI he wants all of his daughters to do well in their studies and is trying to arrange financial assistance for their future. "I will do all that I can to educate all my daughters and fulfil their dreams… whatever they want to become. I will be the most proud if my daughters study and become independent," he said.
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Against all odds: Boy with genetic muscular disorder scores 93.8% in Class X boards
Gurgaon: Physiotherapy takes up eight hours a day. Another six to seven hours are spent studying. And the remaining, on this daily routine, Vihaan Gupta scored 93.8% in his Class 10 CBSE Board exams .Though he is enrolled with Lions Public School in Sector 10 of the city, Vihaan can't attend regular classes, his mother Sneha Gupta, a homemaker, told 16-year-old was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy , a rare genetic disorder that weakens muscles over time. Vihaan used to go to school regularly till Class 5-6. But his condition deteriorated in the years after, and he now uses a wheelchair."We never made him feel as if he was ill. If you keep telling a child you are sick, then mentally, the child's thinking will become negative. He was already good at studies. So, we motivated him a lot. We keep a positive environment at home," Sneha said. The teenager has opted for humanities with mathematics for classes 11 and 12, and aspires to pursue a career in artificial intelligence and data achiever is Shiva Kaul, an Amity International School student who battled dyslexia and scored 85.2% in CBSE Board exams this mother Renu Kaul said that he took one-on-one support to manage his studies with the learning disability. Shiva, a commerce student, plans to take up BCom or BBA for higher Mukherjee, also a Gurgaon resident and Amity student, was diagnosed with dysgraphia, a neurological disorder that affects writing his family said on Tuesday, took the help of a scribe and secured 91% in Class 12 arts stream. His father is a retired IAF officer and mother, a music teacher, and the teenager is set on following a career in hotel management.'I want to become an IAS officer'As the eldest among four siblings, Kajal has set an example for her daughter of an auto-rickshaw driver scored 95% in Class 10 CBSE Board exams and dreams of becoming an IAS officer."I am delighted with the results I've achieved and plan to take up arts stream. I want to become an IAS officer. I am deeply inspired by the respect IAS officers receive in the society and the meaningful impact they have on people's lives," the teenager, who is a student of Amity School, said on father Hari Narayan Shah told TOI he wants all of his daughters to do well in their studies and is trying to arrange financial assistance for their future. "I will do all that I can to educate all my daughters and fulfil their dreams… whatever they want to become. I will be the most proud if my daughters study and become independent," he said.
