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Clearing the Board exams is no easy task, but for Harmehar Garewal Kaur, the journey was even more difficult. After an accident left her paralysed neck down five years ago, doctors told her Harmehar to expect the worst. But the teen and her parents refused to give up. Harmehar managed to partially regain her balance after three years of vigorous physiotherapy.
Suvinder Kaur Garewal, Harmehar’s mother, says the staff at the Army Public School, Kirkee, adjusted the school schedule so as to allow her to juggle physiotherapy with her classes. “I told them about the condition of my daughter and they adjusted the school schedule for us. They shifted all the important classes to the beginning of the day. This was very helpful as she didn’t miss any classes. Since she was attending school after such a long time, she was very regular,” says Suvinder.
Harmehar says she wants to grow up and help people with paralysis.
“I was expecting good marks, but not this good,” says Harmehar, adding that she wants to pursue an MBA in Economics and open an NGO for spinal cord patients.
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