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First deaf CA thanks parents who had vision - Times LIVE
Despite living her life in a private world of silence, Kashveera Chanderjith this year realised her dream of becoming a charted accountant.
Chanderjith, 23, who was declared profoundly deaf from birth, has made history as South Africa's first deaf CA.
"I worked twice as hard as anyone else to get here but I always believed I wanted to be a first-grade version of myself rather than a second-grade version of someone else," she said. "I knew for a long time that this was what I wanted to do."
Her parents, Ronnie and Ousha, say their daughter refused to let her inability to hear prevent her from achieving her goals.
Chanderjith was so confident of one day becoming a CA that she applied for a training programme at accounting and consulting firm Deloitte in her matric year.
She was accepted, her training began in 2009 and will conclude at the end of this year.
When Chanderjith was born, the concept of caring for a deaf child was foreign to her parents. "We didn't know who to turn to. Our doctor advised us to leave her at a school for the deaf," said Ronnie.
But he and his wife took her to the Tygerberg Hospital, were she learnt her skills of lip-reading and speech.
Chanderjith's first word came at the age of three, when she pointed to and correctly identified a flower.
"I am very lucky in that I have a lot of supportive people around me," she said this week.
Despite living her life in a private world of silence, Kashveera Chanderjith this year realised her dream of becoming a charted accountant.
Chanderjith, 23, who was declared profoundly deaf from birth, has made history as South Africa's first deaf CA.
"I worked twice as hard as anyone else to get here but I always believed I wanted to be a first-grade version of myself rather than a second-grade version of someone else," she said. "I knew for a long time that this was what I wanted to do."
Her parents, Ronnie and Ousha, say their daughter refused to let her inability to hear prevent her from achieving her goals.
Chanderjith was so confident of one day becoming a CA that she applied for a training programme at accounting and consulting firm Deloitte in her matric year.
She was accepted, her training began in 2009 and will conclude at the end of this year.
When Chanderjith was born, the concept of caring for a deaf child was foreign to her parents. "We didn't know who to turn to. Our doctor advised us to leave her at a school for the deaf," said Ronnie.
But he and his wife took her to the Tygerberg Hospital, were she learnt her skills of lip-reading and speech.
Chanderjith's first word came at the age of three, when she pointed to and correctly identified a flower.
"I am very lucky in that I have a lot of supportive people around me," she said this week.