Akshay Deshpande

Akshay Deshpande was born with severe muscular dystrophy. Muscular dystrophy (MD) is a disease which hampers locomotion. His parents had a great challenge carrying him to school to get him educated. They had been courageous to do this. Akshay is thankful to his parents, kins, and teachers who have been cooperative with him. While studying at Vivek College, Goregaon (west), Mumbai, he was seen by Dr. Girish Trivedi. Dr. Trivedi was aware of electronic wheelchairs, which can help people suffering MD to move from one place to another. He discussed this with his parents, but the cost of the chair was another challenge for his parents. Dr. Trivedi approached HISWISH Trust.

The trust met Akshay and found him as an intelligent boy and would like to pursue higher education. However, he lacked confidence due to the natural challenge he had been facing. The trust decided to help him with the electronic wheelchair. Akshay had gained confidence as dependency on other has reduced to a certain extent. He is now more eager to pursue higher education.

The electronic wheelchair is a battery operated a wheelchair, with easy maneuvering facility. It could be charged from a regular electric plug and the battery could last for whole day.