“Where were all these blind people? Why didn’t we see them walking on our roads? I decided I must be the one to make a difference.”

—  Tiffany Brar

As quoted in They Say the Blind Should Not Lead the Blind. She Proves Them Wrong. https://www.thebetterindia.com/40485/tiffany-brar-working-for-blind/ (December 22, 2015) by Ranjini Sivaswamy, The Better India.

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