Caroline Casey | |
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Born | 20 October 1971 |
Education | University College Dublin |
Occupation(s) | Activist, management consultant |
Caroline Casey (born 20 October 1971)[1] is an Irish activist and management consultant. She is legally blind due to ocular albinism.[2][3] In 2000, aged 28, she left her job in Accenture to launch the Aisling Foundation, with an aim to improve how disability is treated.[1][4][3] In 2001, she trekked across India, solo, on elephant back for c.1,000 km, raising €250k for The National Council for the Blind of Ireland and Sightsavers.[5][4] Casey became the first female mahout from the west.[6] The journey was the subject of a National Geographic documentary Elephant Vision[3] and a TED Talk.[4]
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