Caroline Casey (activist)

This article is about the Irish activist. For the American soccer player, see Caroline Casey (soccer).

Caroline Casey
Speaking at the 2021 World Economic Forum
Born (1971-10-20) 20 October 1971 (age 52)
EducationUniversity 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]

  1. ^ a b "International Women's Day 2016". HSE. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  2. ^ Casey, Caroline (21 October 2014). "Would being legally blind change the way that you see yourself?". Irish Independent. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Reddan, Fiona (27 June 2008). "Aisling Foundation is going global". Irish Times. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  4. ^ a b c "Inspiring Irish legally blind adventurer's TED Talk". IrishCentral. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 17 May 2017.
  5. ^ Ni Cheallaigh, Gillian (10 January 2001). "Element of blind date in 1,000 km elephant ride". The Irish Times.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference CE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).