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Ruth Dhanaraj

How Elizabeth Bonker is helping the voiceless find their voice

Elizabeth Bonker’s album cover (Source: Special Arrangement)

“I love to swim, especially in the ocean. The waves calm me,” writes out Elizabeth Bonker. We are conversing over Zoom chat since she is autistic, and as she is typing out her replies, her mother Virginia, (Ginnie) Breen and I talk about their upcoming visit to India.

Elizabeth who lives in Florida has been invited to speak at the India Inclusion Summit 2023 scheduled to take place in Bengaluru. “I hope to travel where there are nonspeakers and connect with organisations that want to help them,” she writes.

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