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Blind scientist Yeo Sze Ling wins Singapore Youth Award

Reported by Straits Times on Wednesday, 20 June 2012 (on June 20, 2012)
Straits Times
As a child, Dr Yeo Sze Ling worried constantly about her future, and the type of work she would end up in - the 34-year-old lost her sight to glaucoma at the age of four.

She decided not to let her blindness stand in her way. In university, she earned a scholarship to pursue a PhD.
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