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A school like no other-By Sanchita Wickremasooriya Spacious setting: The School for the Deaf and Blind and students at activities (below) Have you ever taken the time to think of how dependent you are on sensory information? Think of the time you woke up in the middle of the night and bumped into the table as you tried to make your way to the washroom. Or that time you played ‘pin the tail on the elephant’ or ‘Kana Mutti’ during Avurudu. Or when you couldn’t taste your lunch during a really bad flu season. The ability to enjoy your favourite music, and to see the beauty of the universe is something we have become accustomed to since the day we first opened our eyes. But the thing is, some of us just don’t. We don’t open our eyes. We don’t ever hear the words ‘I love you.’ We don’t get ...