Deaf student beats disability to win Cambridge place : CaptionKit HyperTranscript


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BBC news Interview with deaf student Anastasia Fedotova about going to Cambridge University, and the battle she faced trying to gain a place at Oxford
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	Children cheering, crowd noises
Graham Satchell, BBC
	Manchester city centre.
	Anastasia Fedatova and her mum are taking in the hot weather.
	Last year, Anastasia got six A's at A-level.
	All the more remarkable because this is what the world is like for Anastasia
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	Silence
Graham Satchell, BBC
	She is profoundly deaf, and didn't start speaking until she was seven.
	Anastasia applied to Oxford last year to read maths, but, they rejected her.
	It led to a row about the universities admissions process, and the treatment of disabled students.
Anastasia Fedotova
	Until Oxford got involved in the admissions row,
	I didn't realise the kind of difficulty of the deaf and disabled to get into higher education.
	So I got emails from deaf students even from a girl in Oxford
	and they showed me how really under-achieving the deaf were.
	I don't think it's because they have no ability as such
	but I think there is very very low confidence amongst them.
Graham Satchell, BBC
	What Anastasia may lack in confidence, she makes up for in determination.
	This year, she applied to Cambridge.
Anastasia Fedotova
	It says you're accepted !
	Yess ! Heeee
Graham Satchell, BBC
	Despite her success, Anastasia's case has highlighted what campaigners say is a serious problem.
	Only eight percent of disabled people go to univeristy and get a degree.
	Anastasia's mum said attitudes still have to change.
Elena Fedotova
	Deafness is a sort of invisible disability,
	because most of these people, and most of the deaf people just erm
	act exactly like people without a disability at all.
	And that's why people just simply think 'Okay, what's your problem then?'
	'you look all right, so why do you require so much attention ?'
Graham Satchell, BBC
	It took till last year for the government to finally change the law
	and make it illegal for schools and universities to discriminate against disabled people.
	But for now, Anastasia is looking forward to life at Cambridge and all it brings.
Anastasia Fedotova
	Number of parties, they promised !
Graham Satchell, BBC
	Huh, heh - parties ?
Anastasia Fedotova
	A lot of parties, they promised
Graham Satchell, BBC
	They promised parties ? Uh huh
	Yep. And new friends ?
Anastasia Fedotova
	Hmm ?
Graham Satchell, BBC
	New friends ?
Anastasia Fedotova
	Like minded people.
Graham Satchell, BBC
	Like minded people, yeah.
Anastasia Fedotova
	And new friends, definitely.
Graham Satchell, BBC
	And of course there will be study.
	Anastasia is determined to prove Oxford wrong.
	Who knows, we may have another genius in our midst.
	Graham Satchell, BBC news, Manchester.

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