About Caroline
Caroline Casey is an Irish activist and management consultant born in 1971 who is legally blind due to ocular albinism. She left her job at Accenture in 2000 to establish the Aisling Foundation, which works to improve how disability is treated. In 2001 she made a solo 1,000 km elephant trek across India, becoming the first western female mahout, which raised funds for organisations supporting people with blindness. The journey was documented in a National Geographic film and resulted in a TED talk.
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EntrepreneurMotivationalAccessibilityDisability InclusionDisability LeadershipSocial Entrepreneurship
Known for
- Founding the Aisling Foundation
- Solo elephant trek across India
- Founding The Valuable 500
- Speaking on disability inclusion
- National Geographic documentary Elephant Vision
- Disability activism and advocacy
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