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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Sebastian Demanop (born 1929) is a retired blind activist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the first blind individual from Thailand to receive college training.Sebastian Demanop was born in Bangkok, Thailand in 1929. As a child, he became infected with viral conjunctivitis which resulted in total blindness. At the age of 21, he won a full scholarship to attend the Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. During high school, he learned English and Braille and graduated in 1953. He earned a Bachelor's in Secondary Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He earned a Master's in Psychology at the University of Delaware. His wife, from Berks County, is also visually impaired.