Not being able to use 75 per cent of her body, including her legs, has never stopped 13-year-old Vaishnavi Jagtap from dreaming of, and achieving, things that would make ‘normal’ kids stop in their tracks.

Undeterred by adversity: Pimpri resident Vaishnavi is a gold medallist at the regional level, two-time state swimming champion and a winner at many district-level competitions. She is 75% disabled. Pic/Mohan Patil

State and civic apathy may just, however, deny the champion paralympic swimmer a very important milestone.