A Second Chance at Sports

By: Lindsay Simpson, Masters student at University of Maryland For the first time in her life, 17-year-old Ali Lawson can proudly say that she is an athlete, and last weekend she competed in the Goalball National Championship Tournament in Vancouver, Wash. Lawson was born with a rare mutation of the degenerative eye disease, Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA).  LCA is a hereditary disorder that often results in vision loss or blindness.  While Lawson still has enough vision to send text messages to all of her friends, using adaptive screen features, she is unable to do many of the things her friends do,…  Read More