Saturday, October 11, 2014

No special treatment for legally blind gymnast




FOX 26 News | MyFoxHouston

HuffPo:
"Every so often it occurs to me that I can't see," Adrianna told Fox26.
Her confidence clearly shows during competitions, where she frequently receives high marks on her performances from the vault to the balance beam to the uneven bars. And she does so without extra assistance, other than verbal cues from her coaches.
"The gym is one of the only places where there are no real accommodations for her. Everything is the same. She gets on the same balance beam as everybody else," her mother Asha Kenebrew told Today.com. "I don’t know, but I think that may be why she loves the sport."
Adrianna may be legally blind, but she has an incredible vision for herself. She hopes to become the first visually impaired athlete to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics, and last year received a Female Athlete of the Year award in her region.
"I just think of it as my vision making me work harder for what I'm trying to accomplish," she told Fox26.

The last public update on Deanne Soza, btw, is that it looks promising that she will regain her vsion back in both eyes.

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