Thirty-one blind students from nine counties converged in South Tampa on Thursday to compete in the Central Florida Regional Braille Challenge. ...more

February 28, 2009

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Last year, Paul Martinez never would have scaled a utility pole, scrambled up a rock wall or flown down a zip line into a pool. ...more

October 15, 2008

Call him imaginative. Call him determined. Call him stubborn. Just don't call him blind. ...more

June 14, 2008

TAMPA PALMS - Call him imaginative. Call him determined. Call him stubborn. Just don't call him blind. Liberty Middle School eighth-grader Peyton Short can barely make out images because of a genetic condition that has left him visually impaired. But it hasn't kept Peyton from his first loves of reading and writing. His passion for the written word was evident with his recent score on the writing portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. He earned a perfect score, one of 22 students in his school to earn the top mark. ...more

June 10, 2008

The Blind Leading The Blind I see in today's paper that the county is planning to resurface Deltona Boulevard only north of Northcliffe Boulevard with a "micro surface" of asphalt. Figures, that part is in fairly decent condition and could use a good "black painting." I can actually trip over the buildup of white lines crossing the street but can twist an ankle in a rut or two on Deltona South of Forest Oaks Boulevard all the way to Spring Hill Drive. ...more

February 2, 2008

SEBRING — Appearances aren't everything. Only after they were told, did some judges realize that a trumpeter in the Sebring High School Marching Band was blind. Junior Cody Breen marches and plays in formation so well that many in the audience never know he's been completely blind since birth. A guide shadows Breen on the field and corrects the trumpeter if he takes a wrong turn. "If I'm off a little bit, they'll put me in the right direction," said Breen. "I'm just trying to keep up with everybody else. The fun part is, I like surprises." ...more

November 27, 2007

It's the stuff many people find addictively fun to pop after opening a fragile package. ...more

November 22, 2007