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Podcast: Your History Your Story
Episode: S5 Ep03 In Blind Sight
Description: Born in the mid-1950’s, Bob Gumson grew up on the bustling streets of Canarsie, Brooklyn, where, as a young boy, he loved to participate in a wide variety of sports and games with his neighborhood friends. Bob’s life was fun and uncomplicated.
Then, following a routine kindergarten eye exam, Bob and his family learned that he had a progressive eye disease that would render him completely blind by the time he reached his early teens. Â
Although Bob’s disability would present many challenges for him over the years, it never prevented him from having...