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Defying expectations: Partially blind rower earns second bid to Paralympic world championships
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Defying expectations: Partially blind rower earns second bid to Paralympic world championships

Pearl Outlaw was 9 years old when she found out she was going blind. One of the brightest students in her class, Outlaw shone during discussions but baffled her teachers with surprisingly low test scores. Looking for answers, her parents decided to have her eyes checked—perhaps she needed glasses. And it was true, her eyesight […]

mattweyrich | August 21, 2019

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Defying expectations: Partially blind rower earns second bid to Paralympic world championships

Pearl Outlaw was 9 years old when she found out she was going blind. One of the brightest students in her class, Outlaw shone during discussions but baffled her teachers with surprisingly low test scores. Looking for answers, her parents decided to have her eyes checked—perhaps she needed glasses. And it was true, her eyesight […]

mattweyrich | August 21, 2019

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