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Hi my name is John Pare. Hi my name is Anil Lewis.
And I'm the Executive Director for Advocacy and Policy at the National Federation of the
Blind. I'm the Director of Advocacy and Policy for
the National Federation of the Blind. People often ask me: What's the National Federation
of the Blind all about? The National Federation of the Blind knows
that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future.
Every day we raise expectations of blind people because we know that low expectations create
obstacles between blind people and their dreams. You can live the life you want, blindness
is not what holds you back. Twenty-five years ago I became blind due to
retinitis pigmentosa, at that time I thought my life was over and that I would never reach
the future that I had planned. Blindness is not what holds you back.