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Achiever.(the many achievements of blind high school student Quinton Williams)(Brief Article)
Quinton Williams of Riverton, Utah, recently began his senior year at Riverton High School. Earlier this year, while a junior, he received a $25,000 national scholarship (and a $2,500 state-level Tribute Award) from the American Association of School Administrators to help finance his post-high school education or training.
Quinton wakeboards, rock climbs, golfs, and skis. He also skates (ice and roller), wrestles, can bench press his weight, sculpts with clay, and plays the guitar and drums. Such achievements are remarkable, since Quinton lost his sight at age three due to a brain tumor.
Among Quinton's many talents, he has also learned to ride a bike (using his tongue as a sonar device) and has become proficient at Braille N' Speak and JAWS (Job Access With Speech), two adaptive technological programs for the blind that have enabled him to maintain a strong academic record and "read" computer screens.
Quinton is also a goalball star. The soccer-like competition, which has been a Paralympics sport since 1976, was invented in 1946 to assist the rehabilitation of veterans blinded during World War II. Since ...
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