[Sportsandrec] Blind skateboarder

[Kendra Schaber]

As far as I know, Ben did not accept a cane. They showed him on televition a 
few years ago and one of the things that they kept talking about was the 
fact that Ben hated to use a cane with a passion.
Kendra
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>
To: "Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List" 
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Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Blind skateboarder


> Jody,
> I heard of Ben. He did some great things but unfortunately I don't think 
> he
> accepted a cane. You need a cane to augment echo location.
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Jody Ianuzzi
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 2:16 PM
> To: 'Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] Blind skateboarder
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have been offline for a week so this may be old news.  Ben Underwood had 
> a
> remarkable echolocation ability.
>
> I am sad to say he died a few years ago at only 16 years old.  His 
> blindness
> was caused by cancer of the retina and his eyes were removed when he was 
> 2.
> Unfortunately the cancer returned and he died of brain cancer.
>
> JODY
>
>
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