Student overcomes blindness to study computer programming

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Michael Griffin knew he could no longer pretend his eyes were fine after he failed the vision test required to renew his driver’s license.
He was 24, and doctors had told him 10 years earlier he had juvenile macular degeneration, a condition that can progress over years until causing partial or complete blindness.
He did not tell anyone about the diagnosis — not even his family.
“I was embarrassed to say I couldn’t see,” said Griffin, 37