Lt. Gov. David Paterson: First blind governor?
March 11th, 2008.. although documentation is scarce, it is widely believed that he would be the nation’s first blind governor.
From the Associated Press:
The man poised to succeed Gov. Eliot Spitzer would not only become the first black governor of New York. He would also be the state’s first legally blind governor and its first disabled governor since Franklin D. Roosevelt.
… David Paterson lost sight in his left eye and much of the sight in his right eye after an infection as an infant. Refusal to bow to his handicap came early. When New York City schools refused to let him attend mainstream classes, his parents established residency on Long Island, where they found a school that would let him go to regular classes.
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