Harold Krents, a blind lawyer was born November 5, 1944 and died January 12, 1987. He is known for his work on “This is Your Life,” “To Race the Wind,” and “Butterflies Are Free.” He wanted to be treated like everybody else in the world and has had many situations where people do not address him directly but will address the people right next him to ask him questions. “His family raised him to be independent. When Krents was nine, for example, his older brother threw passes at him until Krents could catch a football he couldn’t see.”p457 Others did not treat him like someone who could care for themselves and were always whispering around him thinking that because he was blind, he was deaf as well. I have had many occasions when I am playing
