Personal Narrative: An Interview With Nathan Hayes

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Today, I am interviewing my very close friend Nathan Hayes (male, 14). He is struggling with a slow disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP). We both do competitive fighting and he travels with me and the competition team at Focus Martial Arts & Fitness. He first found out he was going blind when he was 10 years old. He just said “Oh, just another obstacle.” and continued living a normal life. He Made a ‘Bucket List’ where he wrote a list of things he wanted to do and see before he goes blind, the Hayes’ have been traveling all over the world to visit these places.
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Me: How did this affect your life?
Nathan: I learned braille, learned to use a cane,

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