Though he cannot see, Fitzville Martin maneuvers the keyboard and levers on the control panel expertly, quickly assessing what button performs what function.
He was born with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease. As a child, he could still see through his peripheral vision. One time, while riding down the street on his bike, he looked sideways in order to gauge where he was going. But a lady who walked by yelled at him, “Look where you’re going!” assuming that he was carelessly looking sideways.
