By editor
Originally published on Wed May 9, 2012 10:55 am
If you've been following the case of Chen Guangcheng, the activist looking to leave China for the U.S., there's one thing you probably know about him.
The fact that he's blind.
But is Chen's blindness central to his story – his political activism and the diplomatic dance he has set off?
"His blindness did not give him any particular bravery or insight," says Stephen Kuusisto, the author of two memoirs about being blind. "It is just a factor in a much larger life,"
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