<p>[Blind</a> student heading to Princeton with scholarship](<a href=“http://www.thereporteronline.com/articles/2009/07/02/news/srv0000005740492.txt]Blind”>http://www.thereporteronline.com/articles/2009/07/02/news/srv0000005740492.txt)</p>
<p>"Two years ago during a six-week stint at the Colorado Center for the Blind, a training center at the foot of the Rocky Mountains Andrew Wai lived in a small apartment while working as a part-time receptionist at an intercultural training and consulting firm in Denver.</p>
<p>Wai has Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis, a rare condition that affects the cells that detect light in the retina. He said the experience in Denver showed he could live a productive life.</p>
<p>Now the Towamencin resident, who graduated from North Penn High School last month with a 4.0 GPA, will attend Princeton University this fall with a $3,000 scholarship from the National Federation of the Blind.</p>
<p>One of only 30 blind students selected out of more than 400 applicants, Wai also was chosen for his ability to help other blind students, according to Jim Antonacci, president of the National Federation of the Blind of Pennsylvania and a member of the scholarship committee. . . . (continued)</p>
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<p>Congratulations to Andrew on his scholarship. His is an inspiring story.</p>