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Video: Students try hands (and feet) at blind soccer

Students at St. James Catholic Elementary School took part in a game of five-sided football, which is a game of soccer adapted for the blind and partially sighted.

Students at St. James Catholic Elementary School took part in a game of five-sided football, which is a game of soccer adapted for the blind and partially sighted.

Greg Theriault from The Ontario Blind Sports association and Matthew Greenwood from The Ontario Soccer Association visited St. James and St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School Oct. 21.

The sport narrows the gap between the sighted and visually impaired, bringing them together on the playing field.
 


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