Reminds me of another ‘blind’ story...
Back in the mid-90’s, NASA TV had a kid’s show where a panel of teenagers took calls from other kids who had questions and one caller claimed to be an 11 year-old girl who had been blind since birth. She asked the panel if they thought she could be an astronaut some day and they all agreed that yes, she could and to never give up on her dream, that if she could imagine being an astronaut then she could absolutely be an astronaut or do anything else she set out to do, etc.
If the panel had been comprised of men who’d actually walked on the moon or were astronauts themselves, what do you think their answers would have been?
Really, I can’t imagine anyone telling a blind child not to dream of and pursue anything they want.