ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) -Caleb Griffiths was 18-years-old when he was recognized with a tumor on considered one of his eyes.
The tumor left him legally blind, however it ignited a ardour for movies video games.
Griffiths was advised by docs that he didn’t have something flawed together with his eye, however when the ache received to the purpose the place he couldn’t go exterior, he knew one thing was flawed.
He spent 8 months with out leaving his residence and when he did need to go exterior, he needed to get up at 5 within the morning so his eye might get use to the low gentle.
As a result of tumor, Griffiths misplaced his left eye, and is legally blind.
Throughout that point, there was one factor that helped him get by way of the ache. Enjoying video video games.
” I actually turned to video video games the place I wasn’t within the eye. I can sit behind the display screen and nobody else would know, any incapacity that I had or something that I used to be going by way of, it was type of like I might be what I wished to be,” stated Griffiths.
Griffiths performed sports activities like ice hockey and soccer at a younger age, however after being recognized with a tumor, he says it was troublesome to get again into doing bodily sports activities.
So he determined gaming could be his new sport.
“I would love to turn out to be like a mentor for different children within the esports enviornment who in any other case wouldn’t have anybody to go to or ask a query or see, anyone did it, so I can do it to,” stated Griffiths.
Griffiths says his dream as a child was to get into sports activities broadcasting and says he would’ve been doing one thing else as an alternative of getting concerned in gaming.
He says he discovered one thing he loves and needs to proceed to encourage others.
“I’m dwelling proof that one thing did come from that, you already know there are issues you are able to do in video video games and I’m actually glad that I’ve the chance that I do now to do one thing that I really like that I by no means knew I’d be capable to,” stated Griffiths.
Griffiths was additionally within the U.S. Paralympic ice hockey staff again when he was 18 and dwelling in Virginia.
After a 12 months of being on the staff, he moved to Texas, the place he now has a job as a commissioner for the XP league coming to West Texas.
Griffith says he needs to be an inspiration to those that have disabilities and really feel like they will’t do a lot in life, and he plans to show the brand new XP league in Midland right into a model and increase to all of West Texas.
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