Henry Escobedo

Retired Sgt.1st Class Henry Escobedo is a visually impaired veteran from Houston, TX. He served proudly and with honor in the U.S Army for 12 years. During his Army career, he deployed twice in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. When he returned from his first deployment in 2004, he began to experience headaches and dry eyes. The condition worsened during his 2010 deployment. It was late in 2011
when his vision had deteriorated almost completely. Sgt.1st Class Escobedo was declared medically legally blind. However, he does have a degree of peripheral vision. Doctors eventually diagnosed Sgt.1st Class Escobedo with Leber’s Hereditary Optic
Neuropathy.

His life changed completely and took a major turn. Becoming visuallyimpaired was beyond difficult for him to comprehend and extremely hard and depressing because he lost my career, independence, and lifestyle. He found himself starting to isolate himself. He found himself lost and hurt physically, emotionally, and mentally.

However, all that changed when he was introduced to the adaptive sports world. He jumped right in and tried to learn or try-out for as many sports as he can.

Quote:
“Adaptive sports really changed my life and was a absolutely life changer.”

– Sgt. 1st Class (Ret.) Henry Escobedo