Teaching tennis skills to the blind

“If someone asks me a question and I don’t know the answer, it’s a challenge for me to find out,’’ said Ashley Bernard, an 18-year student at Perkins who resides in Scituate. “And if someone gives me a task like hitting a tennis ball, I’m going to figure that out, too, and I love that challenge.' Ashley Bernard works on her serve during a tennis lesson.
Jon Mahoney for the Boston Globe

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By Marvin Pave and Nicholas Goss
“If someone asks me a question and I don’t know the answer, it’s a challenge for me to find out,’’ said Ashley Bernard, an 18-year student at Perkins who resides in Scituate. “And if someone gives me a task like hitting a tennis ball, I’m going to figure that out, too, and I love that challenge."

Ashley Bernard works on her serve during a tennis lesson.