Bellingham attorney Dave Freeman planning ahead for working while blind
Dave Freeman decided to become an attorney, in part, because he knew it was work he could do even if he went blind.
An Olympia native, Freeman started having problems seeing in the dark when he was about 10. By 14, he was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited disease in which the retina slowly degenerates, leading to problems with night vision, tunnel vision, and, eventually, blindness. His mother has the disease too.