LUDINGTON— A Northern Michigan handyman who is legally blind is taking steps to be able to get behind the wheel, but before he can do that, he needs some special visual aids to make that happen.

Theodore Nelson is a Ludington man living with Stargardt’s Disease.

It’s a degenerative disease that’s left him legally blind, but he said he can see some things.

He works as a handyman and said he could get more work if he had some visual aids that would allow him to get a restrictive license, that would allow him to drive safely and expand his business.

“Transportation, like I said, is the biggest thing. If I can’t get to work and there’s just, I can’t really work. I can’t go any further because I need a ride and I can’t take a lot of equipment. I’ve had to turn jobs away or help or anything

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