When Taylor Talbot lines up for a race, she doesn't see the finish line, but she knows exactly where she's going.

At just eight years old, Talbot was diagnosed with a rare degenerative eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa.

However, the reality of that diagnosis didn't fully hit her until she turned 14.

“I would look around at all my fellow peers and classmates and they were getting their drivers permits, they were getting their licenses, they were getting that exposure to independence and I realized I would never get that. I’m never going to be able to drive a car," Talbot recalled.

Growing up, she just wanted the freedom she saw in her peers.

"I wanted to be normal. That’s what I wanted," Talbot said. "I didn’t want people to look at me and be like 'oh yeah that’s that blind girl.

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