their inspiration this year is martha runyan who was diagnosed with stuttgart's disease. >> we all knowplays a role, and running became my choice of sport after i abandoned soccer and had trouble seeing the ball, obviously, so i went out for my high school track team. >> reporter: and boy could runyan run. after running track and field in high school and college, she turned pro, and eventually becoming the first legally blind athlete to compete in the olympic games. runyan says she reached her full potential by competing against the best athletes in in the world. and now she is giving these campers the first taste of sports. >> it is about teaching them what they can do and giving them opportunities that they are not otherwise available to them at public school or afterschool programs. >> reporter: there is a lot to choose from. sports like beat baseball, goal ball, and they learn how the ride bikes and practice judo and of course, run track. >> when my vision changed, but the desire to participate in sports never did. >> reporter: and just like the mantra of the camp says a loss of sig

their inspiration this year is martha runyan who was diagnosed with stuttgart's disease.is a form of degenerative macular disease. >> we all want to think about sports, and running became my sport of choice after i abandoned soccer, because i could not see, and so i began to run. >> and run she could. she became the first legally blind athlete to compete in the olympic games. unian says she could reach her full potential by competing against the best athletes in the world, a nd now she is giving these athletes their first taste of sports. >> camp abilities is about empowering the kids about what they can do and giving them opportunities that they are not otherwise available to them at public school or afterschool programs. >> reporter: there is a lot to choose from, beat baseball, go ball, and they learn to ride bikes and practice judo and of course, run track. >> when my vision changed but my desire to be in sports never changed, so i stuck with it. >> just like the camp's man that says, a loss of sight does not mean to be a loss of vision. >> our motto for the camp abil