Sports for the Blind
From: Scientific American - 04/2016
By: Daniel C. Schlenoff

Innovation and Discovery as Chronicled in Scientific American

100 Years Ago - April 1916

"Never before has the problem of finding employment for blind men been so
vast as at present, when the European war has added tens of thousands to the
already large number of such unfortunates. Recently, however, the French have
also endeavored to create various diversions for those whom the war has
deprived of their sight, among which is fencing. To the lay mind it is indeed
difficult to conceive how an active sport such as fencing can be indulged in
by sightless persons. Yet fencing tournaments in which blind men are the only
participants are now common in Paris."

Source:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-gigantic-news-in-natural-history-in-1916