El Paso man creates game of blind billiards for his community

El Paso man creates game of blind billiards for his community

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Martin Aveces has been legally blind his whole life. He's an El Paso native and University of Texas at El Paso graduate trying to find a way to involve the blind community in public more. For the last three years, he worked to make a game of billiards for the blind. A guide maker, whose son is blind, helped Aveces make wooden guides for the game. The game is similar to normal billiards; the goal is to get the balls into …