A blind photographer's road to the Special Olympics World Games

Born with a developmental disability and epilepsy, Jensen underwent brain surgery to help alleviate seizures, but during the procedure, he had a stroke. The then-11-year-old awoke legally blind -- with only 20 percent vision in his left eye and none in his right. He thought his future as an athlete was shattered.

Over the next weeks and months, Jensen had to learn how to walk, talk and even eat again. Although those skills slowly returned, he vision didn't, and the athlete inside of him remained devastated. "I didn't know who I was anymore," he said. "I was just so depressed because the only identity I had before was a basketball player."

Within a year, he says he had won a gold medal at a Special Olympics competition -- a sign of renewed athletic prowess. "Tennis, in that regard, saved my life," Jensen said.