Blind Boy Sees for the first time in Life with Electronic Glasses

For the very first time in his entire life, with the help of a new electronic glasses, a fifth grader who has been legally blind recently had the chance to see his mother. Marquita Hackley and her 12-year-old son, Christopher Ward Jr., tried eSight, a new wearable technology that allows people with vision loss to actually see. 

The little boy was born with optic nerve hypoplasia, which means that before birth, his optic nerve never fully developed. 

Hackley told ABC News that her son 'only has little light perception in his left eye and very, very low
vision in his right eye. Something has to be up in his face, almost touching for him to see it,' she told ABC News.

'And even though Ward wears glasses on a daily basis, they're more for protection than vision because there is a strong possibility he could lose the little sight he does have if it were to get hurt or hit on the face.'

Like any mother, Hackley became emotional when she was able to witness her son try on the eSight device and 'really see for the first time in his 12 years of life.'  

'The very first thing he did was turn to me and say, 'Oh, Mommy! There you are!' Hackley told ABC News. 

And then to hear him say, 'I saw my mom, and she was very pretty,' was so heartwarming. And aside from pretty, just the fact he could even see me meant the whole world to me.'

According to the company's website, their hands-free headset has a small, high-speed camera that captures live video which is then sent to a LED screen in front of the person's eyes who are wearing them.  It allows them to see with 'unprecedented visual clarity,' the website says.