article_snippet: Maui, Hawaii (CNN)When she was just 4 years old, Chelsea Elliott went blind in she left eye.
article_snippet: Then, two years later, she lost hearing in she right ear.
article_snippet: Now 24, Chelsea Elliott might have been spared years of struggle if Chelsea Elliott rare eye condition -- known as Coats disease -- had been caught earlier.
article_snippet: Not wanting other children to feel the same frustration, anger and limitations, Chelsea Elliott launched a nonprofit that offers free vision and hearing screenings to school-age children -- particularly from lower income communities.
article_snippet: Chelsea Elliott's organization, the Half-Helen Foundation, has screened nearly 9,000 children in Texas and Hawaii since its 2013 launch.
article_snippet: Check out the Half-Helen Foundation website at www.halfhelen.org and see how to help.
highlights_snippet: After going partially blind and deaf as a child, Chelsea Elliott created a solution .
  