QUIRKY WORLD ... $100,000 for blind barber who was unfairly dismissed

US: A legally blind barber was awarded $100,000 by a Massachusetts commission against discrimination after it says he was wrongly fired.

The Boston Herald reported on Saturday that Joel Nixon had been working for Tony’s Barber Shop in Norton for a year before his boss discovered his condition.

The 29-year-old has retinitis pigmentosa, which affects his peripheral vision and makes it hard for him to see at night. He’s been declared legally blind by the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind, and Nixon said there’s a possibility he may lose his sight forever.