Blind teen can see with ears and nose |
Loading ...Starting this morning off on an uplifiting, inspirational note.
The following is an incredible story of overcoming disability and a true testament of human spirit, attitude and determination. Ben Underwood had both eyes removed at two years old when he got cancer. When he woke up he told his mother he couldn’t see any more. His mother replied that he still had his nose, ears and mouth.
12 years later Ben has used those senses with dolphin-like precision, teaching himself how to do things you’d think eyesight was required like playing foosball, skating, having pillow fights and more, see the video below:
My favorite part? When asked how he could play a videogame, he replied: “They have different voices.”
I admire such people, who in spite of such tragedies keep on living and even improve themselves. I liked the moment with the bin though I think it was not the first time they passed these bins, so the boy might have known about them already. However, he is a brick
Hope everything in his life will be ok and people would not offend him.
Comment by Marina — November 23, 2006 @ 4:15 am PST
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Great Story T,
We all like to read Tech, But sometimes “Being Human” counts for someting
Keep Up The Good Reads !
Anthony
Comment by Anthony Paul Figueora — November 25, 2006 @ 12:38 pm PST
Thanks Anthony and Marina for taking time to read and leave comments
Comment by TDavid — November 25, 2006 @ 1:12 pm PST
[…] Videogamers will appreciate the following feat. This female gamer beats the 1-1 stage of Super Mario without looking at the screen. She even goes down a pipe and gets all the coins. She misses one at first and then goes back and gets it. I’m not as impressed with this lady’s feat as Ben Underwood, but still impressive. […]
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