this is too cool!

i like watching the ellen show in the morning while i have breakfast. today, not only did she have zach braff (one of my heroes, so major yay for that!), but she also started a new segment called "people you should know". her first guest was this kid:

The Boy Who Sees with Sound

he's absolutely amazing. he's 14, been blind since age 2, but gets around by clicking and listening for echoes. his mom was fairly cool too. she said her philosophy with him is that "you're ben, you can do anything." and that when people criticize her philosophy of raising him with "but he can't see, so he can't (fill in the blank)", she replies "he'll learn whatever he wants. he'll figure it out. he may bump his head once, but he's not stupid, he's not going to bump it twice." more people (both who can see and who can't!) need this attitude.

read the article. it's super cool.

the end.