and i found out all this stuff about braille printers and braille. and then i found out how much they cost and they cost a lot, $2,000. >> he decided he could do it cheaper out of lego. and after seven different failed prototypes late one night he struck on the right configuration and his printer struck out the very first letter. >> it was like a eureka moment. i said mom, dad, it works. my mom was like yeah! >> he debuted his lego braille printer at his school's science fair. while teachers say there were more complex entries there, there were none more compassionate. >> it is why it seems his story has continued to grow. his videos on youtube have been seen by hundreds of thousands. people both sighted and blind have sent their admiration and congratulations from around the world. even lego corporation tweeted him just about everybody seems impressed by this wiz kid, one able to see solutions in the unlikeliest of ways. >>> we move to the world of high school sports. the boys basketball team had a great year, a northern california championship and

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thing you could do for people like that is to give them non-visual guides -- teach them how to read braille, a seeing-eye dog. but recently this has changed. we're sitting here in the midst of revolution in the treatment of macular degeneration and opens the treatment of many kinds of blindness. that is because three major developments have occurred. gene therapy, stem cell therapy and retinal chips. >> charlie: >> charlie: funding for "charlie rose" is provided by the following: >> there's a saying around here: you stand behind what you say. around here, we don't make excuses, we make commitments. and when you can't live up to them, you own up and make it right. some people think the kind of accountability that thrives on so many streets in this country has gone missing in the places where it's needed most. but i know you'll still find it, when you know where to look. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: to be blind is not miserable. not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable. john milton wrot

and braillely recently came under fire after a video showed him denigrating chuck grassley because he'sa lowly iowa farmer. but the icing on the proverbial cake is a new online video released by bob quast, the independent, you've got to see to the believe it. >> hi, i'm bob. i am running. running for iowa's open seat in the senate. term limits need to become the 28th amendment to our u.s. constitution. i believe in every aspects of our constitution which even a baby knows includes the second amendment. if you are the sexual predator and sociopath who murdered my sister you come to my door to do harm to my girls i'm going to use my glock. to blow your balls off. now please do not confuse me with iowa's republican candidate for u.s. senate. i'm bob quast, just a simple problem-solver from iowa who never went to law school but i did create and approve this video. >> what do you make of that. that's "hardball." coming up next, your business with jj ramberg. you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i w

that may mean technology that allows you to read braille, or could also just mean a computer with skypeit so if you have a hearing loss, for example, you can actually see the mouth of the person you're talking to as you're having the conversation. my organization operates a device lending library. actually, one of your councilmembers, derek, is the lead on that project. and we have technology that people can essentially try before they buy. one of the big equalizers, i believe, that does allow folks with disabilities to function and live life of freedom, choice and autonomy is assistive technology. we know he it's expensive, so, we have a mechanism to let people come in and try stuff out. check it out. you can learn more on our website about that, irlcsf.org. so, housing, highly involved in housing issues. we're highly involved in assistive technology issue. but one of the biggest barriers to the full integration of people with disabilities is around employment and economic empowerment. you know, we hear a lot on the radio, or i hear a lot on the radio. it's on tv, too, about the jobs r

he mastered braille, the writing system for the sight impaired, and was able to return to the classroom as a japanese language teacher. arai devised his own special teaching aids, like magnetic strips to help him write in a straight vertical lines. during that time, his main goal had been to return to school as a home room teacher. >> translator: in our life we grow the most during the three years of junior high. i witnessed the students' growth, and it helped me grow, too. >> reporter: 39 students are in his class. arai is working hard to quickly memorize each student's name and voice. >> translator: in my situation, memorizing everybody's name and, yes, voice is the key. >> reporter: the teacher records the students introducing themselves. >> translator: i'm the only one who likes -- >> reporter: he replays the recording over and over to memorize names and voices. >> translator: if i can't recognize who they are, the students will not communicate with me. >> reporter: his blindness motivates a desire to form closer ties with his students. arai eats lunch with the children. >> translat

unfortunately i didn't have access to the braille printer this morning when i was collecting all the stuff. the one accessibility feature in it is kind of funny, is that there is a -- it's stapled on the left side on -- or the right side on some of them so that if you're left-handed it's easier to open. that's what my student intern said when he photocopied it backwards. [laughter] >> [speaker not understood]. we do have lots of information. all of this information is actually online. the e-mail or the web address is www whatever,.,., whatever, longmore institute. so, that's l-o-n-g-m-o-r-e institute,.sf, sfu,.edu. i have cards and come see me and i'll spell it better. or maybe it can reflect somewhere on the record. that's all i have to say formally. i'm really excited and i look forward to whatever kind of partnerships we can find in this. and i'm open to any questions or comments and things like that. >> thank you for your presentation. i have councilmember roland wong. >> this brainstorming where you may put the exhibit, the main library may be a possibility. either wherever -- y

if you didn't carry in cornwall with down to braille here is the case to its trials. even treasure washed up when the cornish beach the gnomes to the tee the bill will extend the house of lords. and to prince charles as medieval privilege is going to sector you have to do certain things like during the main thrust of his famous publishing the middle of the private sector you don't but you have to pay taxes. the body lol the new neice he means the midst of the time that you can. cornwall is above the door to get the feeling that the chico would just treat it very much is that business for instance a hero to the god you shouldn't have to obtain a license if you wanted to come and seasons he has to do cheap oil will fall to his sleazy business opportunities they seek to many and i did see a tory of secrecy means that the three hundred g as historians aren't really as i've been complaining about lack of transparency in the weight of the stem of the princes of wales is due on the insurance the arrogance and privilege on the one hundred things that us he's a private estate

only thing we could do for people like that is to give them nonvisual guy, teach them how to read braille, hand rails in their apartment, and speech compression devices. it makes it easier for them to handle auditory information. recently this has changed. we are sitting here in the midst of a revolution in the treatment of macular degeneration and it opens up treatment of many kinds of blindness. that is because tree major developments have occurred. gene therapy, stem cell therapy, and retinal chips. gene therapy is an attempt to replace a defective gene with a normal one. for some reason they are not functioning, one can insert a normal gene into the cell. with stem cell therapy, you are not rescuing a gene, you are rescuing a cell type. it can take on any cell in your body and get them to be retinal cells and replace them. with retinal chips, you implant it in the retina and you stimulate pathways that lead to the brain. stimulating those elements that lead to the brain. and we have with us, by coincidence, the three pioneers of this area, jean, jean bennett has pioneered the study of

she took all my school reading to the institute for the blind the braille institute and had them read on audio books book so i could listen to my schoolwork. otherwise i probably wouldn't have made it. comic books were important for me. i got to learn. just getting into the discipline of reading because reading is a discipline like playing a sport. you have to do it every day. you have to get used to it otherwise he gets intimidating. for me, it looks were great about sitting down and reading. another reason, third reason i did it was i never wanted the reader to forget what color these guys are because they think when you write a book some times you can lose yourself in it. i wanted it to be on every page because these guys never forgot what color they were. for a moment they forgot than they first got to france. they were treated as equals. this is not just what happened the book but have been a real life. the hellfighters did so well in combat that the american army eventually had to write to the french government a special memorandum to say listen stop praising them. you don't wan

following that training she began as a braille instructor. she continues to volunteer in her free time, teaching braille and keyboarding in the very center she graduated from four years ago. madam speaker, it's my honor to extend my support to the a ility one program and bosm enterprises. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, this is to notify you formally pursuant to rule 8 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives that i, as a custodian of records for congressman joe pitts, have been served with a subpoena issued by the united states district court for the eastern district of pennsylvania requesting documents in a third-party civil case. as i have determined that there are no documents responsive to this subpoena, it is not necessary for me to determine whether compliance with the subpoena is consistent with the privileges and rights of the house. signed sincerely, thomas tillet, district chief

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