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Comment by breaking thru humility

breaking thru humility — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:54:53 -0800

Irony? Did Hannah see my comment on the Black Face Richards video? It was made 10 minutes before this post.

Comment by Hannah Levin

Hannah Levin — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:01:09 -0800

Nope, hadn't even read it yet--just found the story via a bulletin my friend posted on Myspace.

Comment by robotslave

robotslave — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:13:13 -0800

OK, she's a great mom, but listen at about the 2:45 mark and tell me her name isn't "Aquanetta."

Comment by Investigatory Journalist

Investigatory Journalist — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:14:22 -0800

Best mother's name ever.

Comment by Dougsf

Dougsf — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:35:06 -0800

Holy shit! Best name ever indeed.

Hey, that kid was on Oprah already... Um, you know, I was like, flipping channels and stuff..

Comment by Gabriel

Gabriel — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:50:44 -0800

Aquanetta's son is amazing. I especially thought the video game thing was impressive. It's one thing to use echo location to sense what's around you, but to be able to navigate through video games seems a whole other challenge.

In other sense news, the NYT has an interesting piece about lexical-gustatory synaesthesia, as researched by somebody here at University of Edinburgh, where I'm doing my research. Odd stuff.

Comment by Violet_DaGrinder

Violet_DaGrinder — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 16:16:23 -0800

I was aware that blind people use echolocation, but I don't think I've ever heard somebody using the "dolphin clicks" before to enhance it. Is that common?

Comment by genevieve

genevieve — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:46:55 -0800

What a cool story! Mom Aquanetta has done a phenomenal job, and both of their attitudes are amazing.

PML though that even a completely blind kid plays video games. Teenagers! Heee.