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Really bright future. here is kristen dahlgren with tonight's inspiring america. ♪ >> reporter: i doesn't take long to know 7-year-old avett maness is special. >> i taught myself how to play piano. >> reporter: he was just 11 months old when mom sarah watched in awe. >> he pulled himself up and started playing this melody. he just heard it and played it. >> reporter: even more incredible because avett can barely see. >> i'm blind in this eye and visually impaired in this eye. >> reporter: sarah remembers when doctors told her he was born blind. >> it felt like i was being told he didn't have...

The drawings were very similar to what a sighted person might produce. but how can that be researchers suspect that the brains of people who are born blind convert tactile sensations into visual representations. that's because in most blind people the visual cortex in their brain is intact it's just not receiving the visual signals. so blind people can see images in their mind's eye but it's not what's usually called vision. got a science question of your own then send it in if we answer it on the show you'll receive a copy of our animated einstein chain d.v.d. with clips that explain many of ...

A south african coast here. a shark popped out of the water and started taking bites out of their inflatable boat, tearing through the rubber. fortunately for the crew, the great white swam away before they started to sink, so no one was hurt. >> that is creepy. all right. earlier we told you about the big cats at the zoo in philadelphia, now a very special dog. and he's what makes this our favorite story of the day. >> his name is hudson. he's here in new york city. and was born blind. that's not good, especially when hudson was supposed to grow up to be a guide dog. there were plenty of pl...

Welcome to "the mix." we want to introduce you to a little girl named heaven vallejos, and she is such an inspiration. she participated in the spring sprint triathlon on sunday. she had one mission, in her words, kick butt. now why are we telling you about this little girl? here's the deal. she completed this triathlon and she's blind. she can't see a thing. she was born blind. she learned to swim two months ago. she started running in the fall. so aside from the fact that she couldn't see where she was going. she couldn't see the water or her bike or where she was running or the finish line. ...

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