Music Brings Light to Blind Youth
Posted on | November 24, 2008 |
Last night on 60 Minutes’ Lesley Stahl caught up with 13 year-old musical savant, Rex Lewis-Clack. Born blind and mentally-impaired, Rex is unable to perform everyday tasks like tying a shoe or fastening a button, yet he has overcome the odds using music as a stepping stone.
Enrolled in voice and piano lessons, Rex spends his free-time perfecting the classics - Debussy and Schubert for example. Featured in this video is a professor from The Academy of Music for the Blind - a school that uses SONAR for it’s accessibility for the vision-impaired.
Tags: 60 Minutes > blind > braille > CBS > lesley stahl > mastering > music > musical savant > piano > prodigy > Rachel Flowers > Rex > SONAR > video > vision-impaired > youth
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