He learned how to use text-to-speech software through training at the Washington State School for the Blind.

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Each student completes over 200 community service hours -- stewardship projects include working with the Ohio State School for the Blind and Habitat for Humanity.

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Dr Tom Pey, chief executive of the Royal London Society for the Blind and Dorton House School, in Seal, had asked for a conductor to help him on arrival.

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The most perplexing part is why the coaches want to honor a man who resigned in disgrace after sitting on information he knew regarding a trinkets-for-tattoos scandal, and who as time passes is found to be more casual (with the school turning a blind eye) about NCAA rules than we knew, even as he stepped down in May for being so casual about NCAA rules.

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