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Searching for music
       Tony Deblois, male, born in 1975 in Massachusetts of US, a speaker of Music Organization of the Blind, the U.S. He was blind from his birth, and lived in the darkness like his elder brother. However, they grew up with thoughtful care of their mother.
       Tony, along with his mother and brother, lived together through the subsidy, and was immersed in the music world with the optimistic spirit of Helen Keller. He could play 14 music instruments in the special education school, especially sing a good song.
      His mother said, when Tony was given birth, his arm was like a finger. The physician asked her: “could this boy grow up?“ The grown-up Tony is the best answer. Tony’s story moved American people after coverage by NBC, etc, opening a new world for the disabled children. Following 911 Incident in New York, Tony attended the performance in the first donation activity, with the aim of making the American find out love and position the value of life.
       The former education secretary, existing vice director of Academia Sinica, Tzeng Chih-Lang said, he was deeply moved by Tony’s performance, finding that “education doesn’t lies in the buildings in schools, nor books in the classes, the education provides an opportunity to the people”, “education means opportunity”.