Name: 困難に立ち向かう盲ろうのティーンエイジャー (A Blind and Deaf Teen Who's Defying the Odds)
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By fourth grade, our next guest was completely blind and completely deaf.

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But decided he would never let those disabilities be an obstacle.

Now he's a varsity football player at his high school,

proving to everyone that nothing could get in his way.

From Pottstown, Pennsylvania, please welcome, Marvin Pearson.

Well Marvin, you're something else and happy birthday, it's your birthday today.

It's my birthday and I'm in LA on the Ellen Show?

>> [APPLAUSE] >> Who plans stuff like this?

You are literally the most inspirational person in the world.

Not even women, just the most inspirational person in general.

So thank you very much for saying that about me.

So this is crazy, you were eight years old and everything was fine.

And then slowly you started losing your vision and hearing at the same time or

>> To be honest I didn't even realize I was losing my hearing.

But as far as my vision goes, I went into school and I looked at a dictionary and

I realized at first I had to find a dictionary.

But I looked at it and I realized I can't see the words on this paper and

And of course, but my teacher didn't believe me cuz I was always that type of

And it was the boy who cried wolf demeanor all over again and

And then I didn't realize my hearing was going until

And then I finally realized I can hear a lot better than what I did before.

>> Right, so by ten years old you had lost- completely your vision.

And you were completely deaf, which is when you got the,

what is this called that you can hear with?

>> Right, and so that's why you can speak so

well because that was put in right away, right?

>> [LAUGH] Yes, ma'am. >> Cuz you're completely deaf.

>> Wow, all right, and the doctors have no explanation for this, they don't know why.

>> Absolutely none, as far my vision goes, the doctors know that I have

retina detachment cuz I have one of the best doctors in the world Albert McGuire.

And he realized that my vision was going and

But he couldn't exactly explain why my vision, why it's

not as good as anybody else's and why my retina exactly detached.

And as far as my hearing goes, between me and you,

I don't think they knew why my hearing started going.

Okay, so and how has this, because this is now,

it started ten years ago, it's been eight years since both have completely gone.

>> To be honest with you, going deaf and blind at the same time when I was about

eight, both mentally and emotionally matured me as a person.

And I'm not gonna lie to you, I still do play around.

But it's not to the extent of what I did when I was younger.

Now I realize it's time for me to grow up and it's time for me prove to the world.

Not just the people around me, not just to community within my circle, but

All the people stands in the crowd right now, it's time to prove to you guys that

people with disabilities can do anything that you can do, unless we're talking-

>> [APPLAUSE] >> All right, well now you're going to have

self-driving cars, so you can drive too, don't say that.

So you play football, what position do you play?

Definitely an experience being able to step out to that football field game,

do what any other football player would do.

And I usually get in at a wildcat formation.

And once I step on that field, it's my job to know what's happening and

And it's my job to get the ball from the center and

be able to run, score touchdowns and two point conversions and just do what I do.

>> Which you've done, cuz last week you did a two point conversion.

And I know you have an inspiration in the NFL.

Tell us everybody who your quarterback is.

I looked up to Drew Brees as an inspiration because coming out of college.

Drew Brees, everybody was talking about a quarterback who can pass a good ball.

He can definitely throw a nice football, but they were saying he's too short,

he's 5'11", he's 5'10", don't let him lie to you.

But with the cleats on and the helmet, 5'11, six foot,

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