Now he's Washington state's first blind lawmaker in decades, and his life story is in many ways reflected in the policies he's now championing.

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The way I want to frame the story is similar to the way The Blind Side was done.

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As Charlie tells independent producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister, learning the story of just how his father became blind helped him grow closer to the old man, who spent much of his life absorbed in philosophical writings.

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This story has really opened my eyes to the blind reliance that has traditionally been placed on experts.

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Based on response to the linked story on TechDirt, Google has resolved the case, but not before revealing a blind spot in its automation.

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Kurzweil told the story of how he had begun work on software for a tiny machine that could read text to the blind years before the hardware was available to make it feasible.

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