Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Maui, Hawaii (CNN) I a ia e 4 noa iho ona tau, ka matapo a Chelsea Elliott i tōna kanohi maui. I muri iho, e rua tau i muri mai, ka ngaro te rongo o tona taringa matau. I tēnei wā e 24, kua kore pea a Elliott e tau ki te whawhai mehemea i kitea wawe tana mate kanohi onge, e mōhiotia ana ko te mate a Coats. Kāore i te hiahia kia pēnei anō te māharahara, te riri me ngā herenga ki ētahi atu tamariki, ka whakatūria e Elliott tētahi rōpū kore-whai-whai-whai e tuku ana i ngā whakamātautau tirohanga me te whakarongo koreutu ki ngā tamariki o te kura - otirā ki ngā hapori whai moni iti. Anei tētahi tatauranga whakamiharo: 25% o ngā tamariki o U.S. e 5-17 tau te pakeke e mate ana i ngā raruraru tirohanga, e ai ki te National Commission on Vision and Health. Heoi anō, e waru tonu ngā kāwanatanga e kore e whakahau i ngā whakamātautau tirohanga i ngā kura. Ki te kore e kitea, ki te kore e rongoatia, ka whakaroa te pānui i ngā mate kanohi, ā, ka kino ake hoki ngā hua o te mātauranga. Ko te whakahaere a Elliott, te Half-Helen Foundation, kua tata ki te 9,000 nga tamariki i Texas me Hawaii mai i tana whakarewatanga i te tau 2013. Ka taea e koe te whakaaro, ko te ingoa e whakahonore ana ki a Helen Keller -- nāna i wikitoria te matapo me te koretake o te rongo i a ia e tamariki ana. I mua i tōna matenga i te tau 1968, i ako a Keller ki te kōrero, kātahi ka whiwhi tohu mai i Radcliffe College me Harvard University, e whakaawe ana i te tini o ngā tāngata huri noa i te ao. "I taku ako tuatahi mo Helen Keller i te tau tuawhā, i whakaaro ahau he matapo ahau, he turi hoki, he rite ki a Helen", i mea a Elliott. "He aha te tauira pai ake i te whakaingoa i tētahi kaporeihana i muri i te wahine tino mīharo i wikitoria i ngā ārai o te matapo me te turi?" E mōhio ana koe ki tētahi toa? Kei te tuwhera ngā kōwhiringa mō CNN Heroes 2015. I kōrero ahau ki a Elliott mō te hihiri i muri i tana mahi. Kei raro nei tētahi putanga whakarerekētia o tā mātou kōrero. CNN: E mahi ana koutou i ngā whakamātautau tirohanga i roto i ngā kura. E pēhea ana te mahi? Chelsea Elliott: Ka whakamahia e mātou tā mātou taputapu, te kāmera Spot. Mā tēnei pūrere e taea ai e mātou te whakamātau i ngā ngoikoretanga kitenga e ono e tino kitea ana i ngā tamariki i roto i ngā hēkona. E rapu ana mātou ki te kite mēnā he matatau rātau, mēnā he matatau rātau, mēnā he astigmatism rātau, mēnā rānei kei te mōrea rātau...
E waru ngā kāwanatanga o Amerika kāore e hiahiatia ana kia tirohia te tirohanga me te whakarongo i roto i ngā kura. I muri i te matapo me te turi i a ia e tamariki ana, ka waihangahia e Chelsea Elliott tētahi otinga. E mōhio ana koe ki tētahi toa? Kei te tuwhera ngā kōwhiringa mō ngā Toa CNN 2015.