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ALL OF THE MONEY WAS DONATED BY
FIREFIGHTERS.
AND WALMART DONATED AN iPAD.
AND NOW TO A STORY ABOUT
OVERCOMING OBSTACLES.
A BOY WITH LEARNING
DISABILITIES --
HE STARTED A COMPANY SELLING
ON AMAZON AND NORDSTROM.
AND ALL OF THIS IS JUST
BUSINESS AS USUAL FOR A SPECIAL
11-YEAR-OLD.
I COME UP WITH A MUG WITH A
BASKETBALL HOOP TO THROW
MARSHMALLOWS INTO HOT
CHOCOLATE.
Reporter: WHEN HIS ART
TEACHER ASKED HIM THREE YEARS
AGO TO CREATE A MUG OUT OF
CLAY, HE HAD ANOTHER IDEA IN
MIND.
MAKE IT INTO A BALL.
AND FROM THIS MALL
PROTOTYPE, THE BASKETBALL HOOP
TYPE WAS BORN.
THIS IS THE MUG WITH THE
HOOP.
NOT BAD FOR AN 8-YEAR-OLD.
WHAT MAKES IT SO SPECIAL IS
THAT HE HAS A LANGUAGE
PROCESSING DISORDER AND IS
DYSLEXIC.
WE FIRST REALIZED WHEN HE
HAD A HARD TIME LEARNING TO
TALK.
Reporter: AND NOW THIS
BRILLIANT ENTREPRENEUR HAS NO
TROUBLE TALKING ABOUT HIS
CREATIVE NEW BUSINESS.
BUSINESS HAS BEEN GREAT.
WE'VE SOLD 44,000 MUGS AND A
MILLION DOLLARS IN RETAIL
SALES.
Reporter: IT'S AMAZING HOW
AN ART CLASS PROJECT HAS TURNED
INTO A LUCRATIVE BUSINESS.
HE'S NOT HERE TO JUST MAKE
MONEY BUT HAS A SPECIAL
MESSAGE.
KIDS WITH DYSLEXIA LEARN
DIFFERENTLY.
HE LOOKS AT THE WORLD SO
DIFFERENTLY.
AND SEES A MUG OF HOT CHOCOLATE
AND A BOWL OF CEREAL.
WHY COULDN'T THAT BE MORE
INTERESTING FOR KIDS?
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS THEY
CAN DEMONSTRATE THEIR
INTELLECTUAL POTENTIAL.