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How 'America's Got Talent' contestant Kodi Lee shattered stereotypes about disability

  • Written by Stan Link, Associate Professor of the Composition, Philosophy and Analysis of Music, Vanderbilt University
Lee was able to communicate that disability is a part of humanity – not separate from it.America's Got Talent/YouTube

If you haven’t seen Kodi Lee’s May 28 performance on “America’s Got Talent,” it’s worth a watch.

The 22-year-old Lee is blind and has autism. His rendition of Leon Russell’s “A...

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