THANKS VERY MUCH.

DURING THIS

VERY COLD

WEEK

JAY BRINGS US A

VERY

WARM

STORY. ABOUT A YOUNG SUBURBAN

MAN WHOSE

LIFE HAS EXCEEDED THE

LOW EXPECTATION MANY PEOPLE

HAD

FOR HIM. AND

TEE VOTED PARENTS

WHO NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING

HERE'S

JAY.

EVERYBODY DOING

GOOD?

GOOD.

>>Reporter: WHAT YOU NOTICE

RIGHT AWAY ABOUT SETH

GOLDBERG

IS THAT HE IS ONE OF THE

FRIENDLY

FRIENDLIEST AN MOST UP BEAT

PEOPLE YOU

WILL

EVER MEET ALSO

SOME THINGS

ABOUT SETH NOT

MEDLEY OBVIOUS. SETH IS ALMOST

COMPLETELY

DEAF

. HEARING AIDS

HELP A LITTLE AND HE'S A VERY

GOOD LIP READER

HE'S

ALSO

DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLE

SEIZURE

DISORDER AND

FORM OF

MS.

>> HE DOESN'T DRIVE AT THE END

OF THE SHIFT ONE OR BOTH

PARENTS PICK HIM UP.

>> THIS IS

MY MOM

AND MY

DAD.

>>Reporter: HE ALMOST WASN'T

PART OF THIS FAMILY.

>> PEOPLE TOLD US

YOU ARE

CRAZY. YOU ARE GOING RUIN

YOUR

LIFE.

>>Reporter: MARLA AND TED

ADOPTED SETH 31 YEARS

AGO

WHEN

HE WAS 4

DAYS OLD.

>> SETH WAS FINE

. HE WAS LIKE

ANY OTHER YOU KNOW

BABY.

>>Reporter: BUT WITHIN A FEW

MONTHS THEY KNEW SOMETHING WAS

WRONG

. WHEN

TEST CONFIRMED

THE

HEARING HEALTH AND

DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS, EVEN

THE ADOPTION AGENCY SA

ID THAT

IT WAS OKAY TO BRING SEVENTH

BACK.

WOULD NEVER CONSIDER

THAT.

>> THEY TALKED ABOUT IT LIKE A

BAG OF GROCERY. NOBODY IS

TAKING THAT CHILD AWAY FROM

ME.

IF.

>>Reporter: WELL SETH HAD A

LOT GOING AGAINST HIM FROM THE

START. HE WAS

LUCKY IN AT

LEAST ONE WAY.

HE LANDED IN

THE ARMS OF A MOTHER WHO KNEW

HOW TO LIVE

WITH ILLNESS.

>> A LOT

PEOPLE COULDN'T

HANDLE

THIS. BUT EVERYBODY HAS

SOMETHING.

>>Reporter: EVERYBODY HAS

SOMETHING. ISN'T JUST A

PLATITUDE FOR MARLA

. IT'S BEEN

HER

LIFE

EXPERIENCE

. MARLA

HERSELF WAS A 28

OUNCE PREMIE

MORE RECENTLY THAT

OXYGEN TUBE

SHE WEARS IS BECAUSE

HER LUNG

COLLAPSED 6 YEARS

AGO.

WOULD DO WHATEVER I

COULD

TO GET THIS CHILD

SOME CHANCE

IN, YOU KNOW

, SURVIVING IN

SOCIETY. BUT YOU KNOW

WHEN

AARON WOULD SAY I'M SCARED IS

HE GOING TO DIE. I COULDN'T

SAY

NO.

>>Reporter: AT 31 SETH

IS VERY

AWARE OF HOW FAR HE

HAS COME.

>> WHEN

I WAS LITTLE ACTUALLY

THE DOCTORS DID TELL MY

PARENTS

THAT I SHOULD BE

INSTITUTION

IDESED

BECAUSE I WAS I WA

SN'T

GOING TO TALK OR BE ABLE TO

WALK. I WASN'T GOING TO BE

ABLE TO SIT UP. LOOK

WHAT I'M

DOING RIGHT NOW. I'M SITTING

UP.

WALK. I'M TALKING

YOU. I

TALK

THE.

>>Reporter: FAMILY GIVES

CREDIT TO GOOD

DOCTORS. GOOD

SCHOOL. SUPPORTIVE

COMMUNITY.

AND MUSCULAR

DYSTROPHY

DRUG.

IT WAS STILL EXPERIMENTAL WHEN

MARLA HEARD BIT

ON THE TELETHON

AND GOT

IN A TRIAL AS

A TODDLER

AND GOT IN A TRIAL AS A

TODDLER. SHE SAYS IT WAS LIKE

HE WOKE

UP.

ONCE IT GOT INTO HIS BODY

THE

CHILD WAS TAKING STEPS WITH

A WALKER. HE HAD

STARTED

SAY WORDS. IT WAS A SPARK

THERE.

>> YOU WANTED

THE APPLE

TOGETHER, RIGHT?

>>Reporter: AND SETH HAS COME

A LONG WAY. HE WENT FROM

BAGGER TO FULL-TIME CASHIER

HE PLAYS WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL.

HE PERFORMS IF

PLAYS. HE

EVEN

SITS ON THE DISABILITY

COMMISSION FOR THE VILLAGE OF

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS

. AND THROUGH

ALL THE DOCTOR

VISITS AND

HOSPITAL STAYS

AND SEIZURE AND

PAIN AND THERAPY

, THER

E SEEM TO

BE TWO THINGS THAT

KEEP

GOING.

ONE IS HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE

ABOUT EVERYTHING.

AND THE

OTHER IS HIS LOVE OF

MUSIC.

>> EVEN THOUGH

HE REALLY

HAD A

SEVERE PROFOUND HEARING PROBLEM

THEY WOULD PUT HIS HAND ON

GUITAR

AND HE

COULD FEEL THE

VIBRATIONS.

>> THIS GENTLEMAN

RIGHT HERE

THIS IS PETER FROM PETER

PALL

AND MARY.

>>Reporter: MUSIC BROUGHT

SOME OF THE PROUDEST MOMENTS.

>> HE GOT SO EXCITE

D WITH ANY

KIND OF

MUSIC. THAT WE TOOK

HIM WITH US TO A

PETER PAUL AND

MARY CONCERT

. ¶¶ ¶¶ I'M LEAVING

ON A

JET PLANE ¶¶ ¶¶

>>Reporter: WHEN THE TRIO

NOTED

16-YEAR-OLD SETH

IN THE

AUDIENCE AND SIGNING ALONG

WITH

THEIR SONGS,

THEY INVITED HIM

TO DO HIS SIGN LANGUAGE

STAGE. HE'S PERFORMED

WITH

THEM NOW FOR 15 YEARS

>> THIS GENTLEMAN

RIGHT HERE

WHICH I AM VERY

, VERY PLEASED

WITH

THIS WITH JOSH

GROBIN.

>>Reporter: JOSH GROIN

SEVENTH AFAVORITE SING B.A

YEAR

AGO SETH BEGAN TO

DREAM ABOUT

SHARING THE STAGE WITH HIM.

>> WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT HE

WAS COMING TO

CHICAGO I WAS

TRYING TO FIND

WHO HIS

MANAGEMENT

IS.

>> SETH MAY DISABLED BUT

KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND

THE I HOPE

NET AND

IS PERFECT SINCE. HE

FOUND THE

MANAGER

ON LINE.

COME ON OUT SETH.

>>Reporter: IN THE SUMMER OF

2013

AT THIS FESTIVAL IN FRONT

OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND

NEARLY THAT MANY CELL

PHONE

CAMERA SETH JOIN HIS

IDOL ON

STAGE. ¶¶ ¶¶

STARY

NIGHT.

>>Reporter: HIS PARENTS IN THE

AUDIENCE BEAMING OF COURSE

BUT THEY WERE IN FOR A

SURPRISE

BUT THEY WERE IN FOR A

SURPRISE. THEY THOUGHT SETH

WOULD ONLY BE ON STAGE FOR THIS

ONE SONG AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW

THAT SETH AND

JOSH GROBIN HAD

SECRET

LY PLANNED

AN INCORE

ESPECIALLY FOR THEM.

I WOULD LIKE

INVITE SETH

BACK ON STAICHBILITY ALL OF A

SUDDEN OUT COMES SETH

WANTED TO BE SURPRISE FOR

MY PARENTS. BECAUSE

YOU WAKE

ME UP IS VERY, VERY POWERFUL

SONG. ¶¶ ¶¶

TALKING

ABOUT

SOMEBODY RAISING THE

PERSON UP

AND HELPING THEM WALK THROUGH

THE STORMY

SEA. ¶¶ ¶¶

ON MY

SHOULDER ¶¶ ¶¶

I HAVE HAD

OPLE

OVER THEIR SHOULDER. HELPED

RAISE ME

YOU RAISE ME UP ¶¶

¶¶

>> WHEN

YOU HAVE A CHILD YOU

JUST WANT THE BEST FOR

THEM.

REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU

GAVE

BIRTH TO THEM OR

NOT

IF ¶¶ ¶¶

WHEREIN AM OPEN YOUR SHOULDER

YOU RAISE

ME UP ¶¶ ¶¶

>> HAVING A

DISABLED

CHILD

YOU

WORK EVEN HARDER

. YOU

WANT IT

SO BADLY FOR

THEM

. ¶¶ ¶¶ YOU

RAISE

MORE THAN

CAN SEE

¶¶ ¶¶

>> SETH SURPRISES US EVERY DAY

HE DOES

SUCH AMAZING

THINGS

THAT IN MY

WILDEST DREAMS I

NEVER

THOUGHT THAT

THIS WOULD

HAPPEN. ABOUT

>> CHICAGO TONIGHT.

THIS

JAY. ABOUT.

>> THANK YOU

SO VERY

MUCH.

LOVE

>> ON OUR WEB SITE YOU

CAN

WATCH SETH GOLDBERG

PERFORMANCE

WITH

JOSH GROBIN AND YOU CAN

ALSO FIND THIS

AND ALL CHICAGO

TONIGHT STORIES AND INTERVIEW