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After a season full of standout routines, Nyle delivered yet again and for the first time got emotional, adorably tearing up when Carrie Ann Inaba told him in sign language, "Thank you for showing your beautiful heart when you dance."
Always smiling and gracious even in the face of tough feedback, Nyle relied on lip reading, body language and counting to keep step, proudly embracing all that he is.
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Near the middle of the season, Nyle and his partner Peta used Nyle's deafness to heighten the emotional resonance and difficulty of their routines - once silencing the music so we could all understand his world and then another time blindfolding him so he had veritably no tools.
The head of a self-titled organization with a mission to empower deaf people, Nyle recently attended the White House Correspondents Dinner with an intention to have American Sign Language taught in schools.
Len noted her constant improvement; Carrie Ann called her a beautiful dancer.