"Music is his passion," said Dionne Linton of her son Christian Bradford, 21, who sat across the room with his hands on a piano. Bradford was born with Septo-optic dysplasia which makes him legally blind but he has learned to get around it, "I listen to a song 4-5 times, then I can play it," Bradford said at his home in North Aurora on May 11, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Christian Bradford, 21, works putting bottles in bags for a local doctors office at Valley Sheltered Workshop in Batavia on Wednesday, May 16 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Feeling his way around the teachers example, Christian Bradford, 21, then tries to copy her design during art class at Hope D. Wall School in Aurora on May 15, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Students and teachers walk by Christian Bradford at his piano in the hallway at Hope D. Wall School in Aurora on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. As part of his job in the Life Skills class, Bradford plays all 56 songs in his songbook. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

After over twenty years at Hope D. Wall School, Christian Bradford, left, sits with his classmates as they wait to be called to line up for their graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 17, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Christian Bradford and his fellow classmates all pose for photos at the Hope Wall graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 17, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

Dionne Linton jumps out of her chair and gives her son Christian Bradford a big hug as he walks down the aisle after Hope Wall's graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 17, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

A pround parent, Dionne Linton gives her son Christian Bradford a big kiss as family members celebrate after Hope Wall's graduation ceremony on Thursday, May 17, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media

"The song's sound better when there are people listening," said Christian Bradford as he sat practicing piano at his home in North Aurora on Friday, May 11, 2012. | Brian Powers~Sun-Times Media