INDIANAPOLIS — When thinking about Lucas Oil Stadium on a Sunday, the word “quiet” likely doesn’t come to mind. “Silent” is probably an even further stretch, but that’s how 8-year-old Mark Braster experienced his first Colts game.

“My son, he feels left out a lot just because he can't communicate with a lot of people,” his mom, Veronica Ochoa, said.

Braster was born deaf and lives with a rare congenital brain condition called Pontine Tegmental Cap Dysplasia, which affects his mobility. He and his mom recently moved to Indianapolis from Fort Wayne so Mark could attend the Indiana School for the Deaf.

“Being able to have that opportunity for Mark to get the proper education like any other kid, it’s amazing,” Ochoa said.

While she said Braster has made leaps and bounds at his new school,

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