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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.57,0:00:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My name is Lydia X. Z. Brown,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.39,0:00:07.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm an attorney, advocate, \Ncommunity organizer, educator, strategist,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.86,0:00:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thinker and writer on\Ndisability rights and disability justice.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.22,0:00:17.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For over 10 years, my work has focused\Non interpersonal and state violence
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.40,0:00:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,targeting disabled people\Nat the margins of the margins,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.51,0:00:25.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially disabled people living\Nat the intersections of disability, race,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.18,0:00:29.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,class, gender, sexuality,\Nlanguage, and nation.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.50,0:00:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like all disabled people, it's impossible\Nto say that there was one instance
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.05,0:00:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which I suddenly became aware of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.38,0:00:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inaccessibility or exclusionary practices\Nin social life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.10,0:00:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because my entire life has been shaped\Nby the forces of ableism.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.90,0:00:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like most other autistic people,\NI experienced bullying
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.39,0:00:49.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,throughout my childhood and in schools,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.87,0:00:53.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I experienced a disconnect between\Nthe ways that I moved through the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.87,0:00:55.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the ways that people around me,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.67,0:00:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who were largely not autistic,\Nmoved through the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.13,0:01:03.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I will say that one of the times\Nthat I became most aware
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.57,0:01:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of grave injustices targeting\Nother disabled people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.57,0:01:10.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were a series of incidents\Nthat were widely publicized
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.56,0:01:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I was in high school.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.16,0:01:16.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, in all of those instances,\Nyoung autistic people were criminalized,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.32,0:01:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,taken out of their schools,\Noften charged in adult criminal court
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.61,0:01:23.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for simply existing while autistic.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.59,0:01:26.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In many of those cases,\Nthe autistic students in question
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.78,0:01:31.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had been subjected to prolonged restraint\Nand seclusion, sometimes for hours,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.94,0:01:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they were the ones who were charged
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.01,0:01:37.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with assaulting the teachers\Nin the schools in the first place.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.13,0:01:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some of those students were white.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.93,0:01:42.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others were Black, brown,\Nor other people of color.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.07,0:01:47.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, in all of those cases,\Nthe sentiment that came most strongly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.35,0:01:50.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and clearly through public reporting\Non the incidents,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.44,0:01:54.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was that these were kids\Nwho had to be managed or controlled,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.07,0:01:57.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of, here are kids who have \Nbeen targeted on the basis
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.84,0:02:01.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of disability discrimination.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.15,0:02:07.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That, to me, was a very clear indicator\Nof just the beginning
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.93,0:02:13.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of how pervasive and how awful\Nviolence against disabled people is,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.34,0:02:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,especially those who are\Nmultiply marginalized.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.30,0:02:20.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the cases of many of the white \Nstudents, if they were unlucky,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.86,0:02:23.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they might have been forced\Nout of their school.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.45,0:02:26.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in the cases of the Black and brown\Ndisabled students,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.57,0:02:30.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some of them were sentenced\Nto prison terms of years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.55,0:02:32.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Others were killed outright.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.80,0:02:37.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although the ADA was passed\Nand signed into law three decades ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.36,0:02:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,government agencies, individual\Norganizations, and even and especially
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.15,0:02:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disability advocacy organizations,\Nflagrantly and violate-
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.55,0:02:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,flagrantly and blatantly violate\Nthe ADA's most basic provisions.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.30,0:02:57.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Government agencies that are required\Nto support disabled people
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.32,0:03:00.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and provide and enable access\Nfor disabled people
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.51,0:03:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,routinely disregard those obligations.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.96,0:03:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Private corporations and nonprofit\Norganizations do much the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.82,0:03:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Colleges and universities do not\Nrespect their disabled students.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.57,0:03:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Corporations do not respect\Ntheir disabled employees.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.53,0:03:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Writ large, in society,\Nalthough the law has changed,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.46,0:03:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the values that we hold\Nand the beliefs that we have
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.72,0:03:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as an entire society\Nhave not changed at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.70,0:03:25.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because you can't legislate morality.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.89,0:03:28.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could pass the best laws on the books,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.18,0:03:31.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and even if you somehow monitor\Nand enforce them,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.80,0:03:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it doesn't mean that you've actually\Nchanged the ways that people think
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.96,0:03:39.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and talk about and understand \Nand react toward and act
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.35,0:03:43.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about disabled people\Nand disability in society.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.02,0:03:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when I think about ways\Nthat the ADA has fallen short,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.80,0:03:49.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not necessarily just\Nwhat is the language of the ADA,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.96,0:03:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it is how individual advocates,\Nit is how courts,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.58,0:03:56.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it is how those with positions\Nof power and access to privilege
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.20,0:04:00.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and resources choose to act\Nor not act upon the ADA.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.23,0:04:02.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you see that everywhere.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.85,0:04:05.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The disability organizations\Nthat have the most access
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.51,0:04:07.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to power, privilege, and resources
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.57,0:04:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,generally advocate only for the interests\Nand the issues that affect those
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.52,0:04:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who already hold the most privilege\Nin disabled communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.83,0:04:18.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is, they care deeply about issues\Nthat primarily, or only,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.67,0:04:22.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,affect disabled people who are white,\Nwho are monied, who are degreed,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.86,0:04:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are otherwise considered palatable.\NBut for disabled people who are
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.03,0:04:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the margins of the margins,\Nfor disabled people of color,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.00,0:04:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for disabled people that are\Ngenerationally low income,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.62,0:04:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for disabled people who are undocumented
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.78,0:04:37.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or have other immigration status\Nother than citizenship,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:37.87,0:04:40.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for disabled people who belong \Nto minority religions,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.93,0:04:44.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for disabled people who are \Nqueer or trans,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.12,0:04:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for disabled people who cannot work
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.06,0:04:48.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the ways that are\Nexpected under capitalism,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.33,0:04:53.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those issue areas of inclusion\Nin the corporate workplace
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.19,0:04:57.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the ability to access \Nswimming pools in a hotel
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.27,0:05:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the ability to bring\Nyour service animal on a plane
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.60,0:05:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can be important,\Nbut are often not affecting our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.99,0:05:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the same daily ways as they do\Nthose who have infinitely more privilege.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.35,0:05:13.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, where I see the gaps are\Nwhere are the folks
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.62,0:05:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who have power, privilege, and resources\Nin talking about the right
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.07,0:05:20.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to Black and brown\Ndisabled students to AAC?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.31,0:05:24.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are those folks in thinking about\Nthe horrific violence inflicted
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.88,0:05:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on largely Black and Native disabled\Npeople in carceral systems?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.86,0:05:32.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are those same people\Nin looking at the ways in which police
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.09,0:05:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,destroy the lives of sex workers and\Npeople who are using criminalized drugs
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.57,0:05:39.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who are not white, who do not come\Nfrom upper middle class
Dialogue: 0,0:05:39.53,0:05:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or upper class families and neighborhoods\Nand communities?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.23,0:05:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are those folks when thinking about\Nthe ways in which universities
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.04,0:05:51.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not only prevent disabled students\Nin general from accessing supports
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.34,0:05:54.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and accommodations,\Nbut put the brunt of that violence
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.88,0:05:58.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most predominantly on queer and trans\Ndisabled people of color and even
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.91,0:06:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,force disabled students, especially\Nthose that are multiply marginalized,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.80,0:06:04.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of the university altogether,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.66,0:06:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or prevent them from ever getting to ask\Nthe university in the first place?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:08.77,0:06:12.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where are those same advocates\Nwhen thinking about not just,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.65,0:06:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how are disabled people in the U.S.\Nrepresented or not represented in media
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.68,0:06:20.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or in electoral politics,\Nbut what about the ways in which
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.57,0:06:23.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the United States inflicts\Nand causes disability globally
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.87,0:06:29.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through our wars, through our imperialism,\Nthrough our colonization?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.16,0:06:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be pushing as hard\Nas we possibly can for money to go
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.24,0:06:38.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,directly back into the hands\Nof directly impacted community members
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.56,0:06:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and out of harmful systems\Nlike the foster system, police, prisons,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.76,0:06:44.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coercive mental health care.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.97,0:06:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to be demanding\Na return of resources
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.05,0:06:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a return of power,\Nand that is a ceding of power
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.35,0:06:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by nondisabled people, by white people,\Nby those who have hoarded and controlled
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.60,0:07:01.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most amount of power\Nand privilege and resources,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.24,0:07:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and done so at the direct expense\Nof disabled people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:04.30,0:07:06.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the margins of the margins,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.08,0:07:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that has to start\Nwithin our own organizations.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:08.79,0:07:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disability nonprofits are notorious\Nfor being so often white-led
Dialogue: 0,0:07:14.04,0:07:17.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or predominantly white-led,\Nand sometimes only white-led,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.05,0:07:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for being male-led,\Nfor being led by people who are either
Dialogue: 0,0:07:19.94,0:07:24.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not disabled at all or have what\Nare considered palatable disabilities,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.40,0:07:25.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that needs to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.65,0:07:28.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the only way that will change\Nis if those people
Dialogue: 0,0:07:28.20,0:07:32.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who occupy those positions of power\Nagree to give up that power.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.52,0:07:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not to be told, "You don't have a voice,"\Nto be very clear.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.68,0:07:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To be told, "Your voice doesn't have to\Nbe the one that's in charge
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.97,0:07:41.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and holds all the power."