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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.05,0:00:06.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.68,0:00:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hello!
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.64,0:00:13.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's great to be here.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.87,0:00:16.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might be noticing that I have a female
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.59,0:00:19.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,voice that's speaking for me right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.17,0:00:24.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's because my interpreter is a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.23,0:00:26.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I could have chosen, if I could have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.08,0:00:28.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,picked anyone for tonight, I think it
Dialogue: 0,0:00:28.64,0:00:31.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,probably would have been a British man.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.07,0:00:34.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.36,0:00:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever been in that situation—
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.37,0:00:41.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,maybe you're in a supermarket
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.23,0:00:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you're walking down a hallway—
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.05,0:00:45.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're walking towards a stranger
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.94,0:00:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming the opposite direction,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.41,0:00:49.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you start that awkward dance where
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.11,0:00:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're trying to pass them
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.43,0:00:51.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you go to the right,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.39,0:00:52.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they go to the right,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.01,0:00:52.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you go to the left.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.81,0:00:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know how awkward that is?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.72,0:00:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever been there?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.14,0:00:59.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.71,0:01:03.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So suppose you were deaf like I am
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.23,0:01:05.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're going down the hallway
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.89,0:01:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the person coming towards you
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.52,0:01:08.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is completely blind
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.54,0:01:10.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you start the awkward dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.13,0:01:11.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would you do?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.61,0:01:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever thought about that?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.28,0:01:16.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How would you communicate?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.48,0:01:20.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This happened to my friend.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.13,0:01:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's completely deaf,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.34,0:01:25.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was coming down the hallway
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.01,0:01:26.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was a blind person
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.01,0:01:27.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,coming towards him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.02,0:01:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they started the awkward dance
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.92,0:01:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the blind man began to talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.73,0:01:33.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my deaf friend--
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.70,0:01:36.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was he going to do?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.00,0:01:36.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He couldn't hear.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.92,0:01:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So his first intuition is to gesture,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.96,0:01:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,point to his ears, and say, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.47,0:01:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“I'm deaf,” but obviously
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.53,0:01:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the blind man's not going to see that.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.33,0:01:47.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So his second intuition was to take out
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.44,0:01:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his phone and type in his notes.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.23,0:01:51.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The blind man's not going to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.67,0:01:53.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,see that, either.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.86,0:01:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So the third thing he did
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.42,0:01:56.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a little unusual.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.96,0:02:00.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He grabbed the blind man's hand,\Nand he held it up to his ear
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.61,0:02:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he shook his head no.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.73,0:02:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the blind man felt this\Nand immediately understood,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.05,0:02:09.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,“oh, this guy's deaf.”
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.57,0:02:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That awkward dance was over.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.31,0:02:15.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were able to just kind of \Nshare a laugh and pass each other.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:15.64,0:02:19.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's change the story a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.21,0:02:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What if my friend was himself-- he was \Ndeaf-- but this person wasn't
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.24,0:02:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blind at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.26,0:02:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He could still see.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.42,0:02:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe he spoke a different language.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.63,0:02:31.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If my friend decided to do the \Nsame thing, anyway--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.11,0:02:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grab his hand, put it up to his \Near, and shake his head no—
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.70,0:02:36.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would that person still understand him?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.77,0:02:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Probably.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.61,0:02:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Might be a little awkward, but \Nit'd be universally understood.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.89,0:02:51.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what I do every day as a \Ncreative for Amazon and a designer.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.74,0:02:59.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make visuals on the front page\Nof the world's largest online storefront.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.58,0:03:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I solve these problems that have to be \Naccessible to millions and millions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.18,0:03:09.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of different kinds of people \Nwith different backgrounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.90,0:03:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a deaf person, I have to \Ninnovate solutions all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.38,0:03:16.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do this in my everyday life.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.03,0:03:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My communication medium changes \Nwith every interaction I have.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.67,0:03:32.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything from a pitch-- \Npitching an idea to a client--
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.62,0:03:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to going into a bar \Nand simply ordering a beer.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.62,0:03:41.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My communication style has to change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.34,0:03:45.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm constantly thinking about
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.93,0:03:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to make a better solution \Nand sometimes my solutions are awkward.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.19,0:03:53.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, for example, you see me \Nsigning with two hands right now,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.53,0:03:55.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then I have to stop to click.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.22,0:03:58.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's one example.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.27,0:04:01.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I would like to argue \Nthat everyone in this room
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.95,0:04:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has a disability, regardless of \Nif it's permanent or temporary.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.95,0:04:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It could be something as \Nsimple as being pregnant,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.37,0:04:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,having a broken arm, \Nbeing older, or being a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.06,0:04:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone has to figure out a way to cope \Nand navigate around their disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.18,0:04:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and these solutions are worth sharing.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.94,0:04:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One example would be my wife.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.15,0:04:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's hearing, and we visited \NIceland a few years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.82,0:04:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's an educator, and she wanted to take\Na tour of a school for the deaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.25,0:04:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, neither of us can\Nread or write Icelandic,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.22,0:04:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I can't speak Icelandic Sign Language.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.24,0:04:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But being a native signer, I could \Nunderstand much better than she could,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.94,0:04:52.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and so I ended up interpreting for her
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.84,0:04:55.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the first time \Nin our entire relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.20,0:05:00.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often, I'm considered the disabled one,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.48,0:05:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in this situation \Nshe was the one with a disability.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.06,0:05:08.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what is Universal Design, anyway?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.58,0:05:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a professor named Ron Mace\Nwho passed away a few years ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.03,0:05:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He taught at the Center for \NUniversal Design in North Carolina,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.57,0:05:24.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he said that Universal Design
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.73,0:05:28.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is the design of products and environments
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.22,0:05:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be usable by all people to \Nthe greatest extent possible
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.78,0:05:41.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,without the need for any adaptation\Nor specialized design.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:47.87,0:05:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So humans interact \Nwith objects every day,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.39,0:05:55.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and all these objects fall somewhere \Non the spectrum of Universal Design,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.15,0:05:57.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from very universal to not at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.10,0:06:02.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's use a doorknob\Nas a common example.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.71,0:06:06.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Doorknobs are not really \Nusable by children.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.43,0:06:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They struggle. People with arthritis\Nstruggle to use doorknobs, and this guy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.13,0:06:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.82,0:06:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how could we improve on this design?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.95,0:06:25.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the door lever. It's a lot better.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.44,0:06:27.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This guy can use it now.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.24,0:06:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But think about people with wheelchairs.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.92,0:06:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever seen them try to \Ngo through a door? It' horrible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.55,0:06:40.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really tough for them.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.15,0:06:43.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or parents with baby strollers.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.86,0:06:48.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really difficult,\Nnot fully accessible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.72,0:06:52.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to even improve upon \Nthe door design further,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.64,0:06:57.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the automatic sliding door was invented.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.78,0:06:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is such a Universal Design.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.61,0:07:02.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't leave anyone out; \Neven animals can use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.76,0:07:16.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of my projects recently \Nwas to work on something
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.36,0:07:18.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make it more universally accessible.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.86,0:07:21.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remember when Google glass came out--
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.06,0:07:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was so exciting a few years ago?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.47,0:07:25.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, may it rest in peace. [laughter]
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.76,0:07:33.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I started thinking about \Nhow could I use that--
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.86,0:07:37.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how could I make that really \Nawesome new technology beneficial--
Dialogue: 0,0:07:37.86,0:07:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for people like me?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:39.68,0:07:41.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought of my mother immediately.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.95,0:07:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My mother is deaf, \Nand she loves going to movies.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.54,0:07:52.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Often, movie theaters would \Nrelease a movie with subtitles
Dialogue: 0,0:07:53.75,0:07:57.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that were imposed on the screen, \Nand that was a really exciting event.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:57.56,0:08:01.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if you know this but\Ndeaf options in a movie theater
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.56,0:08:05.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are really bleak, and you usually\Nhave to wear something like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.12,0:08:10.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine going on \Nyour first date looking like this?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.77,0:08:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[laughter] Yeah.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.91,0:08:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I thought, how can I make this better?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.99,0:08:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I decided to get a file for a movie script\Nand put it in an app
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.15,0:08:30.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you could have a timed app \Nwhere you could press play
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.12,0:08:34.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go into any movie theatre \Nand see the script on your Google Glass.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.38,0:08:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No one had done that before \Nand I had to move pretty fast on that.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:42.05,0:08:46.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the biggest reward was seeing --
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.00,0:08:55.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not only realizing that it helps \Npeople like my mom or people like me,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.03,0:08:59.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but also anyone can use it.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.88,0:09:03.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if you go to a different country \Nand you go into a movie theatre--
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.89,0:09:07.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you want to watch a movie-- you can watch\Nit in your own language.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.53,0:09:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you could even have an app
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.55,0:09:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,become your own personal karaoke\Nmachine and have it play lyrics.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:16.62,0:09:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the genius of Universal Design.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.93,0:09:23.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you achieve Universal Design,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.23,0:09:28.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it snowballs to the point where people--
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.53,0:09:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,even if you don't share\Nthe same disability--
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.96,0:09:34.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everyone benefits from it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.20,0:09:39.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disability drives innovation.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.74,0:09:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The existence of disability forces you\Nto come up with new solutions.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.79,0:09:47.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does not impair you.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.46,0:09:49.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All of us have a disability,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.38,0:09:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,regardless of if it's physical or \Ncognitive, emotional or even temporary.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.03,0:09:57.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What is your solution?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:57.47,0:10:01.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Share it with us. \NIt's what unifies us as humans.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:02.16,0:10:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's stop making that awkward dance\Nso awkward. Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.09,0:10:25.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[applause]