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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Hi, My name is Tim and I am from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Orange County. I have cerebral palsy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was born with cerebral palsy and not too
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sure how to answer this question.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because unlike an accident or being
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,born abled and then becoming disabled
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my cerebral palsy is just normal to me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outside of my family, while I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was growing up, I knew that I was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,different from the rest.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but even now my family does not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,point out that they have a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabled son, brother, cousin, uncle
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or friend. my C.P is invisible to them.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I first noticed that I was disabled
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I went outside and played with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my bothers and their friends.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, I always played with my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brothers but when we played outside
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the neighborhood kids, I started
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,noticing most of the adults started
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking at me moreso then their children.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is when I knew there was something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wrong with me and it wasn't because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I couldn't use my hands or run with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my friends. Getting teased and being
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bullied by other kids was easy for me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to deal because I quickly learned how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to fight back. But, being not invited
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to a classmates birthday party or being
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,told that I should go home by an adult
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while my brothers are playing with their
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kids has always impacted my life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some ways, I've learned that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,discrimination comes in all shapes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and sizes and/or the color of your
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skin. I was in high school when the ADA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was signed. I really didn't see that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much of a difference. I was being
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a teenager going through crazy
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adolescence stuff. ADA started effecting
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me when I started collage and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,traveling a lot more.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for example, the ADA got signed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I started my first
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,semester in college, I saw a rapid
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,progression with inclusion.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More and more of my professors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were willing to work with me and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disable student services on how
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to adapt to my disability by giving
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,me more time for term papers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making sure that I have good
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,notetakers and etcetera.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My first semester in college was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very hard. I think that I had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to retake all of my classes because
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got no help. After that,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I went to the DSS and they worked
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with me at taking the right classes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the right professors would
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,make select accommodations for me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the time I needed to take my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,core classes for my major
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the department head knew me and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worked with me with my final thesis.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By then, I needed a lot less services
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from DSS because my professors
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,kept track of how I was doing.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was one of the first nonverbal student
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the university who graduated with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a speech communication degree.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At a very young age I traveled a lot
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my family. My parents always had
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a running checklist going be for we'd
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,travel. For example, making sure there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was an accessible bathroom and so on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even now when I travel with my friends
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we always check the restroom situation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(subtle laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When people think about ADA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the very first thing that they think
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are curb, cuts and sidewalks but there
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are more to it. Just because is not
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,diagnosed with a disability doesn't mean
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that they don't use the services either.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, I know regular people that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turn on subtitles when they are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,watching TV. They don't have hard of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hearing but they agree that they get
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more content when they are reading
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and listening at the same time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will not happen if there was no ADA.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without the American Disability Act, I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,strongly believe that we would have
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gone backwards with education,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,employment, healthcare and so on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Communication is very important to me.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since I have to use Augmentative
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Alternative Communication Device
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i've always prioritized technology and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,communication together in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my daily routine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've seen access to the much better
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I've gotten older.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Such as when I'm at an airport
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and need to use a TTY machine
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make a phone call I can always
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,find one that is easily accessible.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is more awareness for being
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nonverbal now.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the population gets more used to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the disabled community, people are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more aware that there are other forms
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of communication such as ASL,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,AEC and so on.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the main barriers that I
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,always see is economic and equality
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between people with disability and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,able bodied. Our society tends to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,assume that if you are disabled
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are invalid in the workforce.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not true.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There are many people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are highly educated and more than
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,willing to earn a fair wage of living.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Also, our government digs people who
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are getting SSI or other types of services
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For example, I've worked for an
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,educational publisher for 16 years and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,due to the pandemic, I needed to take
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a leave of absence for however long
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because of my disability, I can only work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part-time. I also get SSDI based of my
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,work credits that I accumulated over
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the years. When I was working,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I needed to make sure not to accede too
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much or else I would lose my benefits.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How is this fair?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There should be a baselined living
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wage from the government under the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ADA act so that people with diabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are encouraged to work and more
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,importantly, employers are willing to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hire more from our community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right now because of COVID-19
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more and more people with disabilities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are getting sick because of large
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,institutions. The White House Corona
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Virus task force hasn't really mentioned
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything on how to be safe within our
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community. Seems like that our
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community is being left behind.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is no awareness at all or any
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,outreach from the White House.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It feels like that no one from the top
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has any understanding of our
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,community. In California we are required
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to wear some kind of facial covering
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we are in public.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many people in our community are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not able to wear any kind of mask.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One idea would be to form a committee
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with all the national organizations such
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as United Cerebral Palsy,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Muscular Dystrophy Association,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and many others to form one union