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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.82,0:00:09.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Didn't understand anything, did you? 毫无头绪对吧
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.33,0:00:10.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter) 笑声
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.72,0:00:13.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's 63 million deaf people in India 在印度有630000000 聋人
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.32,0:00:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who go through this \Nyear after year, day after day, 他们年复一年日复一日的经历这些
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.00,0:00:19.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to make sense \Nof a world they cannot hear. 尝试去感知这个听不见的世界
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.44,0:00:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Huge lack of awareness and social stigma 巨大的意识缺乏以及社会污名
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.21,0:00:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of having a child \Nthat is differently-abled. 对于有这特殊的孩子
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.00,0:00:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Parents run from pillar to post 父母四处
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.92,0:00:30.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trying to understand \Nhow to bring up their child. 尝试着了解如何抚养他们的孩子
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.95,0:00:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they are told, \N"Even though your child can't hear, 他们被告知，“即使你的孩子听不见”
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.89,0:00:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is nothing wrong with his voice box. 他的喉咙没问题
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.28,0:00:38.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's nothing wrong 声带也没问题 \Nwith his vocal chords
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.40,0:00:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he can be eventually他最后会被教会如何沟通交流 \Ntaught how to speak."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.24,0:00:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There starts the journey \Nof years being spent trying to teach 这意味着这是一个多年的旅程花在指导
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.89,0:00:50.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this little child how to articulate words \Nthat he cannot hear.这些小孩如何清晰表达那些他们听不见的单词
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.89,0:00:54.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even within the family, 即使在家里，这些小孩想要 \Nthis little child wants
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.28,0:00:56.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to communicate with his parents. 和他的父母交流
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.31,0:00:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants to be part \Nof the conversations in the family. 他想 成为家里沟通交流的一份子
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.93,0:01:03.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he can't. And he doesn't understand 但他不能。 他不明白为什么没人倾听他们\Nwhy nobody is listening to him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.62,0:01:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he feels isolated and misses out 所以他感觉到被孤立和遗漏了
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.73,0:01:09.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on a crucial skill that is required在我们成长中被要求的最关键的技能\Nwhen we grow up.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.92,0:01:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He goes to school thinking, "Okay, \Nhopefully things will be different." 他去到学校想着“好吧， 希望一切会有所不同”
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.46,0:01:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he finds the teachers \Nopening their mouths and closing 他们发现老师的嘴一张一合
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.37,0:01:19.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and writing these strange things \Non the board. 以及在黑板上写着奇怪的东西
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.83,0:01:22.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without understanding, \Nbecause he can't hear,他们不同因为他们听不见
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.88,0:01:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he copies it all down, \Nregurgitates it at the exam time, 他们复制下这些东西， 在考试的时候依样复述
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.100,0:01:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and by rote and a few grace marks, \Nhe finishes school, class ten. 通过机械性以及优雅的记号。 他本分的完成了学业。
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.47,0:01:34.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are his chances of employment?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.70,0:01:38.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here is this child who really doesn't have\Nany real education.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.23,0:01:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Visual words, vocabulary \Nof thirty to forty words.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.48,0:01:46.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's emotionally insecure, he's probably \Nangry with the whole world also,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.16,0:01:49.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which has, he feels has \Nsystematically disabled him.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.12,0:01:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where does he work? \NMenial labor, unskilled jobs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.28,0:01:56.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often in very abusive conditions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.18,0:02:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where my "birth" journey starts \Nin 2004. I don't have, as Kelly said,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.04,0:02:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't have any family who are deaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.44,0:02:07.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just a strange pull and, \Nno rational thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.55,0:02:09.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I jumped into this world \Nand learned sign language.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.99,0:02:13.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At that time, it was a challenge. \NNobody wanted... Nobody seemed to know...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.75,0:02:17.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is it that you want to learn, Ruma?\NIs that a language?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.14,0:02:22.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Anyway, learning sign language\Nopened up my life to this community
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.28,0:02:24.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is outwardly silent, \Nbut is brimming
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.90,0:02:28.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the passion and curiosity \Nas {\i1}visual{\i0} learners.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.48,0:02:31.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I heard their stories \Nof what they wanted to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.14,0:02:38.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a year later, in 2005, \Nwith meager savings of about $5,000
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.61,0:02:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a matured insurance policy, \NI started this center,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.44,0:02:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a small two-bedroom flat \Nwith just six students
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.12,0:02:48.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and me teaching them English \Nin sign language.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.60,0:02:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The challenges, the {\i1}need{\i0} of the hour \Nat that point was,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.00,0:02:56.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how do I get these kids who just \Nhigh school pass
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.12,0:02:58.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into real jobs into the companies?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.36,0:03:03.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jobs of dignity, jobs that can prove \Nthat deaf are not dumb?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.92,0:03:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, the challenges were huge. \NThe deaf were years sitting like this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.39,0:03:10.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and years of ennui and darkness.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.63,0:03:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They needed to believe in themselves. \NThe parents needed to be convinced
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.09,0:03:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this child is not deaf and dumb.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.69,0:03:19.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he's capable of standing \Non his own two feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.37,0:03:20.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But most importantly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.64,0:03:23.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would the employer employ \Nsomebody who couldn't speak,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.52,0:03:26.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,couldn't hear, and very much \Ncouldn't read or write either?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.99,0:03:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sat together with some of my friends\Nfrom the industry,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.74,0:03:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I shared with them my story \Nabout what it meant to be deaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.51,0:03:39.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I understood there were \Nclear areas in companies
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.19,0:03:43.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where deaf could work, deaf people \Ncould work as a great value add.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.08,0:03:45.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And with meager resources, \Nwe created the first ever
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.86,0:03:49.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,vocational training curriculum for \Ndeaf people in the country.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.46,0:03:54.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finding trainers was a problem. \NSo I trained my deaf kids,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.24,0:03:56.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,my students, to become \Nthe teachers for the Deaf.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.80,0:04:00.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's a job they took on \Nwith great responsibility and pride.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.76,0:04:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, the employer was skeptic. \NEducation, qualification, 10th pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.33,0:04:09.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, no, no, Ruma, \Nwe cannot employ him."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.05,0:04:10.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a big problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.39,0:04:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And even if we did employ him,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.49,0:04:14.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how are we going to communicate \Nwith him? He can't read, write.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:14.82,0:04:16.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can't hear/speak."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.35,0:04:19.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just told them, "Please can we \Ntake it just one step at a time?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.59,0:04:23.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, can we focus \Non what he {\i1}can{\i0} do?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.09,0:04:26.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a great visual person. \NHe can work. And...
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.23,0:04:29.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and if it works wonderful, if it doesn't, \Nwe will at least know."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.95,0:04:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here I would like to share \Na story about Vishu Kapoor.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.83,0:04:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came to us in 2009 \Nwith no language at all.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.13,0:04:41.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't even know sign language.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.24,0:04:44.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All he saw, processed in his brain \Nwas through his eyes.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.76,0:04:46.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His mother was in despair and \Nshe says,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.80,0:04:49.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ruma, can I please keep him \Nin your center for two hours?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:49.79,0:04:52.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really difficult for me\Nto manage him,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.16,0:04:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know manage with him \N24 hours a day."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.47,0:04:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I said, "Yeah, okay." \NLike a crash service.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.80,0:05:02.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It took us a very painstaking \None a half years for us
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.83,0:05:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give Vishu a language. \NAs he started communicating and
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.05,0:05:10.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he got a sense of self and \Nhe understand that there was...
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.70,0:05:13.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean he couldn't hear, but heck, \Nhe could do so many other things.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.57,0:05:16.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He figured out that he liked to work \Non the computers.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.42,0:05:18.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We encouraged him, motivated him,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.38,0:05:22.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and put him through our I.T. programs. \NHe cleared all the tests, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.78,0:05:25.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,much to my nervousness.\NAn opening came one day
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.57,0:05:28.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the back end of \Na very well-known I.T. company,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.50,0:05:31.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and just for the exposure and \Nthe experience, I said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.100,0:05:34.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let Vishu also go \Nfor this job interview."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.88,0:05:38.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vishu went there and cleared \Nall the technical tests.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.10,0:05:42.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even then I said, "Uh, I just hope \Nhe will be able to stick on
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.28,0:05:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for 6 months at least."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.18,0:05:46.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been a year and a half now.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.37,0:05:49.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Vishu is stil there, \Nand he's not only just,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.58,0:05:52.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'oh, this poor guy working in \Nthis hearing environment.'
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.64,0:05:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is winning laurels as best employee\Nof the month, not once but two times.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.10,0:06:00.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.78,0:06:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I want to share with you that, \Ntoday, it takes us about
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.19,0:06:07.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a year and a half to teach \Na deaf person to get ready
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.60,0:06:10.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get into this real world \Nthat we know about.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:10.09,0:06:15.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In a short time of 6 years, today \N500 of my wonderful young students
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.46,0:06:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are working in some of\Nthe top organizations in the industry:
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.20,0:06:24.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in graphic design profiles, \Nin the back end of I.T. organizations,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.38,0:06:27.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in hospitality, \Nin barrier breaking employment
Dialogue: 0,0:06:27.56,0:06:30.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like in the security, and in banks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.53,0:06:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And also in retail outlets, and \Ndoing direct customer service.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.89,0:06:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:06:35.68,0:06:39.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Directly facing people like \Nyou and me in KFC, in coffee outlets.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.73,0:06:42.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just leave you with \Na small little thought that,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.05,0:06:43.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yes, change is possible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.77,0:06:48.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it just starts with one little \Nchange in our perspective.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.17,0:06:49.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.44,0:06:56.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.05,0:07:06.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is applause, \Nit's an international sign for applause.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.37,0:07:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much.