When we design for disability, we all benefit

When we design for disability, we all benefit | Elise Roy

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7 жыл бұрын

"I believe that losing my hearing was one of the greatest gifts I've ever received," says Elise Roy. As a disability rights lawyer and design thinker, she knows that being Deaf gives her a unique way of experiencing and reframing the world -- a perspective that could solve some of our largest problems. As she says: "When we design for disability first, you often stumble upon solutions that are better than those when we design for the norm."
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@MintMovies 7 жыл бұрын

People in the comment section who are saying she's wrong and that "disabled people are not an asset but a burden" must be incredibly unaware of how many people are given the label "disabled." A lot of times, disabled means "different from the norm." They just can't always see it. A lot of people with ADD are incredibly creative and provide a lot of entertainment on KZfaq. The list goes on. One example of a more immediately apapparent disabled person: the leading designer for slaughterhouses in the US (being more humane, efficient, sanitary) is autistic. She got into the minds of the animals to a degree "normal people" couldn't fathom and thus used their natural behavior to our advantage. I'll leave it there but there are so many more examples out there.

@dishwashee 7 жыл бұрын

they've still got their brains though, even if they can't physically help out a lot they can still be really smart and offer just as much as anyone else

@ilalaksheleme4171 4 жыл бұрын

I totally agree with y

@FrogLehane 7 жыл бұрын

As an interior/urban designer I have to agree. For some reason I've always wandered how blind people perceive the world, I feel like disabled people could add so much to design when creating better environments. It's a pity how many people look at this as a win/lose (if they get what they want, we won't). It's a benefit for everyone.

@instamdgram 7 жыл бұрын

*wondered

@kiaprice4915 7 жыл бұрын

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@ShiningEyeBrigade 3 жыл бұрын

i’ve worked with and along side people with all kinds of disabilities for over 20 years. I have seen the great value of the majority of people I worked with and alongside over and over again. And much of it came from the very things talked about in this video. The key was figuring out how this person’s unique situation (both the disability and the skills and techniques they had to develop because of the disability, along with their natural strengths) could be an advantage, and finding the work situations where they could use this advantage to benefit their employer.

@shiftywily 7 жыл бұрын

I've always thought people with disabilities have a huge potential because they have a different perspective. great talk.

@pradeepbasak8192 3 жыл бұрын

I am here because I am designing a website and someone suggested that I should watch this video first. I think this will help me in my task.

@hyenaedits3460 7 жыл бұрын

I have Asperger's Syndrome, which includes executive dysfunction (characterized by disorganization and having a hard time multitasking and prioritizing). A lot of the mnemonic devices, organization methods, and other things I use to help me through school have been adopted by classmates because they realized it helped them too. People who say that the disabled are useless, burdened, or less worthy of life don't know what they're talking about. Diversity is more than just skin color and body type. Neurodiversity is important too.

@MightyGachiman 7 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry to dissapoint but they're called disabilities for a reason. There are things to compensate but a DISability nonetheless. It's not like anyone deserves any tough.

@hyenaedits3460 7 жыл бұрын

So you know more about what disabled people are capable of because you buy into the thousands of years of stigma that has shaped our language?

@aaronrosenberg6633 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that! You helped make her point. There are clearly people in the comment section whose egos are extremely fragile. Tell them that people with disabilities have something to teach them and they just fall apart.

@hyenaedits3460 7 жыл бұрын

*burdens, not burdened. Oops.

@hyenaedits3460 7 жыл бұрын

Pixel Fyxe Asperger's affects everyone differently. I'm sorry you've had such difficulty with it, but that doesn't make anybody's experience less valid. And this is the 21st century. We have skyscrapers and airplanes. We have houses with heating and air conditioning. We have easy access to hospitals and emergency rooms. Basic survival instincts are still there and still important, but they are no longer the main deciding factor on whether somebody or something is useful or not. If right now all of our cities and houses and electricity and Internet were to disappear, probably 75% of humanity would die in a few days. Does that mean all those people are worthless?

@joekuman1491 Жыл бұрын

We don't necessarily need to be amazed at what seems amazing to us. Perhaps, it's our first time to hear or see it but life is rich with a lot of amazing things. People with disabilities are differently abled. They can amaze us with their diverse and unique lifestyle and experiences. Just get AMAZED!

@andrewzuo86 7 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of text to speech. Designed for people with disabilities but it's a much more enjoyable way to read a long article.

@o0Avalon0o 7 жыл бұрын

I didn't realize that was it's original purpose, thanks! That's pretty cool

@SGRODmaster 7 жыл бұрын

@jenrferruso 3 жыл бұрын

i was born with DIABTES INSIPIDUS -- and many do not understand it -- BUT THE LORD IS WITH ME!! THANK GOD!!!

@GamingBathtub 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this talk it made me realise how people react to things that aren't the norm, we should all treat each other how we want to be treated

@BestowingTheBrush Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your perspective! I love your ideas and I also think we all are creative. The fear of failure in our society is strong, but really, we ought to celebrate each as an opportunity to grow.

@matematicaconsentido11235 Жыл бұрын

Who else comes from the Odin Project? Great talk!

@saramurney8142 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sending a positive message to the disability community.

@tamipritchard9935 7 жыл бұрын

Wow....what an eye opener. Loved this Ted Talk.

@o0Avalon0o 7 жыл бұрын

I feel the same. :-) I think I'm going to go buy a can opener.

@fotiem.constant4948 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating way of thinking, i personally think that is what we need nowadays. All what you saying makes a lot of sense, designing for extremes makes things even better as your product will be accessible to any type of user. i'm just short of words. I'm new to design thinking and you just gave me a lift up, great talk there. Thanks!

@SernHaoTv 7 жыл бұрын

Great! Do the thing you like and make it meaningful !

@RichClashChair 7 жыл бұрын

Great point!

@qinypunch924 7 жыл бұрын

Огромное спасибо за русские субтитры!

@devindelgrego4500 7 жыл бұрын

Most of the time something sparks a need to create something, and it is designed. Then as it is put through scenarios adjustments are made. Thinking about how to design it for disabled people would come naturally soon enough. Speeding up that process might be good, either it would happen.

@mohamedeltony8331 7 жыл бұрын

great lecture and the words are benefits

@LifeofWebmaster 3 жыл бұрын

Disability creates a gap between the needs of the user and the information system. On the other hand, accessibility is the ability of the system to accommodate the needs and preferences of each individual regardless of any physical disability. This session explains how this gap can be filled with the inclusive design of web systems. Watch full webmaster talk on kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mruSrKRp1pfVYJc.html

@VILK1N 7 жыл бұрын

Muito bom !

@dyrnwynski 7 жыл бұрын

+krunoslav stifter I mean she provides examples of how the perspective of a disabled person and the desire to engineer something for their disability resulted in creations that benefited everyone and may never have been created if not for the need to help pre disabled. She provides examples of how that's true, why don't her examples count for you?

@NannaMellin 7 жыл бұрын

Sharon Needles would be a perfect person to do a TED talk!

@PazLeBon 7 жыл бұрын

I prefer steps tp slopes

@sabserab 6 жыл бұрын

Wait till you get disabled buddy

@jennyhughes4474 4 жыл бұрын

@@sabserab or break their leg or have a baby in a buggy. But the slopes are almost always too steep!

@ghostfifth 7 жыл бұрын

havent watched it yet but i must automatically think about animals and whether or not they all slow down when being chased because one is struggling behind everyone.

@Pshaurk 7 жыл бұрын

just because something happens in nature doesnt mean it has to be the ultimate truth. Different systems act differently.

@CharonsNightmare 7 жыл бұрын

Would you say stephen hawking is such a "struggling animal" or John Forbes Nash Jr.? Both have/had forms of physical and/or psycological disabilities and yet humanity as a whole benefittes from their respective geniusses. I think we must look at the development of a society as a more complex process than simply running away from a predator.

@dreadbaron10 7 жыл бұрын

But we've removed mostly ourselves the wilderness, we do not face the same problems humans used to. We live in a designed world, why not design it for everyone?

@ghostfifth 7 жыл бұрын

tell that to the people who want abortions. if you allow bad genes to flourish your only spoiling your own genepool. thats why nature picks off the slowest and weakest. yes humans are supposedly different. that can be argued. hawkins would be a struggling animal if it werent for everyone slowing down to bring him up to pace with everyone else as far as moving functioning. if someone werent caring for him 24 7 he wouldnt exist. nature. and then we wouldnt have the advancements we have now, is that a good thing or a bad thing? you tell me? whos to say whats good bad, right wrong? if they didnt exist you wouldnt know what your missing. would living in a world without them be better? maybe. have fun telling me im a bad bad man...lmao

@ghostfifth 7 жыл бұрын

its not going to stop being a human world either. yea go ahead design it for you. i dont care. thats what got us global warming, population explosion, animal extinctions... fun times with humans. i love man but by taking away natures power to make us stronger weve become weaker, mentally and physically.

@michaelandcarolblackburn103 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent talk! LOL we have that potato peeler just because it's so easy to use.

@legolite45 7 жыл бұрын

I am disability

@andrewmanford 7 жыл бұрын

Am I crazy or is that a lot of gum?

@legolite45 7 жыл бұрын

THAT'S GOLD JERRY! GOLD

@tech3425 Жыл бұрын

Fucking A, that's a winner alright!

@jaramontibeller7494 7 жыл бұрын

subtitles are illegible :(

@zennmomma2801 7 жыл бұрын

Which language? Give it a second chance if you were looking for English subtitles as they're spot on. Just don't select the auto generated ones! Hope it works for you now!

@jaramontibeller7494 7 жыл бұрын

I got now! The configuration of my subtitles were with wrong colors... thanks !!

@zennmomma2801 7 жыл бұрын

+jara montibeller Sweet! Also, I had no idea the colour could change! Haven't seen that one yet LOL. Enjoy 😆

@swatikoulsk 7 жыл бұрын

wow

@Lukaswilms 7 жыл бұрын

So what is the advantage of some extra glasses with a red light to warm from something? Nothing, exept it costs way more and makes everything more complikated. The only difference is that it stimulates visual senses instead auf audio signals. Same but different = No improvement

@o0Avalon0o 7 жыл бұрын

The advantage is that it alerts you before the human ear could, allowing someone to protect themselves & save the piece they're working on. Maybe it's not something you need, that's fine, but it's definitely worth it in my line of work.

@sirnate9065 7 жыл бұрын

I understand you are trying to be pragmatic and unbiased, but it is useful for beginners

@Becca_Lynn 7 жыл бұрын

The advantage is that is helps someone navigate life easier than if they didn't have it. k? cool. Good talk.

@MonikaWoodstraveler 4 жыл бұрын

actually it would be great for people who are learning. They would learn quicker.

@eduardapimentel1692 3 жыл бұрын

Don't buy it then lol

@userGGG702 4 жыл бұрын

people steal deaf people's goat and chicken at night, omg, i feel so bad to find this hilarious.

@malexander1089 7 жыл бұрын

Hmm. I always thought deaf people had trouble enunciating words because, though they could see the shape you have to make with your mouth to say a word, they couldn't really hear the subtleties. It's interesting to me, then, that she lost her hearing starting from age 10. I'm not gonna pretend to understand how these things work, but it's interesting to note.

@vlydenknox 7 жыл бұрын

Her "Design Thinking" seems ripped from The IDEO design process that I learned from college haha

@hugodiazroa 7 жыл бұрын

@FrogLehane 7 жыл бұрын

She never said it was "hers". She said she found out about it. The irony in your post thou...

@MonikaWoodstraveler 4 жыл бұрын

You sound angry and jealous. She did something someone else only wrote about. Action speaks louder than words.

@kingjeremysircornwell7847 3 жыл бұрын

why I'm disabled. dirty blanket, dog, pagan, cholera, polio. get vaccinated if you live\work with animals\dog. it is the law

@Lara-vj7gc 7 жыл бұрын

Wow I am early today I gave never been this early

@Lara-vj7gc 7 жыл бұрын

Have*

@samaysahoo3494 7 жыл бұрын

Second

@glassblower19 7 жыл бұрын

is it fair that 1% of the population holds all the wealth needed for all to survive and not go without???

@MonikaWoodstraveler 4 жыл бұрын

Fair. That is a loaded question. Is it fair that you had access to clean water today and millions did not? Is it fair that we are brainwashed to think just because a person does not have material wealth they could not possibly be happy? Is it fair that the lipstick you use may have been produced with chemicals that destroy the environment? Is it fair that you are making a statement without research to back it up? Is it fair that you are typing about problems instead of out solving those problems? The only thing you really need is food, clean water, and shelter. Maybe clothes depending on your environment. So maybe everything you have in excess of this you should just give away. I just sent 4 bags of shoes and clothing to Kentucky with a giant load from our other friends going there too. Their mines were shut down because of the global alarmists who benefit off of fake laws and psuedo-science. Time to quit worrying about what's fair and do what is necessary. Love one another, take care of the earth and everything in it.

@OsuFan418 7 жыл бұрын

So she made a wanna be scientific method and claims that it is in almost every industry.....

@chandradickinson3731 7 жыл бұрын

she never claimed she made it ...

@tosoledo 7 жыл бұрын

I have a better idea, let focus on curing and preventing disabilities.

@chandradickinson3731 7 жыл бұрын

yeah because that helps those of us who are disabled now

@KelliViti 7 жыл бұрын

To be clear, I am also referring to neurodiversity as well. Our diversity as a species is beautiful. It is what makes us strong, & has allowed us to flourish, as others faced exstinction. Our ability to adapt is why we are here, DUMMIES! LOL

@4wheelerDJ 6 жыл бұрын

Easier said than done.

@sabserab 6 жыл бұрын

I have a better idea, lets kill the ableds

@MonikaWoodstraveler 4 жыл бұрын

And who becomes the one who decides what a disability is? Are we not all differently abled? Do we give that power over or do we just keep aborting and euthanizing people not deemed "normal"? 2007-2011 in the U.S. an increase of 28% more medications were given to children for the psuedo-ADHD diagnosis. In a similar time frame in the UK the medical usage went up 56%. Maybe you should read "The Giver" before you encourage a society as such.

@sabserab 6 жыл бұрын

The ableds in this comments section make me cringe

@kaminarigaston 7 жыл бұрын

It is unfair that 1% of the population is inconvenienced and the rest are not. Let's inconvenience the 99% of the population. And if you are deaf you won't be inconvenienced for it!... you'll just be inconvenienced because you are not blind, crippled, etc. No, just no.

@victorvitez7328 7 жыл бұрын

She made the exact different point did you even watch the video? That design for disability can improve convinience for the 99%, too

@BreathofMoonlight 7 жыл бұрын

you are talking eugenics and is impossible by nature. It's a hate crime to kill off an entire group of people. The nazis tried the same thing and it failed and wrecked the enviroment so. You all sprouted from somewhere so its all the like possible that all humans can have 'unideal' genetics. We can only trace ourselves so far back. So dont be so gross please. you never know what life will hand you. Also your lack of empathy isnt 'ideal' either now is it? well if only we can appreciate what strength we have when we got it. If you want to improve humanity so much then, get up off your lazy bum and find a way around the problem. Think of this thousands of years ago humans never thought things that are possible today were possible then. Why dont you start by finding a renewable safe for the enviroment fuel?

@BreathofMoonlight 7 жыл бұрын

OriginalTharios im irrational and should be punished? yea it would be great to be able to do thay to have people create healthier babies and that is through study of the disease.

@BreathofMoonlight 7 жыл бұрын

OriginalTharios if you would like to genetically engineer your kid thats fine as long as you dont push it onto other people. The world frankly doesn't care what your opinions are they will do whatever they feel is right for them.

@sabserab 6 жыл бұрын

I have a gene defect and I was never prouder to actually not be a gross person like you sociopath, how blessed am I to just be crippled, but not in spirit

@DubbedDemon 7 жыл бұрын

Maybe I'm just weird but I really hate when they try to make the intros "engaging" and creative, it just makes me cringe and click away from the video.

@solless6190 7 жыл бұрын

"13 minutes of a speaker bragging about themselves on stage"

@imir8atu321 7 жыл бұрын

I am disabled and this is crap...

@hyenaedits3460 7 жыл бұрын

I am disabled and this is awesome... (you don't speak for everyone)

@chandradickinson3731 7 жыл бұрын

I am disabled and this is not crap

@imir8atu321 7 жыл бұрын

+Chandra Dickinson I am sad that I have offended anyone, but my life being always disabled and never making it a living have fought for not money nor recognition my city and towns business I have helped , I spend my free time removing garbage around my world and give to people to reconcile, I want nothing,and when I'm gone my wake will leave my message and so I am sorry.PEACE...

@hyenaedits3460 7 жыл бұрын

Pixel Fyxe "Disabled" means you can't do things that most people can do. I have autism, which means that unless something is very intuitive I can't learn on my own, and I physically cannot handle loud noises and crowds. I also can't filter out little noises at night, which prevents me from sleeping That's a problem if I want to live in a city, which is where all the jobs I want are. That is definitely a disability. There is no way around it. Unless I want to live out in the country and settle for a job that I hate but is easier, I'm gonna have to deal with a world that is inherently difficult to navigate. However, just like the TED Talk says, having to adapt to a different way of interacting with the world means that I (as well as other people with disabilities) learn to see things differently, which leads to innovation. I don't think anybody's suggesting we cater to people in that we give handouts or anything. I think the point is that we should find ways to make technology all-inclusive, in a way that doesn't inconvenience anyone but could actually make things better for everyone. People with opinions and perspectives outside of the majority, can see things from an angle that will improve the lives of the many.

@chandradickinson3731 7 жыл бұрын

+Pixel Fyxe how is texting holding back the many? or text to speech? books on tape? voice command for phone or computer or xbox? all tech made for disabled people