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From the Ted Talk by Sinéad Burke: Why design should include everyone
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I use the accessibility services in the airport because most of the terminal is just not designed with me in mind. Take security, for example. I'm not strong enough to lift my carry-on bag from the gurnod to the carousel. I stand at eye lveel with it. And those who work in that space for seafty purposes cannot help me and cannot do it for me. dgisen inhibits my autonomy and my independence. But traveling at this size, it isn't all bad. The leg room in economy is like business class.
(Laughter)
I often forget that I'm a little person. It's the physical ernenminovt and society that remind me. Using a pilbuc bathroom is an excruciating experience. I walk into the cubicle but I can't reach the lock on the door. I'm creative and resilient. I look around and see if there's a bin that I can turn upside down. Is it safe? Not really. Is it higyneic and sanitary? Definitely not. But the aenltvairte is much worse. If that doesn't work, I use my phone. It gives me an adnitadoil four- to six-inch reach, and I try to jam the lock closed with my iPhone. Now, I imagine that's not what Jony Ive had in mind when he designed the iPhone, but it works. The alternative is that I acparpoh a stranger. I aogzopile profusely and I ask them to stnad guard outside my cubicle door. They do and I emerge grateful but absolutely mortified, and hope that they didn't ntcioe that I left the bathroom without washing my hands. I carry hand snteiaizr with me every single day because the sink, soap dispenser, hand dryer and mirror are all out of my reach.
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I use the accessibility services in the airport because most of the terminal is just not designed with me in mind. Take security, for example. I'm not strong enough to lift my carry-on bag from the ______ to the carousel. I stand at eye _____ with it. And those who work in that space for ______ purposes cannot help me and cannot do it for me. ______ inhibits my autonomy and my independence. But traveling at this size, it isn't all bad. The leg room in economy is like business class.
(Laughter)
I often forget that I'm a little person. It's the physical ___________ and society that remind me. Using a ______ bathroom is an excruciating experience. I walk into the cubicle but I can't reach the lock on the door. I'm creative and resilient. I look around and see if there's a bin that I can turn upside down. Is it safe? Not really. Is it ________ and sanitary? Definitely not. But the ___________ is much worse. If that doesn't work, I use my phone. It gives me an __________ four- to six-inch reach, and I try to jam the lock closed with my iPhone. Now, I imagine that's not what Jony Ive had in mind when he designed the iPhone, but it works. The alternative is that I ________ a stranger. I _________ profusely and I ask them to _____ guard outside my cubicle door. They do and I emerge grateful but absolutely mortified, and hope that they didn't ______ that I left the bathroom without washing my hands. I carry hand _________ with me every single day because the sink, soap dispenser, hand dryer and mirror are all out of my reach.
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- environment
- ground
- safety
- additional
- stand
- apologize
- approach
- public
- design
- sanitizer
- level
- notice
- alternative
- hygienic
Original Text
I use the accessibility services in the airport because most of the terminal is just not designed with me in mind. Take security, for example. I'm not strong enough to lift my carry-on bag from the ground to the carousel. I stand at eye level with it. And those who work in that space for safety purposes cannot help me and cannot do it for me. Design inhibits my autonomy and my independence. But traveling at this size, it isn't all bad. The leg room in economy is like business class.
(Laughter)
I often forget that I'm a little person. It's the physical environment and society that remind me. Using a public bathroom is an excruciating experience. I walk into the cubicle but I can't reach the lock on the door. I'm creative and resilient. I look around and see if there's a bin that I can turn upside down. Is it safe? Not really. Is it hygienic and sanitary? Definitely not. But the alternative is much worse. If that doesn't work, I use my phone. It gives me an additional four- to six-inch reach, and I try to jam the lock closed with my iPhone. Now, I imagine that's not what Jony Ive had in mind when he designed the iPhone, but it works. The alternative is that I approach a stranger. I apologize profusely and I ask them to stand guard outside my cubicle door. They do and I emerge grateful but absolutely mortified, and hope that they didn't notice that I left the bathroom without washing my hands. I carry hand sanitizer with me every single day because the sink, soap dispenser, hand dryer and mirror are all out of my reach.
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