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From the Ted Talk by Elise Roy: When we design for disability, we all benefit

Unscramble the Blue Letters


(Laughter)

Quite literally. My first semester in Spanish, I got a D. But what I leaenrd was that when I pciekd myself up and changed a few things around, euteavlnly, I succeeded. Similarly, dgsien thinking encourages people to fail and fail often, because eventually, you will succeed. Very few great inootnvains in this world have come from someone succeeding on the first try.

I also experienced this lesson in sports. I'll never fogert my coach saying to my mom, "If she just didn't have her hearing loss, she would be on the national team." But what my coach, and what I didn't even know at the time, was that my hearing loss actually helped me excel at sports. You see, when you lose your hearing, not only do you adapt your behavior, but you also adapt your pahiyscl senses. One example of this is that my visual attention span increased. Imagine a soccer player, coming down the left flank. Imagine being goalkeeper, like I was, and the ball is coimng down the left flank. A person with normal hearing would have the vsuail perspective of this. I had the biefent of a spectrum this wide. So I picked up the players over here, that were moving about and coming down the filed. And I picked them up quikecr, so that if the ball was passed, I could reposition myself and be ready for that shot.

Open Cloze


(Laughter)

Quite literally. My first semester in Spanish, I got a D. But what I _______ was that when I ______ myself up and changed a few things around, __________, I succeeded. Similarly, ______ thinking encourages people to fail and fail often, because eventually, you will succeed. Very few great ___________ in this world have come from someone succeeding on the first try.

I also experienced this lesson in sports. I'll never ______ my coach saying to my mom, "If she just didn't have her hearing loss, she would be on the national team." But what my coach, and what I didn't even know at the time, was that my hearing loss actually helped me excel at sports. You see, when you lose your hearing, not only do you adapt your behavior, but you also adapt your ________ senses. One example of this is that my visual attention span increased. Imagine a soccer player, coming down the left flank. Imagine being goalkeeper, like I was, and the ball is ______ down the left flank. A person with normal hearing would have the ______ perspective of this. I had the _______ of a spectrum this wide. So I picked up the players over here, that were moving about and coming down the _____. And I picked them up _______, so that if the ball was passed, I could reposition myself and be ready for that shot.

Solution


  1. visual
  2. picked
  3. field
  4. eventually
  5. quicker
  6. forget
  7. benefit
  8. coming
  9. design
  10. learned
  11. physical
  12. innovations

Original Text


(Laughter)

Quite literally. My first semester in Spanish, I got a D. But what I learned was that when I picked myself up and changed a few things around, eventually, I succeeded. Similarly, design thinking encourages people to fail and fail often, because eventually, you will succeed. Very few great innovations in this world have come from someone succeeding on the first try.

I also experienced this lesson in sports. I'll never forget my coach saying to my mom, "If she just didn't have her hearing loss, she would be on the national team." But what my coach, and what I didn't even know at the time, was that my hearing loss actually helped me excel at sports. You see, when you lose your hearing, not only do you adapt your behavior, but you also adapt your physical senses. One example of this is that my visual attention span increased. Imagine a soccer player, coming down the left flank. Imagine being goalkeeper, like I was, and the ball is coming down the left flank. A person with normal hearing would have the visual perspective of this. I had the benefit of a spectrum this wide. So I picked up the players over here, that were moving about and coming down the field. And I picked them up quicker, so that if the ball was passed, I could reposition myself and be ready for that shot.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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design thinkers 3
originally designed 2
greatest problems 2
left flank 2
design thinker 2


Important Words


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  32. mom
  33. moving
  34. national
  35. normal
  36. passed
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  39. perspective
  40. physical
  41. picked
  42. player
  43. players
  44. quicker
  45. ready
  46. reposition
  47. semester
  48. senses
  49. shot
  50. similarly
  51. soccer
  52. span
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  54. spectrum
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  60. thinking
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