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

Unscramble the Blue Letters


So as you can see, I've been a design tkhnier for nearly all my life. My observation skills have been honed so that I pick up on things that others would never pick up on. My constant need to adapt has made me a great idotear and problem solver. And I've often had to do this within limitations and cninstaotrs. This is something that dseriegns also have to deal with frequently.

My work most recently took me to Haiti. Design thinkers often seek out extreme situations, because that often informs some of their best designs. And Haiti — it was like a pfceert sotrm.

I lived and worked with 300 Deaf individuals that were relocated after the 2010 earthquake. But five and a half years later, there still was no electricity; there still was no safe drinking water; there were still no job opportunities; there was still rampnat crime, and it went unpunished. International aid organizations came one by one. But they came with pre-determined solutions. They didn't come ready to observe and to adapt based on the community's needs. One organization gave them goats and chickens. But they didn't realize that there was so much hunger in that ciotmunmy, that when the Deaf went to sleep at night and couldn't hear, people broke into their yards and their hmeos and stole these cnkihces and gaots, and eventually they were all gone.

Open Cloze


So as you can see, I've been a design _______ for nearly all my life. My observation skills have been honed so that I pick up on things that others would never pick up on. My constant need to adapt has made me a great _______ and problem solver. And I've often had to do this within limitations and ___________. This is something that _________ also have to deal with frequently.

My work most recently took me to Haiti. Design thinkers often seek out extreme situations, because that often informs some of their best designs. And Haiti — it was like a _______ _____.

I lived and worked with 300 Deaf individuals that were relocated after the 2010 earthquake. But five and a half years later, there still was no electricity; there still was no safe drinking water; there were still no job opportunities; there was still _______ crime, and it went unpunished. International aid organizations came one by one. But they came with pre-determined solutions. They didn't come ready to observe and to adapt based on the community's needs. One organization gave them goats and chickens. But they didn't realize that there was so much hunger in that _________, that when the Deaf went to sleep at night and couldn't hear, people broke into their yards and their _____ and stole these ________ and _____, and eventually they were all gone.

Solution


  1. ideator
  2. community
  3. storm
  4. constraints
  5. rampant
  6. goats
  7. thinker
  8. perfect
  9. designers
  10. homes
  11. chickens

Original Text


So as you can see, I've been a design thinker for nearly all my life. My observation skills have been honed so that I pick up on things that others would never pick up on. My constant need to adapt has made me a great ideator and problem solver. And I've often had to do this within limitations and constraints. This is something that designers also have to deal with frequently.

My work most recently took me to Haiti. Design thinkers often seek out extreme situations, because that often informs some of their best designs. And Haiti — it was like a perfect storm.

I lived and worked with 300 Deaf individuals that were relocated after the 2010 earthquake. But five and a half years later, there still was no electricity; there still was no safe drinking water; there were still no job opportunities; there was still rampant crime, and it went unpunished. International aid organizations came one by one. But they came with pre-determined solutions. They didn't come ready to observe and to adapt based on the community's needs. One organization gave them goats and chickens. But they didn't realize that there was so much hunger in that community, that when the Deaf went to sleep at night and couldn't hear, people broke into their yards and their homes and stole these chickens and goats, and eventually they were all gone.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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design thinking 5
design thinkers 3
originally designed 2
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left flank 2
design thinker 2


Important Words


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