One parent shares how an iPad and accessible apps have helped her son, who has autism, grow and develop over five years.
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TEDx Videos and Captions Make Life Delicious
Haben Girma, a lawyer and disability rights advocate, gave a great talk at TEDx Baltimore about disabilities and the power of access. In it, she told the story of her college days and eating at the cafeteria. As a deaf-blind student, she had to push for the staff to send her the menus ahead of […]
Inspiration Porn and the Objectification of Disability
Stella Young is a comedian, disability advocate and Editor of ABC’s Ramp Up website, the online space for news, discussion and opinion about disability in Australia. In this TEDx talk, she talks about how people with disabilities should be held to the same standard of achievement as everyone else. Hat tip: Jennifer Sutton.