When we design for disability, we all benefit
From: TED Talks - 09/2015
By: Elise Roy

Elise Roy thinks that designers have the capacity and responsibility to
address and resolve human problems on micro and macro scales and contribute
to social well-being.

"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."

Watch the talk (13:17) at:
https://www.ted.com/talks/elise_roy_when_we_design_for_disability_we_all_benefit

Link:
Design Thinking
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_thinking

Related:
How to truly listen - Evelyn Glennie (deaf percussionist) (Video 32:05)
https://www.ted.com/talks/evelyn_glennie_shows_how_to_listen

Submitted by Brianna Blaser