TEDMed - Limitless
Venue: Palm Springs, CA - 11/01-03/2017

The theme of this year's event is Limitless, which highlights how
individuals' incremental achievements combine to create collaborative
progress for humanity. One innovator's finish line is the next great
inventor's starting block. One study's endpoint becomes the springboard for
the next groundbreaking discovery. Once someone sets a new limit, someone
else sets out to surpass it.

This year's event will focus on that productive tension between “what is” and
“what if,” the inspiration that continues to drive us further into what's
possible. Together, we are limitless. 

Session 3: Common Ground

Removing barriers that limit access & harm health

Transcending limits and making good health available to all sometimes
requires us to collaborate and forge common ground. Talks in this session
feature topics where the traditional barriers to accessing care and achieving
well-being are being lifted, such as new approaches to addressing opioid
addiction, expanding social tools to enable technology access for all,
providing medical care and guidance for transgender youth, understanding drug
development and pricing, drones for good, getting menstruation on the public
agenda, and music interpretation for the hearing impaired.

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Amber Galloway Gallego

A passionate advocate for equal access, sign language interpreter Amber
Galloway Gallego has created an immersive translation style that brings the
emotional experience of music and performance to the Deaf community and
beyond.

Sign language music interpreter Amber Galloway Gallego demonstrates the
emotional connection between lyrics and sounds with the flow of her hands.
Responding to a desire from the Deaf community to see, experience and connect
emotionally to music in the same way hearing people do, Amber developed an
immersive style that brings music to life in a way not often seen in music
interpreting. Described as "the most recognizable sign language interpreter"
in the United States, Amber and her team delve deeply into the nuances and
multiple layers of every genre of music to provide a fully accessible
performance experience for the audience. Amber and her team have performed
for artists such as A$AP Rocky, Wiz Khalifa, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers,
among others. When she's not interpreting, Amber is an adjunct Professor of
ASL studies at Lamar University in Texas. 

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Matt King

As Facebook's first blind accessibility engineer, Matt King is developing
all-inclusive technologies that break down barriers to social connectivity.

As Facebook's first blind engineer, Matt King is shattering boundaries in
software accessibility for people with disabilities. Born legally blind as a
result of retinitis pigmentosa, Matt lost his remaining vision while at the
University Of Notre Dame and had to learn to rely on screen reading software
when using computers. Seeing the potential of such software but frustrated by
its limitations, Matt began dedicating his free time to improving it.
Previously at IBM and currently at Facebook, Matt is focused on inventing and
developing the scaffolding needed to create accessible, equitable and
enjoyable online experiences for people with disabilities. Matt is a
three-time Paralympian, record-breaking tandem cyclist and the only blind
championship medal holder in the field of US elite track cyclists.

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