WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.968 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.968 --> 00:00:04.920 align:middle line:90% [MUSIC PLAYING] 00:00:04.920 --> 00:00:13.437 align:middle line:90% 00:00:13.437 --> 00:00:16.219 align:middle line:84% Pursuit of a More Equitable World, Disability, 00:00:16.219 --> 00:00:17.640 align:middle line:90% Culture, and Society. 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:20.604 align:middle line:90% [MUSIC PLAYING] 00:00:20.604 --> 00:00:37.430 align:middle line:90% 00:00:37.430 --> 00:00:39.200 align:middle line:84% An excerpt from John Kemp's keynote 00:00:39.200 --> 00:00:41.745 align:middle line:84% address at the University of Washington. 00:00:41.745 --> 00:00:44.873 align:middle line:90% 00:00:44.873 --> 00:00:47.040 align:middle line:84% Thanks to all of you for coming. 00:00:47.040 --> 00:00:48.460 align:middle line:90% Good afternoon. 00:00:48.460 --> 00:00:50.460 align:middle line:84% I'm Sheryl Burgstahler, the founder and director 00:00:50.460 --> 00:00:52.710 align:middle line:84% of the DO-IT Center, where DO-IT stands 00:00:52.710 --> 00:00:55.410 align:middle line:84% for Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, 00:00:55.410 --> 00:00:56.550 align:middle line:90% and Technology. 00:00:56.550 --> 00:01:00.870 align:middle line:84% In DO-IT, we work to increase the academic and career success 00:01:00.870 --> 00:01:04.800 align:middle line:84% of individuals with disabilities and make physical spaces, 00:01:04.800 --> 00:01:08.010 align:middle line:84% student services, teaching and learning activities, 00:01:08.010 --> 00:01:11.310 align:middle line:84% and technology more welcoming and accessible 00:01:11.310 --> 00:01:13.223 align:middle line:90% to people with disabilities. 00:01:13.223 --> 00:01:14.640 align:middle line:84% I have the pleasure of introducing 00:01:14.640 --> 00:01:19.290 align:middle line:84% our keynote speaker, and his name is John Kemp. 00:01:19.290 --> 00:01:22.368 align:middle line:84% I met him around the time when I founded the DO-IT Center, which 00:01:22.368 --> 00:01:24.660 align:middle line:84% is like, more than 25 years ago, and we've sort of been 00:01:24.660 --> 00:01:27.630 align:middle line:84% traveling in similar circles, so it's really 00:01:27.630 --> 00:01:30.240 align:middle line:84% especially nice for me to have you here, John. 00:01:30.240 --> 00:01:32.700 align:middle line:84% So I've always been impressed with his personal insights 00:01:32.700 --> 00:01:35.340 align:middle line:84% about the history of disability rights, 00:01:35.340 --> 00:01:37.530 align:middle line:84% parallels between this movement and others 00:01:37.530 --> 00:01:42.240 align:middle line:84% that improve our world by more fully engaging people 00:01:42.240 --> 00:01:46.260 align:middle line:84% from all different groups, benefiting 00:01:46.260 --> 00:01:50.160 align:middle line:84% from their diverse talents and perspectives. 00:01:50.160 --> 00:01:52.620 align:middle line:84% He's been an ally of DO-IT and other organizations 00:01:52.620 --> 00:01:55.200 align:middle line:84% that serve to create a more inclusive world, 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:58.470 align:middle line:84% and he's even mentored a few of the DO-IT scholars. 00:01:58.470 --> 00:02:01.800 align:middle line:84% He is a renowned disability rights leader 00:02:01.800 --> 00:02:04.480 align:middle line:84% who co-founded the American Association of People 00:02:04.480 --> 00:02:07.080 align:middle line:84% with Disabilities, and is now the president 00:02:07.080 --> 00:02:10.949 align:middle line:84% and chief executive of a network of nonprofit organizations 00:02:10.949 --> 00:02:14.370 align:middle line:84% that provide services that educate, employ, 00:02:14.370 --> 00:02:17.550 align:middle line:84% and empower children and adults with disabilities. 00:02:17.550 --> 00:02:20.130 align:middle line:84% His talk today is titled "Then and Now, 00:02:20.130 --> 00:02:23.190 align:middle line:84% People with Disabilities and Our Pursuit of a More Equitable 00:02:23.190 --> 00:02:24.450 align:middle line:90% World." 00:02:24.450 --> 00:02:26.610 align:middle line:84% So will you please join me in welcoming 00:02:26.610 --> 00:02:27.980 align:middle line:90% John Kemp to the podium. 00:02:27.980 --> 00:02:30.890 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:02:30.890 --> 00:02:40.610 align:middle line:90% 00:02:40.610 --> 00:02:43.050 align:middle line:84% All right, good afternoon. 00:02:43.050 --> 00:02:43.550 align:middle line:90% All good? 00:02:43.550 --> 00:02:44.758 align:middle line:90% All good. 00:02:44.758 --> 00:02:46.160 align:middle line:90% Yep. 00:02:46.160 --> 00:02:48.740 align:middle line:84% JOHN KEMP> Do you know the four promises in the ADA? 00:02:48.740 --> 00:02:51.740 align:middle line:90% Have you memorized those? 00:02:51.740 --> 00:02:56.120 align:middle line:84% Equality of opportunity, independent living, 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:59.994 align:middle line:84% economic self-sufficiency, full participation. 00:02:59.994 --> 00:03:02.900 align:middle line:90% 00:03:02.900 --> 00:03:03.740 align:middle line:90% OK? 00:03:03.740 --> 00:03:07.130 align:middle line:84% Equality of opportunity, independent living, 00:03:07.130 --> 00:03:13.250 align:middle line:84% economic self-sufficiency, full participation. 00:03:13.250 --> 00:03:15.410 align:middle line:84% Everything that's written in the ADA 00:03:15.410 --> 00:03:20.030 align:middle line:84% is intended to support those four promises. 00:03:20.030 --> 00:03:21.545 align:middle line:84% They are the cornerstone of the ADA. 00:03:21.545 --> 00:03:24.110 align:middle line:90% 00:03:24.110 --> 00:03:27.230 align:middle line:84% We have more empowered people today in the United States 00:03:27.230 --> 00:03:29.450 align:middle line:90% and around the world than ever. 00:03:29.450 --> 00:03:32.630 align:middle line:90% I like talking about culture. 00:03:32.630 --> 00:03:36.380 align:middle line:84% I like talking about who we are as a culture of people 00:03:36.380 --> 00:03:39.260 align:middle line:90% with disabilities. 00:03:39.260 --> 00:03:42.350 align:middle line:84% Because I think it's do we like ourselves 00:03:42.350 --> 00:03:47.300 align:middle line:84% enough to think that we are worthy of belonging 00:03:47.300 --> 00:03:50.870 align:middle line:84% and righteously belonging in this world? 00:03:50.870 --> 00:03:55.580 align:middle line:84% Do we apologize first, I'm sorry, but I have a disability 00:03:55.580 --> 00:03:58.190 align:middle line:84% and I can't quite get into this building. 00:03:58.190 --> 00:03:59.390 align:middle line:90% Don't say that. 00:03:59.390 --> 00:04:02.210 align:middle line:90% Don't think that. 00:04:02.210 --> 00:04:03.350 align:middle line:90% Don't ever think that. 00:04:03.350 --> 00:04:06.260 align:middle line:90% 00:04:06.260 --> 00:04:09.770 align:middle line:84% Disability culture is not simply the shared experience 00:04:09.770 --> 00:04:12.200 align:middle line:90% of oppression. 00:04:12.200 --> 00:04:13.910 align:middle line:84% This is not about, oh, woe is me. 00:04:13.910 --> 00:04:15.530 align:middle line:90% I'm so oppressed. 00:04:15.530 --> 00:04:19.370 align:middle line:84% This is about why have we not been able to convince others 00:04:19.370 --> 00:04:23.630 align:middle line:84% that what we are needing and wanting to do is so important, 00:04:23.630 --> 00:04:27.380 align:middle line:84% why buildings have to be this accessible 00:04:27.380 --> 00:04:30.370 align:middle line:84% and have services like interpreter 00:04:30.370 --> 00:04:34.070 align:middle line:84% services and the ability to have voice recognition 00:04:34.070 --> 00:04:37.550 align:middle line:90% and other things like this. 00:04:37.550 --> 00:04:40.100 align:middle line:84% The elements of our culture include our emerging art 00:04:40.100 --> 00:04:41.330 align:middle line:90% and humor. 00:04:41.330 --> 00:04:43.970 align:middle line:84% Have you seen good disability art? 00:04:43.970 --> 00:04:45.343 align:middle line:90% Have you embraced it? 00:04:45.343 --> 00:04:46.760 align:middle line:84% A lot of artists with disabilities 00:04:46.760 --> 00:04:49.640 align:middle line:84% can do anything they want in art, but some of them 00:04:49.640 --> 00:04:54.260 align:middle line:84% choose to tell our story through their art, their writing, 00:04:54.260 --> 00:05:00.170 align:middle line:84% their drawings, their plays, and it's powerful. 00:05:00.170 --> 00:05:03.470 align:middle line:84% It's first person discussion about what our life is all 00:05:03.470 --> 00:05:04.700 align:middle line:90% about. 00:05:04.700 --> 00:05:06.890 align:middle line:84% The most compelling evidence of a disability culture 00:05:06.890 --> 00:05:10.220 align:middle line:84% is the vitality and universality of these elements, 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:14.060 align:middle line:84% despite generations of crushing poverty. 00:05:14.060 --> 00:05:18.800 align:middle line:84% Oh, believe me, you can't get Social Security benefits 00:05:18.800 --> 00:05:23.900 align:middle line:84% and Medicaid unless you spend down any assets until you're 00:05:23.900 --> 00:05:26.300 align:middle line:84% poor enough to qualify, and then you 00:05:26.300 --> 00:05:29.900 align:middle line:84% have to stay poor to be able to continue 00:05:29.900 --> 00:05:32.150 align:middle line:90% to receive these benefits. 00:05:32.150 --> 00:05:33.170 align:middle line:90% You can't get wealthy. 00:05:33.170 --> 00:05:36.860 align:middle line:90% 00:05:36.860 --> 00:05:40.790 align:middle line:84% So we have these terrible public policy 00:05:40.790 --> 00:05:43.730 align:middle line:84% issues that still remain on the books after many of us 00:05:43.730 --> 00:05:47.900 align:middle line:84% have fought for 40 years to try and change them, 00:05:47.900 --> 00:05:51.890 align:middle line:84% social isolation, a lack of education, 00:05:51.890 --> 00:05:55.550 align:middle line:84% silencing, and even imposed immobility. 00:05:55.550 --> 00:05:59.270 align:middle line:84% So what are the core values of a disability culture? 00:05:59.270 --> 00:06:01.400 align:middle line:84% A heightened acceptance of human differences. 00:06:01.400 --> 00:06:03.060 align:middle line:90% There are only a couple here. 00:06:03.060 --> 00:06:05.510 align:middle line:84% A heightened acceptance of human differences, whether they 00:06:05.510 --> 00:06:08.570 align:middle line:90% be racial, economic, class. 00:06:08.570 --> 00:06:10.050 align:middle line:90% But here's my point. 00:06:10.050 --> 00:06:16.250 align:middle line:84% If I am always pointed out to be different, 00:06:16.250 --> 00:06:19.730 align:middle line:84% whether it be that person on the plane sitting next to me, 00:06:19.730 --> 00:06:22.190 align:middle line:90% what happened to you? 00:06:22.190 --> 00:06:23.870 align:middle line:84% If I'm always pointed out as different, 00:06:23.870 --> 00:06:26.300 align:middle line:84% how do I look at other people, not just 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:29.120 align:middle line:84% other people with disabilities, but people who are different 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:38.600 align:middle line:84% from me in their age, their gender, their race, 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:40.040 align:middle line:90% how do I look at them? 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:42.470 align:middle line:84% I'd better be very tolerant and very accepting 00:06:42.470 --> 00:06:47.060 align:middle line:84% if I want them to accept me as a peer and an equal. 00:06:47.060 --> 00:06:49.880 align:middle line:90% That's all I want. 00:06:49.880 --> 00:06:51.230 align:middle line:90% I don't want secondary gain. 00:06:51.230 --> 00:06:53.490 align:middle line:84% I don't want to get something that I didn't deserve. 00:06:53.490 --> 00:06:56.450 align:middle line:90% I want to just be equal. 00:06:56.450 --> 00:06:59.000 align:middle line:90% That's what we all should want. 00:06:59.000 --> 00:07:02.360 align:middle line:84% We have this sophisticated future orientation now. 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:05.570 align:middle line:84% So when I came here, I said, I know this place is accessible. 00:07:05.570 --> 00:07:06.530 align:middle line:90% It's a university. 00:07:06.530 --> 00:07:07.820 align:middle line:90% It's Sheryl. 00:07:07.820 --> 00:07:10.490 align:middle line:84% It's everybody, the technology, the physical plants, 00:07:10.490 --> 00:07:11.780 align:middle line:90% it's everything. 00:07:11.780 --> 00:07:14.270 align:middle line:84% I'm not worried about is this place accessible. 00:07:14.270 --> 00:07:16.640 align:middle line:84% Ramps coming up the front of the building 00:07:16.640 --> 00:07:20.180 align:middle line:90% into here onto the stage. 00:07:20.180 --> 00:07:22.434 align:middle line:90% My expectation is accessible. 00:07:22.434 --> 00:07:25.160 align:middle line:90% 00:07:25.160 --> 00:07:28.530 align:middle line:90% No more phone calls in advance. 00:07:28.530 --> 00:07:32.780 align:middle line:84% Now, the next generation of this is, it's accessible, but are 00:07:32.780 --> 00:07:37.220 align:middle line:84% we included and are people talking to us? 00:07:37.220 --> 00:07:40.460 align:middle line:84% Oh, we're in the room, but does anybody-- 00:07:40.460 --> 00:07:44.120 align:middle line:84% does everybody walk right past us, talk over us? 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:45.380 align:middle line:90% Don't you love that one? 00:07:45.380 --> 00:07:46.220 align:middle line:90% I love that one. 00:07:46.220 --> 00:07:48.140 align:middle line:84% I'm sitting in my scooter and two people 00:07:48.140 --> 00:07:53.900 align:middle line:84% are talking over my head like I'm a lamp or something. 00:07:53.900 --> 00:07:56.010 align:middle line:90% I'm like, hello? 00:07:56.010 --> 00:07:58.160 align:middle line:90% Hello, hello, really. 00:07:58.160 --> 00:08:02.270 align:middle line:84% How do you respond when somebody says nothing to you, 00:08:02.270 --> 00:08:06.200 align:middle line:84% or ignores you, or disses you right to your face? 00:08:06.200 --> 00:08:11.760 align:middle line:84% And believe me, I've had people talk trash to me to my face 00:08:11.760 --> 00:08:14.090 align:middle line:84% just because I have a disability. 00:08:14.090 --> 00:08:17.000 align:middle line:84% And I'm dumbfounded that I haven't figured out 00:08:17.000 --> 00:08:22.040 align:middle line:84% how to overcome that and my anger just rises up. 00:08:22.040 --> 00:08:25.980 align:middle line:90% But I don't let it take me over. 00:08:25.980 --> 00:08:32.750 align:middle line:84% I'm offended, but I don't respond in a violent way ever. 00:08:32.750 --> 00:08:35.409 align:middle line:90% 00:08:35.409 --> 00:08:36.940 align:middle line:90% But these are our challenges. 00:08:36.940 --> 00:08:41.200 align:middle line:84% How do we respond to these things that happen in our life? 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:43.780 align:middle line:84% I don't want to go around all day being unhappy. 00:08:43.780 --> 00:08:44.830 align:middle line:90% I do not. 00:08:44.830 --> 00:08:47.470 align:middle line:84% I don't want to go around all day being mad. 00:08:47.470 --> 00:08:49.420 align:middle line:84% My job is to win over every person 00:08:49.420 --> 00:08:52.960 align:middle line:90% without sacrificing my dignity. 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:54.880 align:middle line:90% I will not do that. 00:08:54.880 --> 00:08:57.370 align:middle line:84% And in fact, when I'm sitting on planes, 00:08:57.370 --> 00:09:00.660 align:middle line:84% and people sitting next to me always have three questions, 00:09:00.660 --> 00:09:03.160 align:middle line:84% and I'm sure those of you who fly understand this very well, 00:09:03.160 --> 00:09:04.870 align:middle line:90% those of you with disabilities. 00:09:04.870 --> 00:09:06.310 align:middle line:90% Where are you going? 00:09:06.310 --> 00:09:07.330 align:middle line:90% Where are you from? 00:09:07.330 --> 00:09:08.935 align:middle line:90% What happened to you? 00:09:08.935 --> 00:09:11.510 align:middle line:90% 00:09:11.510 --> 00:09:12.760 align:middle line:90% Those are the three questions. 00:09:12.760 --> 00:09:15.135 align:middle line:84% And then they come up after I give them my simple answer, 00:09:15.135 --> 00:09:19.690 align:middle line:84% and they say, you know, they make hands now, don't you? 00:09:19.690 --> 00:09:22.780 align:middle line:90% And I go, really? 00:09:22.780 --> 00:09:24.010 align:middle line:90% Really? 00:09:24.010 --> 00:09:25.390 align:middle line:90% Of course I do. 00:09:25.390 --> 00:09:28.120 align:middle line:90% 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:30.820 align:middle line:84% And I usually want to say, what happened to you? 00:09:30.820 --> 00:09:33.190 align:middle line:90% But I don't say that to them. 00:09:33.190 --> 00:09:35.380 align:middle line:90% Of course I know that. 00:09:35.380 --> 00:09:37.450 align:middle line:84% But I can function very, very well. 00:09:37.450 --> 00:09:40.060 align:middle line:84% There are many things I can do, and I accept the things that I 00:09:40.060 --> 00:09:41.800 align:middle line:90% can't. 00:09:41.800 --> 00:09:44.800 align:middle line:84% And I'm not sure what the gain is. 00:09:44.800 --> 00:09:47.770 align:middle line:84% And all I need is for my artificial hand 00:09:47.770 --> 00:09:49.900 align:middle line:84% with articulating fingers not to move 00:09:49.900 --> 00:09:54.310 align:middle line:84% when I'm 3,000 miles away from the person that's 00:09:54.310 --> 00:09:58.120 align:middle line:84% going to fix them, and then I'm in big trouble. 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:01.370 align:middle line:84% Just like everybody who uses chairs, power chairs, 00:10:01.370 --> 00:10:04.740 align:middle line:84% we always worry about what happens if. 00:10:04.740 --> 00:10:06.740 align:middle line:84% Any questions? 00:10:06.740 --> 00:10:09.500 align:middle line:84% Since you were growing up 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:13.370 align:middle line:84% in the '60s all the way until now, 00:10:13.370 --> 00:10:17.540 align:middle line:84% would you say that the treatment of disabled people 00:10:17.540 --> 00:10:22.200 align:middle line:84% has changed from more of like, aw, you're 00:10:22.200 --> 00:10:25.670 align:middle line:84% a freak, to more of a passive aggression [INAUDIBLE] 00:10:25.670 --> 00:10:27.200 align:middle line:90% like that? 00:10:27.200 --> 00:10:33.440 align:middle line:84% Do people treat you different from the past to now, 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:35.498 align:middle line:90% and is it better? 00:10:35.498 --> 00:10:37.040 align:middle line:84% They treat me differently, 00:10:37.040 --> 00:10:40.310 align:middle line:90% and they treat me-- 00:10:40.310 --> 00:10:41.970 align:middle line:90% they treat me better. 00:10:41.970 --> 00:10:43.490 align:middle line:90% I will say they treat me better. 00:10:43.490 --> 00:10:47.600 align:middle line:84% And the power of media, good and bad, 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:49.580 align:middle line:90% has definitely lifted us up. 00:10:49.580 --> 00:10:54.320 align:middle line:84% And I think more and more of us are seen as regular 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:57.110 align:middle line:84% and appropriately belonging to society. 00:10:57.110 --> 00:11:00.620 align:middle line:84% But there are still some bigots out there 00:11:00.620 --> 00:11:05.360 align:middle line:84% who can never accept anybody that has a disability, 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:07.310 align:middle line:84% will not accept people with limitations, 00:11:07.310 --> 00:11:10.410 align:middle line:84% even though probably we're all going to age into disability 00:11:10.410 --> 00:11:12.290 align:middle line:90% if we live long enough. 00:11:12.290 --> 00:11:15.780 align:middle line:84% So they don't get that part of it. 00:11:15.780 --> 00:11:18.890 align:middle line:84% But for the most part, life has gotten better. 00:11:18.890 --> 00:11:21.080 align:middle line:84% I think our movement's gotten too timid. 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:23.720 align:middle line:84% I think we really are playing too safe. 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:26.630 align:middle line:84% And part of this game is that we sort of fear 00:11:26.630 --> 00:11:29.510 align:middle line:84% like, if we yell too much at daddy or mommy, 00:11:29.510 --> 00:11:32.960 align:middle line:84% they're going to take away our money and our rights. 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:37.760 align:middle line:84% And it's like, no, no, no, we have to be stronger, louder, 00:11:37.760 --> 00:11:39.470 align:middle line:90% in their face a lot more. 00:11:39.470 --> 00:11:43.520 align:middle line:84% But we have to also win over the hearts and minds 00:11:43.520 --> 00:11:48.560 align:middle line:84% of everyday people about why inclusion 00:11:48.560 --> 00:11:50.870 align:middle line:90% has to be our standard. 00:11:50.870 --> 00:11:52.370 align:middle line:84% And I don't think we've come up with 00:11:52.370 --> 00:11:58.470 align:middle line:84% an appropriate public education campaign and the like. 00:11:58.470 --> 00:12:02.440 align:middle line:84% The other thing I really think works is presence. 00:12:02.440 --> 00:12:05.750 align:middle line:84% The more of us who are on college campuses, the more 00:12:05.750 --> 00:12:09.170 align:middle line:84% of us who are in the workplace, the more of us who 00:12:09.170 --> 00:12:11.600 align:middle line:84% are in our communities, the more public 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:14.770 align:middle line:84% will see that we are just like everyone else, 00:12:14.770 --> 00:12:16.760 align:middle line:84% and that we are part of the fabric. 00:12:16.760 --> 00:12:19.520 align:middle line:90% So presence is a big part of it. 00:12:19.520 --> 00:12:23.300 align:middle line:84% Being out there and being a part of everything that's going on 00:12:23.300 --> 00:12:24.650 align:middle line:90% is really important. 00:12:24.650 --> 00:12:27.920 align:middle line:84% And you speaking up is very important. 00:12:27.920 --> 00:12:30.650 align:middle line:84% So we've got a long way to go, but we've got to speak up. 00:12:30.650 --> 00:12:31.740 align:middle line:90% We cannot be timid. 00:12:31.740 --> 00:12:33.740 align:middle line:84% And I think the older I get, the more frustrated 00:12:33.740 --> 00:12:36.920 align:middle line:84% I am as to how timid this movement has gotten. 00:12:36.920 --> 00:12:41.780 align:middle line:84% We had some kick butt people at the beginning of our movement 00:12:41.780 --> 00:12:46.340 align:middle line:84% in the '60s that would just chain themselves to buses 00:12:46.340 --> 00:12:51.500 align:middle line:84% and climb up on their knees the Supreme Court steps, 00:12:51.500 --> 00:12:54.140 align:middle line:84% and we don't see any of this stuff going on these days 00:12:54.140 --> 00:12:55.460 align:middle line:90% at all. 00:12:55.460 --> 00:12:58.130 align:middle line:84% And I'm wondering, what's going on? 00:12:58.130 --> 00:13:00.650 align:middle line:84% Have they thrown us some crumbs and we've accepted them, 00:13:00.650 --> 00:13:02.370 align:middle line:90% and that's good enough for us? 00:13:02.370 --> 00:13:03.860 align:middle line:90% It's not good enough for us. 00:13:03.860 --> 00:13:06.740 align:middle line:84% It'll never be good enough for us. 00:13:06.740 --> 00:13:09.120 align:middle line:90% It's not equal. 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:10.070 align:middle line:90% Hi. 00:13:10.070 --> 00:13:16.790 align:middle line:84% So my question is, if you could tell your younger self when 00:13:16.790 --> 00:13:20.240 align:middle line:84% you were in college or at any age, 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:22.550 align:middle line:84% either if it's something about mental health 00:13:22.550 --> 00:13:25.580 align:middle line:84% you wish you knew, or something about interacting 00:13:25.580 --> 00:13:27.320 align:middle line:84% with other people with disabilities, 00:13:27.320 --> 00:13:31.100 align:middle line:84% or looking at yourself with a disability, 00:13:31.100 --> 00:13:34.900 align:middle line:84% what would you say to your younger self? 00:13:34.900 --> 00:13:37.007 align:middle line:84% Wow, that's a great question. 00:13:37.007 --> 00:13:38.840 align:middle line:84% And by the way, thank you for the directions 00:13:38.840 --> 00:13:40.250 align:middle line:90% on getting to this room. 00:13:40.250 --> 00:13:42.470 align:middle line:90% I appreciate it. 00:13:42.470 --> 00:13:44.120 align:middle line:84% She helped me get here earlier today. 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:48.420 align:middle line:90% 00:13:48.420 --> 00:13:53.780 align:middle line:84% I would probably say, open up your mind. 00:13:53.780 --> 00:13:58.040 align:middle line:84% Have a bigger aperture, a bigger vision 00:13:58.040 --> 00:14:03.080 align:middle line:84% of who is a rightful member of society, 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:05.120 align:middle line:90% and that we're all equal. 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:08.240 align:middle line:84% And I would probably have to sit myself down and have a firm 00:14:08.240 --> 00:14:10.520 align:middle line:90% conversation with myself. 00:14:10.520 --> 00:14:13.100 align:middle line:84% Because when you're young and think you're cool 00:14:13.100 --> 00:14:17.570 align:middle line:84% and all that other stuff and you get a little cocky and full 00:14:17.570 --> 00:14:20.530 align:middle line:90% of yourself, it's like-- 00:14:20.530 --> 00:14:21.800 align:middle line:90% it's the worst. 00:14:21.800 --> 00:14:24.630 align:middle line:84% It's absolutely the worst thing to do. 00:14:24.630 --> 00:14:26.730 align:middle line:90% We're all equal. 00:14:26.730 --> 00:14:28.070 align:middle line:90% And that's what I would have-- 00:14:28.070 --> 00:14:31.790 align:middle line:84% I would have a hard talk with myself about that. 00:14:31.790 --> 00:14:34.130 align:middle line:84% If I want to be regarded as equal, 00:14:34.130 --> 00:14:36.150 align:middle line:84% then I have to regard everyone else as equal. 00:14:36.150 --> 00:14:38.720 align:middle line:84% And that's the way I feel about everyone, regardless 00:14:38.720 --> 00:14:43.767 align:middle line:84% of where they came from, how they acquired their disability, 00:14:43.767 --> 00:14:45.350 align:middle line:84% why they're here in the United States, 00:14:45.350 --> 00:14:46.860 align:middle line:84% why they live anywhere in the world. 00:14:46.860 --> 00:14:50.827 align:middle line:90% We are all equal in my eyes. 00:14:50.827 --> 00:14:53.809 align:middle line:90% [MUSIC PLAYING] 00:14:53.809 --> 00:14:58.790 align:middle line:90% 00:14:58.790 --> 00:15:00.830 align:middle line:84% For more information about DO-IT, 00:15:00.830 --> 00:15:07.230 align:middle line:90% consult washington.edu/doit. 00:15:07.230 --> 00:15:09.500 align:middle line:84% This video 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