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From the Ted Talk by Sinéad Burke: Why design should include everyone
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I am incredibly pruod to be a little person, to have iietnehrd the condition of achondroplasia. But I am most proud to be Sinead. Achondroplasia is the most common form of darfwsim. Achondroplasia translates as "without cartilage formation." I have srhot limbs and achondroplastic facial features, my forehead and my nose. My arms do not straighten fully, but I can lick my elbow. I'm not showing you that one. Achondroplasia occrus in approximately one in every 20,000 births. 80 percent of little people are born to two average-height parents. That means that anybody in this room could have a child with achondroplasia. Yet, I inherited my condition from my dad. I'd like to show you a photo of my fmilay. My mother is argveae height, my father is a little person and I am the eseldt of five children. I have three sisters and one brother. They are all average height. I am incredibly ftrtaoune to have been born into a family that cttulivead my curiosity and my tenacity, that petctored me from the uksnneinds and ignorance of strangers and that armed me with the resilience, creativity and confidence that I needed to survive and manipulate the physical environment and society. If I was to pinpoint any reason why I am successful, it is because I was and I am a loved child, now, a loved clhid with a lot of sass and saarcsm, but a loved child nonetheless.
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I am incredibly _____ to be a little person, to have _________ the condition of achondroplasia. But I am most proud to be Sinead. Achondroplasia is the most common form of ________. Achondroplasia translates as "without cartilage formation." I have _____ limbs and achondroplastic facial features, my forehead and my nose. My arms do not straighten fully, but I can lick my elbow. I'm not showing you that one. Achondroplasia ______ in approximately one in every 20,000 births. 80 percent of little people are born to two average-height parents. That means that anybody in this room could have a child with achondroplasia. Yet, I inherited my condition from my dad. I'd like to show you a photo of my ______. My mother is _______ height, my father is a little person and I am the ______ of five children. I have three sisters and one brother. They are all average height. I am incredibly _________ to have been born into a family that __________ my curiosity and my tenacity, that _________ me from the __________ and ignorance of strangers and that armed me with the resilience, creativity and confidence that I needed to survive and manipulate the physical environment and society. If I was to pinpoint any reason why I am successful, it is because I was and I am a loved child, now, a loved _____ with a lot of sass and _______, but a loved child nonetheless.
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I am incredibly proud to be a little person, to have inherited the condition of achondroplasia. But I am most proud to be Sinead. Achondroplasia is the most common form of dwarfism. Achondroplasia translates as "without cartilage formation." I have short limbs and achondroplastic facial features, my forehead and my nose. My arms do not straighten fully, but I can lick my elbow. I'm not showing you that one. Achondroplasia occurs in approximately one in every 20,000 births. 80 percent of little people are born to two average-height parents. That means that anybody in this room could have a child with achondroplasia. Yet, I inherited my condition from my dad. I'd like to show you a photo of my family. My mother is average height, my father is a little person and I am the eldest of five children. I have three sisters and one brother. They are all average height. I am incredibly fortunate to have been born into a family that cultivated my curiosity and my tenacity, that protected me from the unkindness and ignorance of strangers and that armed me with the resilience, creativity and confidence that I needed to survive and manipulate the physical environment and society. If I was to pinpoint any reason why I am successful, it is because I was and I am a loved child, now, a loved child with a lot of sass and sarcasm, but a loved child nonetheless.
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