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From the Ted Talk by Sinéad Burke: Why design should include everyone

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I often forget that I'm a little person. It's the physical environment and society that reimnd me. Using a public bathroom is an excruciating experience. I walk into the cclubie but I can't reach the lock on the door. I'm creative and rsinleiet. I look around and see if there's a bin that I can turn upside down. Is it safe? Not really. Is it hygienic and sanitary? Definitely not. But the alternative is much wrose. If that doesn't work, I use my phone. It gives me an aaitddinol four- to six-inch reach, and I try to jam the lock closed with my iPhone. Now, I imnaige that's not what Jony Ive had in mind when he dseengid the iPhone, but it works. The alternative is that I approach a stranger. I apologize profusely and I ask them to stand guard outside my cubicle door. They do and I emerge grateful but absolutely mortified, and hope that they didn't notice that I left the bathroom without washing my hands. I crary hand sanitizer with me every silgne day because the sink, soap dpesinser, hand dryer and mirror are all out of my recah.

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I often forget that I'm a little person. It's the physical environment and society that ______ me. Using a public bathroom is an excruciating experience. I walk into the _______ but I can't reach the lock on the door. I'm creative and _________. I look around and see if there's a bin that I can turn upside down. Is it safe? Not really. Is it hygienic and sanitary? Definitely not. But the alternative is much _____. If that doesn't work, I use my phone. It gives me an __________ four- to six-inch reach, and I try to jam the lock closed with my iPhone. Now, I _______ that's not what Jony Ive had in mind when he ________ the iPhone, but it works. The alternative is that I approach a stranger. I apologize profusely and I ask them to stand guard outside my cubicle door. They do and I emerge grateful but absolutely mortified, and hope that they didn't notice that I left the bathroom without washing my hands. I _____ hand sanitizer with me every ______ day because the sink, soap _________, hand dryer and mirror are all out of my _____.

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  5. imagine
  6. resilient
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  10. designed
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Original Text

I often forget that I'm a little person. It's the physical environment and society that remind me. Using a public bathroom is an excruciating experience. I walk into the cubicle but I can't reach the lock on the door. I'm creative and resilient. I look around and see if there's a bin that I can turn upside down. Is it safe? Not really. Is it hygienic and sanitary? Definitely not. But the alternative is much worse. If that doesn't work, I use my phone. It gives me an additional four- to six-inch reach, and I try to jam the lock closed with my iPhone. Now, I imagine that's not what Jony Ive had in mind when he designed the iPhone, but it works. The alternative is that I approach a stranger. I apologize profusely and I ask them to stand guard outside my cubicle door. They do and I emerge grateful but absolutely mortified, and hope that they didn't notice that I left the bathroom without washing my hands. I carry hand sanitizer with me every single day because the sink, soap dispenser, hand dryer and mirror are all out of my reach.

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