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Women and Disability – A Triple Jeopardy | Uri Ngozichukwuka | TEDxMendeWomen


when I started working with women living

when I started working with women living with disabilities there were so many

with disabilities there were so many

with disabilities there were so many questions people wanted to know if I had

questions people wanted to know if I had

questions people wanted to know if I had a relative that lived with a disability

a relative that lived with a disability

a relative that lived with a disability the answer then was no but now the

the answer then was no but now the

the answer then was no but now the answer is yes how

answer is yes how

answer is yes how because I know disability I know what it

because I know disability I know what it

because I know disability I know what it is to watch others run and you cannot

is to watch others run and you cannot

is to watch others run and you cannot run I know what it is to watch others

run I know what it is to watch others

run I know what it is to watch others fly and you can’t fly because you have

fly and you can’t fly because you have

fly and you can’t fly because you have been to winged or you don’t have wings

been to winged or you don’t have wings

been to winged or you don’t have wings or your wings are broken I also know

or your wings are broken I also know

or your wings are broken I also know what it is to what others dance you

what it is to what others dance you

what it is to what others dance you can’t dance I know what it is to have a

can’t dance I know what it is to have a

can’t dance I know what it is to have a song in your heart and you can’t sing

song in your heart and you can’t sing

song in your heart and you can’t sing because you have a speech impairment I

because you have a speech impairment I

because you have a speech impairment I know what it is to start the race the

know what it is to start the race the

know what it is to start the race the 100 meters – you watch others they get

100 meters – you watch others they get

100 meters – you watch others they get to the finish line they come back they

to the finish line they come back they

to the finish line they come back they pick up the trophy they go home they

pick up the trophy they go home they

pick up the trophy they go home they celebrate how are you still squatted and

celebrate how are you still squatted and

celebrate how are you still squatted and waiting for the gun to go off you’re

waiting for the gun to go off you’re

waiting for the gun to go off you’re still doing on your marks

still doing on your marks

still doing on your marks I dunno disability I know what it is to

I dunno disability I know what it is to

I dunno disability I know what it is to watch the beauty of your character the

watch the beauty of your character the

watch the beauty of your character the strength and the excellence that

strength and the excellence that

strength and the excellence that characterizes everything that you do

characterizes everything that you do

characterizes everything that you do they all pale into insignificance just

they all pale into insignificance just

they all pale into insignificance just because of a disability I know what it

because of a disability I know what it

because of a disability I know what it is to be discriminated against I know

is to be discriminated against I know

is to be discriminated against I know what it is to live with a stigma stigma

what it is to live with a stigma stigma

what it is to live with a stigma stigma actually is a Greek word which means

actually is a Greek word which means

actually is a Greek word which means slave and when you’re a slave you have

slave and when you’re a slave you have

slave and when you’re a slave you have no voice

no voice

no voice you have no right whatsoever how now

you have no right whatsoever how now

you have no right whatsoever how now every African parent you lose your name

every African parent you lose your name

every African parent you lose your name if you have a child on your childhood

if you have a child on your childhood

if you have a child on your childhood Stoney you become a Matunuck

Stoney you become a Matunuck

Stoney you become a Matunuck or Papa Tony we have mothers in the

or Papa Tony we have mothers in the

or Papa Tony we have mothers in the house we can identify with that to

house we can identify with that to

house we can identify with that to happen Iike you have you become a

happen Iike you have you become a

happen Iike you have you become a manicure Papa Nica now I come from a

manicure Papa Nica now I come from a

manicure Papa Nica now I come from a family where my parents had nine

family where my parents had nine

family where my parents had nine children and I was the ninth the very

children and I was the ninth the very

children and I was the ninth the very last

last

last though my name is URI but I was

though my name is URI but I was

though my name is URI but I was nicknamed baby that was a baby of the

nicknamed baby that was a baby of the

nicknamed baby that was a baby of the family at some point I decided I needed

family at some point I decided I needed

family at some point I decided I needed a new name but that didn’t just happen

a new name but that didn’t just happen

a new name but that didn’t just happen by that time I had just gone through the

by that time I had just gone through the

by that time I had just gone through the name change I had heard a song and that

name change I had heard a song and that

name change I had heard a song and that song was psyckadeli by Sonja D

song was psyckadeli by Sonja D

song was psyckadeli by Sonja D Shama me Leakey us shaman psyckadeli you

Shama me Leakey us shaman psyckadeli you

Shama me Leakey us shaman psyckadeli you and I thought psyckadeli was such a nice

and I thought psyckadeli was such a nice

and I thought psyckadeli was such a nice name I decided to adopt the name so I

name I decided to adopt the name so I

name I decided to adopt the name so I went from door to door house to house in

went from door to door house to house in

went from door to door house to house in able to enable I told all the uncles my

able to enable I told all the uncles my

able to enable I told all the uncles my friends their parents that I didn’t want

friends their parents that I didn’t want

friends their parents that I didn’t want to be called baby anymore that I wanted

to be called baby anymore that I wanted

to be called baby anymore that I wanted to be called psyckadeli now my mother

to be called psyckadeli now my mother

to be called psyckadeli now my mother had already gone through 8 name changes

had already gone through 8 name changes

had already gone through 8 name changes so she was already mama baby so she

so she was already mama baby so she

so she was already mama baby so she didn’t know what happened when she was

didn’t know what happened when she was

didn’t know what happened when she was going about her duties in the

going about her duties in the

going about her duties in the neighborhood and they were calling her

neighborhood and they were calling her

neighborhood and they were calling her mama psyckadeli and she wanted and she

mama psyckadeli and she wanted and she

mama psyckadeli and she wanted and she was wondering what’s going on and they

was wondering what’s going on and they

was wondering what’s going on and they said baby had come to warn us that she

said baby had come to warn us that she

said baby had come to warn us that she didn’t want to be called baby anymore

didn’t want to be called baby anymore

didn’t want to be called baby anymore she wanted to be called psyckadeli

she wanted to be called psyckadeli

she wanted to be called psyckadeli ladies and gentlemen that sucka daddy on

ladies and gentlemen that sucka daddy on

ladies and gentlemen that sucka daddy on the screen now I decided to go back to

the screen now I decided to go back to

the screen now I decided to go back to the story so that you can see that this

the story so that you can see that this

the story so that you can see that this girl was one bold brave audacious she

girl was one bold brave audacious she

girl was one bold brave audacious she was precocious very precocious and then

was precocious very precocious and then

was precocious very precocious and then she was also proactive she took a

she was also proactive she took a

she was also proactive she took a decision and she decided to do something

decision and she decided to do something

decision and she decided to do something about it she was a girl that was going

about it she was a girl that was going

about it she was a girl that was going somewhere she was a girl that knew who

somewhere she was a girl that knew who

somewhere she was a girl that knew who she was and who she is and nobody was

she was and who she is and nobody was

she was and who she is and nobody was going to tell her who she wasn’t fast

going to tell her who she wasn’t fast

going to tell her who she wasn’t fast forward seventeen now when you turn 17

forward seventeen now when you turn 17

forward seventeen now when you turn 17 all over the world you’re getting ready

all over the world you’re getting ready

all over the world you’re getting ready to get you know to go to university oh

to get you know to go to university oh

to get you know to go to university oh you’re just rounding up high school here

you’re just rounding up high school here

you’re just rounding up high school here in my country we have a general entrance

in my country we have a general entrance

in my country we have a general entrance examination which is called jam you to

examination which is called jam you to

examination which is called jam you to it once you get lucky you enter you do

it once you get lucky you enter you do

it once you get lucky you enter you do it a second time you get lucky you

it a second time you get lucky you

it a second time you get lucky you entered a third time sometimes the

entered a third time sometimes the

entered a third time sometimes the frustration is already setting in

frustration is already setting in

frustration is already setting in you enter now damn comes around once a

you enter now damn comes around once a

you enter now damn comes around once a year now when you do jump one two three

year now when you do jump one two three

year now when you do jump one two three four five six seven eight nine ten

four five six seven eight nine ten

four five six seven eight nine ten something has happened you have one

something has happened you have one

something has happened you have one grown up without a university degree

grown up without a university degree

grown up without a university degree secondly when you grow up with a

secondly when you grow up with a

secondly when you grow up with a university degree in the society I live

university degree in the society I live

university degree in the society I live in you are like a girl that has been

in you are like a girl that has been

in you are like a girl that has been raped not until recent times where

raped not until recent times where

raped not until recent times where there’s been so much advocacy against

there’s been so much advocacy against

there’s been so much advocacy against rape when a girl is raped it’s her fault

rape when a girl is raped it’s her fault

rape when a girl is raped it’s her fault her skirt was too short and her dress

her skirt was too short and her dress

her skirt was too short and her dress was too tight and I started walking down

was too tight and I started walking down

was too tight and I started walking down the road and she was swinging her hips

the road and she was swinging her hips

the road and she was swinging her hips from side to side so she had it coming

from side to side so she had it coming

from side to side so she had it coming so here I am Here I am

so here I am Here I am

so here I am Here I am I’ve just grown up I was 25 I didn’t

I’ve just grown up I was 25 I didn’t

I’ve just grown up I was 25 I didn’t have a university degree on and I was

have a university degree on and I was

have a university degree on and I was very pretty and the way I talk did not

very pretty and the way I talk did not

very pretty and the way I talk did not help matters my father was not a rich

help matters my father was not a rich

help matters my father was not a rich man by the stretch of anybody’s

man by the stretch of anybody’s

man by the stretch of anybody’s imagination but he was rich in wisdom by

imagination but he was rich in wisdom by

imagination but he was rich in wisdom by 8 I have read so many books there was so

8 I have read so many books there was so

8 I have read so many books there was so many book support educational books he

many book support educational books he

many book support educational books he was building bridges

was building bridges

was building bridges he bought books in the curriculum and

he bought books in the curriculum and

he bought books in the curriculum and then he bought general interest books so

then he bought general interest books so

then he bought general interest books so the way books all over the place

the way books all over the place

the way books all over the place and so by the time I was entering

and so by the time I was entering

and so by the time I was entering secondary school of course I could

secondary school of course I could

secondary school of course I could express myself one or two notches higher

express myself one or two notches higher

express myself one or two notches higher than the people I interacted with and I

than the people I interacted with and I

than the people I interacted with and I had romanced the dictionary and I could

had romanced the dictionary and I could

had romanced the dictionary and I could pick out words that I will use to

pick out words that I will use to

pick out words that I will use to decorate my classmates when they stepped

decorate my classmates when they stepped

decorate my classmates when they stepped on my tiny toes so you can imagine here

on my tiny toes so you can imagine here

on my tiny toes so you can imagine here I was and they were coming and they were

I was and they were coming and they were

I was and they were coming and they were going past now if that was not watching

going past now if that was not watching

going past now if that was not watching people fly when you couldn’t fly tell me

people fly when you couldn’t fly tell me

people fly when you couldn’t fly tell me what is if that was not watching people

what is if that was not watching people

what is if that was not watching people dance when you couldn’t dance tell me

dance when you couldn’t dance tell me

dance when you couldn’t dance tell me what is now that was such a disability

what is now that was such a disability

what is now that was such a disability that I was tagged the girl I did go to

that I was tagged the girl I did go to

that I was tagged the girl I did go to school though because but by the time I

school though because but by the time I

school though because but by the time I went to school I was married but as at

went to school I was married but as at

went to school I was married but as at that time that was a great disability

that time that was a great disability

that time that was a great disability because I was tagged the

because I was tagged the

because I was tagged the fine girl that knew nothing the girl

fine girl that knew nothing the girl

fine girl that knew nothing the girl that’s worked so much English that

that’s worked so much English that

that’s worked so much English that didn’t have anything in her head now if

didn’t have anything in her head now if

didn’t have anything in her head now if I was a boy that kept on going every

I was a boy that kept on going every

I was a boy that kept on going every year oh sorry your name did not come out

year oh sorry your name did not come out

year oh sorry your name did not come out on this list

on this list

on this list it wasn’t my school sir that I retook on

it wasn’t my school sir that I retook on

it wasn’t my school sir that I retook on it was not my a level that I retook it

it was not my a level that I retook it

it was not my a level that I retook it was done and it was a direct entry

was done and it was a direct entry

was done and it was a direct entry oh sorry you’re not from the state

oh sorry you’re not from the state

oh sorry you’re not from the state you’re not an Indian

you’re not an Indian

you’re not an Indian oh wait for the next list or wait for

oh wait for the next list or wait for

oh wait for the next list or wait for the next batch because I was doing okay

the next batch because I was doing okay

the next batch because I was doing okay let me to jump let me do this let me do

let me to jump let me do this let me do

let me to jump let me do this let me do that everybody I said you see that boy

that everybody I said you see that boy

that everybody I said you see that boy the boy is very determined the boy is

the boy is very determined the boy is

the boy is very determined the boy is focused the boy is smart the boy is

focused the boy is smart the boy is

focused the boy is smart the boy is intelligent that boy is strong but I was

intelligent that boy is strong but I was

intelligent that boy is strong but I was a girl she’s fully men up and down

a girl she’s fully men up and down

a girl she’s fully men up and down that’s why she’s not in school she’s

that’s why she’s not in school she’s

that’s why she’s not in school she’s following all the Legos man and in fact

following all the Legos man and in fact

following all the Legos man and in fact it so affected me that I couldn’t even

it so affected me that I couldn’t even

it so affected me that I couldn’t even taste properly because I knew I had an

taste properly because I knew I had an

taste properly because I knew I had an issue there is a critical construct in

issue there is a critical construct in

issue there is a critical construct in our psyche in our society that needs to

our psyche in our society that needs to

our psyche in our society that needs to be deconstructed there is a place for

be deconstructed there is a place for

be deconstructed there is a place for education there is a place for ability

education there is a place for ability

education there is a place for ability there is a place for certificate there

there is a place for certificate there

there is a place for certificate there is a place for talent there is a place

is a place for talent there is a place

is a place for talent there is a place for all those things and we need to

for all those things and we need to

for all those things and we need to learn to build bridges if we need to

learn to build bridges if we need to

learn to build bridges if we need to develop as an optimum society because

develop as an optimum society because

develop as an optimum society because when you elevate certificate we are

when you elevate certificate we are

when you elevate certificate we are highly certificated country when you

highly certificated country when you

highly certificated country when you elevate certificate above every other

elevate certificate above every other

elevate certificate above every other thing of course we will have water pad

thing of course we will have water pad

thing of course we will have water pad now so many people in highest places of

now so many people in highest places of

now so many people in highest places of authority being immersed in one

authority being immersed in one

authority being immersed in one certificate scandal or the other there

certificate scandal or the other there

certificate scandal or the other there is a place for ability with all the

is a place for ability with all the

is a place for ability with all the great things that I was doing but I

great things that I was doing but I

great things that I was doing but I didn’t get any recognition but then I

didn’t get any recognition but then I

didn’t get any recognition but then I was writing and then people would tell

was writing and then people would tell

was writing and then people would tell me would you stop talking the way you

me would you stop talking the way you

me would you stop talking the way you talk will it stop write carry yourself

talk will it stop write carry yourself

talk will it stop write carry yourself the way you carry yourself and I

the way you carry yourself and I

the way you carry yourself and I remember them telling them perhaps if

remember them telling them perhaps if

remember them telling them perhaps if you can order a book on how to write how

you can order a book on how to write how

you can order a book on how to write how to talk and how to carry yourself

to talk and how to carry yourself

to talk and how to carry yourself without a university

without a university

without a university then I will read it and I will

then I will read it and I will

then I will read it and I will understand and I’ll totally deconstruct

understand and I’ll totally deconstruct

understand and I’ll totally deconstruct my childhood and maybe your book may

my childhood and maybe your book may

my childhood and maybe your book may make the New York Times bestseller list

make the New York Times bestseller list

make the New York Times bestseller list but one standing here today is to tell

but one standing here today is to tell

but one standing here today is to tell you that I’m no different

you that I’m no different

you that I’m no different I was not different from the woman that

I was not different from the woman that

I was not different from the woman that is sitting down here sitting on a

is sitting down here sitting on a

is sitting down here sitting on a wheelchair or the one that is watching

wheelchair or the one that is watching

wheelchair or the one that is watching me and she has to look at another person

me and she has to look at another person

me and she has to look at another person to understand what I’m saying I had a

to understand what I’m saying I had a

to understand what I’m saying I had a picture I wanted to show a picture and I

picture I wanted to show a picture and I

picture I wanted to show a picture and I don’t know it’s not showing it’s not

don’t know it’s not showing it’s not

don’t know it’s not showing it’s not going now when I talk about disability I

going now when I talk about disability I

going now when I talk about disability I have just let you know about my

have just let you know about my

have just let you know about my educational disability as it were but

educational disability as it were but

educational disability as it were but disability comes any form of disability

disability comes any form of disability

disability comes any form of disability is the same because I remember talking

is the same because I remember talking

is the same because I remember talking about this with my friend a friend of

about this with my friend a friend of

about this with my friend a friend of mine from Kenya she said Orry I’ve been

mine from Kenya she said Orry I’ve been

mine from Kenya she said Orry I’ve been married for several years that means I

married for several years that means I

married for several years that means I have and I don’t have ish and I don’t

have and I don’t have ish and I don’t

have and I don’t have ish and I don’t have any child that means I have a

have any child that means I have a

have any child that means I have a maternal disability and the other one

maternal disability and the other one

maternal disability and the other one said well I’m about 45 and over and I’m

said well I’m about 45 and over and I’m

said well I’m about 45 and over and I’m not married so that’s a marital

not married so that’s a marital

not married so that’s a marital disability the truth about disability is

disability the truth about disability is

disability the truth about disability is it comes with the same thing

it comes with the same thing

it comes with the same thing stigmatization oh look at her she’s not

stigmatization oh look at her she’s not

stigmatization oh look at her she’s not married she’s old it comes with the same

married she’s old it comes with the same

married she’s old it comes with the same thing look at her she’s been married 20

thing look at her she’s been married 20

thing look at her she’s been married 20 years and no child it comes with the

years and no child it comes with the

years and no child it comes with the same thing all over the world now

same thing all over the world now

same thing all over the world now talking about disability I am working

talking about disability I am working

talking about disability I am working with women living with physical

with women living with physical

with women living with physical disability because I can identify with

disability because I can identify with

disability because I can identify with what they are going through now the

what they are going through now the

what they are going through now the United Nations statistics tell us that

United Nations statistics tell us that

United Nations statistics tell us that 15% of the population of the world live

15% of the population of the world live

15% of the population of the world live with disability and that’s about 1

with disability and that’s about 1

with disability and that’s about 1 billion people and that makes them the

billion people and that makes them the

billion people and that makes them the largest minority group in the world and

largest minority group in the world and

largest minority group in the world and 80 percent of that group leaving for our

80 percent of that group leaving for our

80 percent of that group leaving for our countries now 65 percent of that group

countries now 65 percent of that group

countries now 65 percent of that group are women now all over the world has

are women now all over the world has

are women now all over the world has been so much race and so much frenzy in

been so much race and so much frenzy in

been so much race and so much frenzy in different corners to bridge the gender

different corners to bridge the gender

different corners to bridge the gender gap so there’s women education fund

gap so there’s women education fund

gap so there’s women education fund women and

women and

women and fund financing women health development

fund financing women health development

fund financing women health development women’s sponsorship and I just keep

women’s sponsorship and I just keep

women’s sponsorship and I just keep waiting this is 11 years after the

waiting this is 11 years after the

waiting this is 11 years after the United Nations launched believe no woman

United Nations launched believe no woman

United Nations launched believe no woman behind and I’m still waiting to hear

behind and I’m still waiting to hear

behind and I’m still waiting to hear what about women living with

what about women living with

what about women living with disabilities health program what about

disabilities health program what about

disabilities health program what about women living with Disabilities Education

women living with Disabilities Education

women living with Disabilities Education Fund what about women living with

Fund what about women living with

Fund what about women living with disabilities Business Development Fund I

disabilities Business Development Fund I

disabilities Business Development Fund I just keep hitting to here now I wanted

just keep hitting to here now I wanted

just keep hitting to here now I wanted to talk about one of the women or two of

to talk about one of the women or two of

to talk about one of the women or two of the women that are here and I guess the

the women that are here and I guess the

the women that are here and I guess the prompter is not getting it when I met

prompter is not getting it when I met

prompter is not getting it when I met Yeller a man I was shocked

Yeller a man I was shocked

Yeller a man I was shocked you see how on the screen she is a five

you see how on the screen she is a five

you see how on the screen she is a five times tennis champion two times gold

times tennis champion two times gold

times tennis champion two times gold medalist she is also a trained

medalist she is also a trained

medalist she is also a trained manicurist

manicurist

manicurist she lives with multiple sclerosis she’s

she lives with multiple sclerosis she’s

she lives with multiple sclerosis she’s on wheelchair give her a round of

on wheelchair give her a round of

on wheelchair give her a round of applause she is a woman living with a

applause she is a woman living with a

applause she is a woman living with a disability

disability

disability push it is certainly not a liability and

push it is certainly not a liability and

push it is certainly not a liability and the next person is Susan Susan has a

the next person is Susan Susan has a

the next person is Susan Susan has a diploma in computer science she has a

diploma in computer science she has a

diploma in computer science she has a degree in guidance and counseling and

degree in guidance and counseling and

degree in guidance and counseling and she has a post graduate diploma and of

she has a post graduate diploma and of

she has a post graduate diploma and of course I didn’t know existed until I met

course I didn’t know existed until I met

course I didn’t know existed until I met her not until recent times Susan was a

her not until recent times Susan was a

her not until recent times Susan was a volunteer in a family planning clinic

volunteer in a family planning clinic

volunteer in a family planning clinic where she helped couples to understand

where she helped couples to understand

where she helped couples to understand the benefits of family planning and

the benefits of family planning and

the benefits of family planning and charge spacing Susan at the point was

charge spacing Susan at the point was

charge spacing Susan at the point was also the best science teacher in her

also the best science teacher in her

also the best science teacher in her school now there are so many of them

school now there are so many of them

school now there are so many of them women living with a disability or women

women living with a disability or women

women living with a disability or women living with disabilities they are not

living with disabilities they are not

living with disabilities they are not any or they are not economic liabilities

any or they are not economic liabilities

any or they are not economic liabilities so it is time for us to begin to build

so it is time for us to begin to build

so it is time for us to begin to build the next bridge which is the bridge of

the next bridge which is the bridge of

the next bridge which is the bridge of empathy empathy is sympathy in action we

empathy empathy is sympathy in action we

empathy empathy is sympathy in action we need to build the bridges of empathy

need to build the bridges of empathy

need to build the bridges of empathy into that community now people ask me

into that community now people ask me

into that community now people ask me why are you trying to give back to the

why are you trying to give back to the

why are you trying to give back to the society and I laugh I said meet worry

society and I laugh I said meet worry

society and I laugh I said meet worry I don’t have money and I don’t give back

I don’t have money and I don’t give back

I don’t have money and I don’t give back to society because if you think about it

to society because if you think about it

to society because if you think about it deeply society gives nothing society

deeply society gives nothing society

deeply society gives nothing society takes and takes and just keeps taking

takes and takes and just keeps taking

takes and takes and just keeps taking and when you cannot give to the society

and when you cannot give to the society

and when you cannot give to the society society expels you from its nether

society expels you from its nether

society expels you from its nether region you can identify with that

region you can identify with that

region you can identify with that society also sets a benchmark and then

society also sets a benchmark and then

society also sets a benchmark and then he sets parameters and when you do not

he sets parameters and when you do not

he sets parameters and when you do not meet that those two parameters or

meet that those two parameters or

meet that those two parameters or benchmarks you become what invisible and

benchmarks you become what invisible and

benchmarks you become what invisible and if you’re a woman that’s a triple

if you’re a woman that’s a triple

if you’re a woman that’s a triple jeopardy an expression I learned from

jeopardy an expression I learned from

jeopardy an expression I learned from one of my women living with disability

one of my women living with disability

one of my women living with disability Phebe sitting here today so I cannot

Phebe sitting here today so I cannot

Phebe sitting here today so I cannot give back to society but there’s

give back to society but there’s

give back to society but there’s something I can do and there’s something

something I can do and there’s something

something I can do and there’s something we can all do we can partner with

we can all do we can partner with

we can all do we can partner with humanity because we are humans

humanity because we are humans

humanity because we are humans and we can build that bridge into the

and we can build that bridge into the

and we can build that bridge into the society we cannot let we make up Society

society we cannot let we make up Society

society we cannot let we make up Society we cannot let society eat up our

we cannot let society eat up our

we cannot let society eat up our humanity no we can’t so we have to build

humanity no we can’t so we have to build

humanity no we can’t so we have to build the bridges into the society now the

the bridges into the society now the

the bridges into the society now the report or the statistics that tell us

report or the statistics that tell us

report or the statistics that tell us that 15 percent of the world live with

that 15 percent of the world live with

that 15 percent of the world live with physical disability the truth of the

physical disability the truth of the

physical disability the truth of the matter is if you cannot see the ability

matter is if you cannot see the ability

matter is if you cannot see the ability in someone that in itself is a

in someone that in itself is a

in someone that in itself is a disability also maybe just 85 percent of

disability also maybe just 85 percent of

disability also maybe just 85 percent of the world is living in some kind of

the world is living in some kind of

the world is living in some kind of psychological disability think about it

psychological disability think about it

psychological disability think about it before I go today I would like each and

before I go today I would like each and

before I go today I would like each and every one of us to realize that it is

every one of us to realize that it is

every one of us to realize that it is time for us to begin to equitably justly

time for us to begin to equitably justly

time for us to begin to equitably justly and fairly assess people based on their

and fairly assess people based on their

and fairly assess people based on their ability not on their disability because

ability not on their disability because

ability not on their disability because if you ask me now why do I work with

if you ask me now why do I work with

if you ask me now why do I work with women living with disability for me

women living with disability for me

women living with disability for me worry it is very personal

worry it is very personal

worry it is very personal thank you

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