Radical Accessibility: Including Everyone, No Exceptions | Molly O'Connor | TEDxSioux Falls

What if we reimagined a world built for everyone? People with disabilities represent the largest minority, with over 1 billion people living with disabilities worldwide. Inspired by her father who navigated the world with disabilities, designer Molly O’Connor advocates for radical accessibility, creating digital and physical spaces where access is not a burden or an afterthought - it’s a human right. Radical accessibility requires us to reflect on our biases and create everything we make with accessibility first. Together, we can remake the world into one that is accessible and equitable for all. But first, we must answer the call for radical accessibility. Molly O’Connor is a graphic designer who works collaboratively to make the world more inclusive and accessible through equity, empathy, and imagination. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@teeI0ck]

"When we avoid difficult conversations, we trade short-term discomfort for long-term dysfunction." -Peter Bromberg

[@chrysanthemum833]

I love this quote! Thank you for watching!

[@professorh7024]

Thank you for this teaching. Also, thank you for sharing your dad with us! 💜

[@mixenne]

Thank you for speaking up about this. I appreciate it. 🙏

[@chrysanthemum833]

Thank you for watching and your kind feedback!

[@chrysanthemum833]

Any feedback about how I can improve this talk is greatly appreciated!

[@alanparmenter]

Have confidence - it's not the talk which needs improvement, it's the world's acceptance of the issues.

[@samgold9151]

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[@CrippIusDungledeen]

I know many people want this. But it can never happen. There will always be people who will be less abled than others, and we can't fix that.

[@chrysanthemum833]

There will always be a variation of ability levels, it's how we choose to design our world that has the power to close the disability gap. We all have the ability to take steps to make the world more accessible.

[@mixenne]

I hope that you don't mean fix as in fix their disability because in many cases it's not possible, and even if it was, some people don't want or need to be fixed. When it comes to fixing accessibility, trying to make at least some people's time on this planet a bit better is still better than doing absolutely nothing.

[@alanparmenter]

What did you think this talk calls for? Not an end to disability, no; that's ableism. It calls for an end to inaccessibility, which can be fixed!

[@URFUTUREUK]

I used to be all starry eyed like you. It'll never happen. Nice to see you're still positive about changing the world though 😂

[@alanparmenter]

This TED talk happened though, and Molly O'Connor works on accessibility professionally; I think her vision and action deserves respect.

[@URFUTUREUK]

@@alanparmenter respect away 🙄