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I just want to start by saying,
like Richard said,

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I am a product designer mainly,

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and the idea for my talk
I primarily got from writing

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my dissertation,
don't worry it's finished.

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I don't have to do anymore writing.

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But after doing all of that research,
I started to come across

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a problem in an industry,
and that's sort of what I'm going to talk

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about. So.

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If I asked everybody
who has a mobile phone.

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Everyone,

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because in this day and age,
how could you possibly live without one?

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It'd be almost impossible.

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And the thing about technology,
especially within mobile phones

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and things like that, is as soon as you've
bought your mobile phone,

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as soon as you've unwrapped it, it's old
and you need to go get a new one

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because something else has come out.

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This industry moves

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so quickly that if I said,

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could you use one of those?

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Or one of those to do everything

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that you do in your normal day to day
life, you'd say probably,

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but that would be incredibly difficult
and it would take me a while.

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Why can't I use something that's
made today because it's made for now.

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And I agree.

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So while I was researching
my dissertation, I found product

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specific products
for learning for disabilities

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was really lacking.

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The industry didn't seem to be moving on,

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it seemed to be ten years behind
where we are today.

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So whereas Ferne's fashion,

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all those kind of industries
moving forward.

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This industry wasn't so

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that made me ask,
So why is that happening?

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So then when I
did more research, I realized

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the reason is competition.

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So imagine you're in a race,
you're the first person in the race.

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You are pushing as hard as you can

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because you know
that person behind you is catching up

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and they're going to beat you, overtake
you and win the race.

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So if we take away the person
in second place,

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are you going to try
as hard to be in first place

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if you're the only one running,
which for product designers

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and this specific industry,
the lack of competition is the reason.

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So if they're the only ones in the race,
they're not going to try as hard.

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So now we understand the problem.

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Who is it really about?

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People with things like dyslexia,
chronic fatigue,

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dyspraxia, autism.

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They all need
extra things in place to learn.

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And while there is amazing things,
amazing softwares, the products don't seem

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to, highlight that they don't seem to help
as much, they don't seem to be as many.

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So let's say, for example, a laptop.

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The laptop, for example,
is good for the person with dyslexia,

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but some of the systems

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that it can use can be a little bit
complicated to use.

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So that could be improved
the laptop itself.

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Let's say it's the same laptop.

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It's incredibly heavy,

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so the person with chronic pain
is going to struggle to lift that.

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It's not the ideal situation.

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The person with autism might find it a bit

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difficult navigating the technologies
and keeping focused.

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So if we give one product
because of the limited amount of products,

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no one is really benefiting in the most
they could

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if it's to all these different people.

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So really, the industry needs to expand

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to give to all these people individually
to focus on different problems.

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Not all the same.

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So where do I come in?

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So me, myself, I have chronic fatigue,
chronic pain, mobility issues.

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So I'm a disabled person.

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I'm a disabled learner,
but that's one part of who I am underneath

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all of that is who I am creatively,

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what's in my mind, my ability to learn.

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My ability to be creative and design.

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So I'm a designer.

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I'm a designer with both these things,
which really drew me

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to notice these problems.

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Because in one sense,
I have a foot in each side.

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I am a disabled learner, but I'm also

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someone who.

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Is creative,
so I can see where the products could

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be improved, where there could be change,
where there could be more.

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So I don't know
how to fully fix this problem.

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I don't think there is like
one single fix,

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but I think we definitely need

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to have more ideas, more products,
more people talking about this

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so that we can develop more products
so that we can develop more solutions.

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We can have innovation, creativity,

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new ideas and to expand this industry.

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So it's so full, that when people
think I need something for my

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disability, then I can find it for me,

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not just something that fits everyone.

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So then really,
the last thing I want to ask

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is anybody out there
who's sat there listening.

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If you have an idea,
if you have a product,

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if you have something that you know

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could help someone,
you know, someone with a disability and

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you thought that could really help them
or why doesn't someone just create this?

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My question is.

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Why not you?

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Why don't you be the person
that creates a product for people

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or a specific kind of disability
when you have the idea, let's all work

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together to make more products
and make it better

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for people.

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Thank you, for your time.