 	»  HELLO, EVERYONE.  WELCOME BACK FROM LUNCH.  YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR FOR THE LAST 4 OR 5 
YEARS, IT'S BEEN LIKE 75-78 DEGREES OUT THERE AND WE'VE BEEN FREEZING IN HERE, IT'S A 
LITTLE BIT WARMER IN HERE NOW.  WE GO OUTSIDE AND DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND TAKE IT AND 
EAT IT AND EVERYONE IS RUNNING AROUND TRYING TO BRING YOU ALL BACK IN, BUT IT'S A COLD 
DAY TODAY.  YOU'RE ALL COMING BACK FAST, I APPRECIATE THAT THE 
 	I'M CLAUDIA COLEMAN AND I HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING OUR NEXT GUEST, RICHARD 
ELLENON.  MR ELLERSON IS THE CEO OF THE CEREBRAL PALSY FOUNDATION WITH HIS PAST EXPERIENCE AS
AN ADVERTISING EXECUTIVE WHO CREATED CAMPAIGNS FOR SUCH COMPANIES AS 
AMERICAN EXPRESS AND REMY MARTIN AND PENNED THE CLASSIC TAGLINE
IT'S NOT TV, IT'S HBO. 
 	THANKS, EVERYBODY.  DON'T FORGET TO GO ONTO TOM'S FACEBOOK PAGE. 
 	»  SHEA:  YES, BE SURE TO TWEET OR GO ONTO HIS FACEBOOK.  WOW! 
 	WOW! 
THAT WAS MOVING AND INSPIRING AND WE STILL HAVE MORE! 
 	RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER PANEL.  I'M GOING TO ASK THAT YOU TAKE A MOMENT 
TO STRETCH, TALK TO THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU, REFLECT ON THAT AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND DO A 
QUICK STAGE CHANGE. 
  
 	I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL TO GO BACK TO YOUR SEATS, PLEASE.  I KNOW EVERYBODY IS EAGER 
TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS, IT'S HARD TO FOLLOW THAT UP, BUT PLEASE RETURN TO YOUR SEATS. 
 	HELLO, AGAIN, MY APOLOGIES, WE HAD TO DO A QUICK STAGE CHANGE BUT THAT WAS REALLY HARD 
TO FOLLOW.  THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY DONE.  THANK YOU, RICHARD. 
 	(APPLAUSE) 
 	WELL, WE DO HAVE A PANEL AND THERE'S BEEN A THREAD OF THEMES GOING THROUGH THIS 
CONFERENCE AND ONE OF WHICH IS EDUCATION.  YOU HEARD IT THIS MORNING FROM LIZ.  YOU HEARD 
IT THIS AFTERNOON AND TALKING ABOUT EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY AND LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES IS 
AN IMPORTANT AREA IN WHICH WE WANT TO FOCUS, SO WE HAVE AN AMAZING PANEL HERE.  I'M GOING 
TO ALLOW SUE SWENSEN TO INTRODUCE THEM BUT SUE SWENSEN IS THE ASSOCIATE OR THE ACTING 
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF SPECIAL EDUCATION AND REHABILITATION SERVICES U.S. 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.  I ALWAYS WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GET IT RIGHT.  SO I HAVE IT 
ALL THERE.  SUE HAS REALLY BEEN WITH THE COLEMAN INSTITUTE SINCE THE BEGINNING.  PRETTY 
CLOSE SINCE THE BEGINNING AND WE KEEP INVITING HER BACK BECAUSE SHE'S AMAZING AND REALLY 
UNDERSTANDS THE CONCEPTS AND WHAT THE COLEMAN'S VISION WAS FOR THE INSTITUTE, IS THANK 
YOU, SUE, FOR COMING BACK. 
 	»  SUE:  I WISH I COULD SAY I REALLY DID UNDERSTAND THAT MUCH.  I KEEP SORT OF THE 
FLOATING IN HERE AND FLOATING BACK OUT AGAIN.  THANKS SO MUCH FOR REMINDING US ABOUT THE 
SOUL AND IT'S IMPORTANCE OF IT BEING THE CENTER OF WHAT WE DO.  I REALLY APPRECIATE 
THAT.  I THINK THE COLEMAN'S HAVE BEEN WORKING IN THAT SPACE FOR A VERY LONG TIME TRYING 
TO MAKE TECHNOLOGY HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HUMAN. 
 	I AM SORRY THAT I GOT INTRODUCED BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY AGREED WITH MY PANEL THAT WE 
WERE JUST FIRST NAME, SO I AM SUE, THIS IS JUTTA, VIC, MARK, TRACY.  OUR BIOS ARE HERE, 
THEY ALL KNOW MORE THAN I DO.  RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU WENT TO SCHOOL.  SO YOU'RE AN 
EXPERT ON EDUCATION, RIGHT?  (LAUGHTER) 
 	RAISE A HAND IF YOUR LOVED SCHOOL.  KEEP IT UP IF SCHOOL DID EVERY SINGLE THING FOR 
YOU -- MET EVERY SINGLE NEED.  YEAH.  KIND OF HARD TO GET TO THAT POINT.  I GOT ONE HAND 
IN THE WHOLE ROOM.  I WANT TO TALK TO YOU AFTER WARDS.  (LAUGHTER) 
 	WE AGREED THAT WE WANTED OUR PANEL TO BE AS PROVOCATIVE AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE EVERYONE 
HAS THIS UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE OF EDUCATION.  WE WANTED TO TRY TO GET US OUT OF 
TECHNOLOGY.  OUR FIRST TOPIC THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS IS HOW WILL TECHNOLOGY AND THE 
INCLUSION OF LEARNERS WITH DISABILITIES IN SCHOOL AND THROUGHOUT LIFE, HOW IS THAT GOING 
TO CHANGE EDUCATION IN A FUNDAMENTAL WAY?  WHAT'S GOING TO SHIFT? 
 	SO THIS IS -- THIS IS THE PARADOX, SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT HOW WE CAN DELIVER 
SOMETHING CALLED EDUCATION TO CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW 
CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES ARE GOING TO CHANGE WHAT EDUCATION REALLY HAS. 
 	»  JUTTA:  CAN I?  SO I THINK THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGY IS NOT NECESSARILY THE NEW 
FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS -- IS IT -- IS MY MIC WORKING?  I AM HEARING LOTS OF -- 
OH.  OKAY.  SO THE PROMISE OF TECHNOLOGY IS NOT REALLY THE FUNCTIONS AND FEATURES, BUT 
THE OPPORTUNITY, I THINK, FOR DISRUPTION AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETHINK THE WAY THAT WE 
DO THINGS AND THAT IS CERTAINLY HAPPENING IN EDUCATION, ALTHOUGH EDUCATION IS FAIRLY 
CHANGE RESISTANT AND HAS A LOT OF WAYS TO PREVENT CHANGE, BUT IF YOU ARE SOMEONE THAT'S 
NOT SERVED BY A CURRENT SYSTEM, THEN THE TECHNOLOGY -- OPENING THAT SPACE TO RETHINK HOW 
WE DO THINGS.  ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS HAPPENING IN THE DISABILITY SPACE IS 
THAT WE ARE RETHINKING WITH AN EDUCATION WHAT -- NOT JUST THE PATH AND PACE OF LEARNING, 
BUT ALSO WHAT IS THE DESTINATION OF LEARNING.  TECHNOLOGY HAS MADE IT POSSIBLE TO NOT NO 
LONGER HAVE SORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL MODEL OF CREATING A WHOLE BUNCH OF GRADUATES WHO ALL 
HAVE THE SAME SKILLS AND CAN ALL DO THE SAME THINGS, ALL HAVE THE SAME COMPETENCIES AND 
GO THROUGH SPECIFIC STEPS TO REACH THAT AND WHAT THAT OPENS UP IS THIS NOTION THAT WE ALL 
CAN CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING DIVERSE AND SO CAN WE CREATE AN EDUCATION SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS US 
TO DETERMINE WHAT WE'RE BEST AT, MOVE TOWARDS WHAT WE'RE BEST AT BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF 
THE OTHER THINGS THAT THIS DISRUPTION HAS ALLOWS US TO THINK ABOUT IS JUST THE VALUE OF 
DIVERSITY AND IN EDUCATION, WE'RE CONSTANTLY THINKING DIVERSITY IS AN ISSUE.  IT'S NOT AN 
ISSUE, IT'S OUR BIGGEST STRENGTH AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO SURVIVE AS A CIVILIZATION AND HOW 
WE'RE GOING TO OVERCOME. 
 	WHAT'S THE COMMON ELEMENT WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
 IT'S DIFFERENCE. 
 DIFFERENCE FROM AVERAGE, DIFFERENCE FROM THE STATISTICAL NORM OF THE STUDENTS THAT ARE 
WITHIN THE CLASS.  SO WE HAVE THE IMPETUS TO TRY TO CREATE INCLUSION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO 
VALUE THAT DIFFERENCE, TO OFFER THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE DIFFERENT TO EVERY STUDENT AND 
THEREBY MAKE IT A WELCOMING PLACE AND AN INCLUSIVE SPACE FOR ALL THE CHILDREN AND 
STUDENTS THAT WE WORK WITH THAT HAVE A DIFFERENCE. 
 	»  SUE:  ANYBODY ELSE? 
 	»  TRACY:  I JUST WANT TO ADD ONTO WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ARE SAYING IN THE SENSE THAT 
EVERY CLASSROOM, EVERY ROOM THAT WE FILL AS HUMANS HAS HUGE VARIABILITY.  THERE IS NO ONE 
SIZE FITS ALL AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO KEEP THAT THIS MIND, WHETHER WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY 
OR NOT HAVE TECHNOLOGY, BUT I THINK THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE CAN BRING INTO THESE SETTINGS 
IS A WAY IN WHICH WE CAN HELP TO MEET THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS, REGARDLESS OF DISABILITY 
OR ABILITY OR NO MATTER WHAT IT IS THAT YOU BRING IN THAT SPACE.  TECHNOLOGY HAS SUCH 
GREAT FLEXIBILITY THAT WE CAN HELP MEET NEEDS IN WAYS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BEFORE 
IN WAYS THAT THE TOOLS HAVEN'T BEEN AVAILABLE TO US. 
 	»  MARK:  I AGREE.  I THINK TECHNOLOGY -- IT'S NO SECRET THAT WE ALL PREFER TO LEARN IN 
DIFFERENT WAYS, WE ALL LEARN IN DIFFERENT WAYS.  THE OLD MODEL WHERE TEACHER STANDS IN 
FRONT OF A ROOM AND TALKS AND REFERS TO INFORMATION -- RESEARCH INFORMATION IN A PRINT 
FORMAT IS CHANGING AND WE NOW HAVE TECHNOLOGY WILL ALLOW US TO -- WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT 
CROWDSOURCING WHERE THE STUDENTS CAN ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTE USER AND LEARNER CONTRIBUTED 
CONTENT.  THEY CAN INTERPRET AND FILTER THE WAY THAT THE INFORMATION WAS ORIGINALLY 
SHARED AND HAVE THEIR OWN TAKE ON IT AND HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY ELSE WILL BENEFIT FROM THAT 
INFORMATION. 
 	»  VIC:  I WILL ADD, AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, WHAT IS POWERFUL IS THE NOTION OF 
PERSONALIZATION AND PERSONALIZED LEARNING IS STARTING TO HAPPEN IN K-12, AT LEAST FROM 
THE MIND SET SHIFT THAT YOU HAVE SEEN FROM ZUCKERBERG WHO HAVE STARTED TO JUMP IN AND 
REALIZE THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR DECADES.  SO THAT'S REALLY A LOT TO LEARN AND PULL 
FROM THAT AND WHAT IS EXCITING IS SHIFTING MIND SET IS OFTEN SOME OF THE HARDEST PART, 
BUT NOW WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE WELL AND FOR ALL LEARNERS AND HIGH QUALITY 
AND IN WAYS THAT EMPOWER LEARNERS AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE GOOD NEWS IS I THINK IT'S 
SHIFTING TO WHERE WE'RE GETTING WINDS IN OUR BACK TO REALLY MOVE IN THIS DIRECTION, BUT 
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SYSTEMS AND THE WAYS WE DO THINGS REALLY DOES SUPPORT THAT 
ALL AND REALLY TRANSFORMS HOW WE APPROACH THIS. 
 	»  SUE:  YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
 	»  JUTTA:  I THINK THE KEY THAT YOU ARE BRINGING UP IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT 
CLASSROOMS, THE CONNECT STUDENTS, TO CONNECT TEACHERS, TO TAKE DOWN THOSE DIVISIONS AND 
SILOS, I WOULD SAY, I MEAN, SINCE WE'RE TALKING RADICALLY, I WOULD SAY WE NEED TO RETHINK 
THE -- EVEN THE NOTION OF GRADES.  I MEAN, THESE AGE LENGTH STAGES THAT WE ALL HAVE TO GO 
THROUGH, ALL THE DIFFICULTY THAT HAPPENS WHEN STUDENTS DON'T FIT INTO THOSE GRADES.  I'M 
SURE IT'S NOT JUST KIDS WITH DISABILITIES THAT DON'T FIT INTO GRADES.  DEGREES, THERE'S A 
TERMINAL DEGREE WITHIN A PROFESSION.  LEARNING IS LIFELONG, WHY ARE WE CAUSING PEOPLE TO 
GO THROUGH A SET OF STAGES THAT IS PREDETERMINED.  YOU CAN COME AT KNOWLEDGE SIDEWAYS AND 
UPSIDE DOWN.  YOU CAN PROGRESS THROUGH SOMETHING IN A VERY DIFFERENT PATH.  SO IT'S 
NOT -- I DON'T -- ALL OF THESE THINGS, I THINK, WE NEED TO RETHINK, NOT JUST FOR THE 
INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE AT THE EDGE, AS WAS SAID EARLIER, BUT FOR EVERY STUDENT AND THE 
DIVISIONS THAT WE CREATE, IN TERMS OF DISCIPLINARY STYLES AND IN TERMS OF TOPICS THAT 
DISPARATE VALUE THAT WE GIVE TO SCIENCE VERSUS ART.  ALL OF THOSE HAVE TO DO WITH THE 
TYPES OF BORDERS THAT WE CREATE.  SO LET'S RETHINK IT BECAUSE I THINK THAT WILL SUPPORT 
DIVERSITY BETTER.  SUPPORT OUR DIFFERENCE, OUR VARIABILITY. 
 	»  SUE:  SO ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WE FACE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION IS THERE'S 
CHILDREN IN THE UNITED STATES WHO HAVE GREAT TEACHERS AND GREAT SCHOOLS AND THEN THERE'S 
CHILDREN WHO HAVE NOT SO GREAT TEACHERS -- MAYBE BRAND NEW TEACHERS OR UNTRAINED TEACHERS 
AND VERY DIFFERENT -- DIFFERENTLY FUNDED SCHOOLS.  SCHOOLS THAT DON'T REACH THE KIND OF 
FUNDING THAT WE SEE EVERYWHERE.  AND OUR SCHOOLS ARE FUNDED ON PROPERTY TAXES, LOCAL 
PROPERTY TAXES.  SO AS MUCH VARIATION AS THERE IS IN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES, THAT'S THE 
VARIATION IN SCHOOLS. 
 	WHEN WE ADD A SECOND LAYER IN THERE OF TECHNOLOGY, HOW CAN WE SUPPORT, IN THIS -- THIS 
KIND OF PATCHWORK OF FUNDING AND CAPABILITY -- HOW CAN WE SUPPORT EQUAL ACCESS TO 
TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL CHILDREN OR IS THAT IMPORTANT?  IS IT OKAY IF RICH KIDS AND RICH 
SCHOOLS GET REALLY GOOD TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER KIDS IN OTHER SCHOOLS GET A USED I-PAD?  AND 
A TEACHER WHO DOESN'T KNOW ONE APP FROM ANOTHER APP.  HOW ARE WE GOING TO BRIDGE THAT?  I 
GUESS THAT'S THE REALLY LEARNING CHALLENGE, IT'S THE ADULT LEARNING PIECE MORE THAN IT IS 
THE KID LEARNING PIECE.  I DON'T KNOW, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? 
 	»  VIC:  YEAH, I WILL PICK THAT UP BECAUSE WE WORK ON THAT QUITE A BIT AND THERE'S TWO 
BASE LAYERS.  ONE IS, IN TERMS OF CONDUCTIVITY AND I THINK BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE. 
 	»  SUE:  WHAT THE CHAIRMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS MORNING. 
 	»  VIC:  EXACTLY.  THERE'S BEEN SIGNIFICANT PROCESS MADE BUT THERE IS THIS NOTION IN 
THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY PLAN OF THE DIGITAL USE DIVIDE WHERE WE WANT TO BE CAREFUL THAT 
IT'S NOT IN LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, KIDS SITTING FOR TWO HOURS SITTING IN FRONT OF A 
THING CLICKING MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS AND IN THE WEALTHY NEIGHBORHOODS, THEY ARE 
MAKING APPS, STARTING BUSINESSES, IT'S VERY EMPOWERING AND RICH AND THEY HAVE CHOICE AND 
THEY CAN GO AND SO REALLY, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF TIME DIVING INTO THAT AND 
I THINK IT'S A CHALLENGE, BUT LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES AND THERE ARE KIND OF EXAMPLES COMING 
OUT AND WE HAVE KIND OF OUR LEAGUE OF INNOVATIVE SCHOOLS, WHICH IS 85 DISTRICTS NOW, 
TRYING TO GET SUPERINTENDENTS TO SHARE.  I THINK THAT'S HOW IT CAN SPREAD IN A LOW COST 
TYPE OF WAY WHERE TEACHERS ARE SUPPORTING TEACHERS AND WE PARTNER WITH THE DEPARTMENT 
AROUND THE MAKE OR PROMISE INITIATIVE TO CREATE A HOME WORK FOR THAT.  SO NETWORKS IS ONE 
OF THE POWERFUL WAYS TO BUILD OR SPREAD. 
 	»  SUE:  HOW ABOUT NETWORKS IN UDL.  DO YOU THINK THAT'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE? 
 	»  TRACY:  I DO.  I REALLY DO BUT I WANTED TO PICK OFF OF WHAT VIC WAS SAYING THAT IN 
THE SENSE THAT WE HAVE AS ADULTS, WE OFTENTIMES LOOK AT CHILDREN IN THE RESTAURANT OR IN 
THE BACK SEAT OF THE CAR OR WHATEVER AND THEY ARE ON THEIR DEVICES AND WE RESENT 
THAT.  IT'S LIKE WE HAVE TOO MUCH OF THIS AND THAT'S -- TOO MUCH OF THIS DIGITAL TIME AND 
IT'S NOT JUST DIGITAL TIME, IT'S THE QUALITY OF THAT DIGITAL TIME AND I THINK THAT'S 
SOMETHING THAT WE ALL NEED TO KIND OF BE AWARE OF AND YOU REALLY BROUGHT THAT ON NICELY, 
THAT'S GREAT. 
 	NETWORKING, YEAH, IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.  I MEAN, I LIVE IN THE WORLD OF UNIVERSAL 
DESIGN FOR LEARNING AND WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THAT IS -- THERE'S A -- YOU KNOW, GREAT 
POWER BEHIND THE ABILITY TO MAKE -- TO HAVE CONNECTIVITY AND TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITHIN 
THE NETWORKS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US AND I THINK THAT WE CAN HELP TO LEVEL SOME OF THOSE 
PLAYING FIELDS.  CERTAINLY THE HARDWARE NEEDS TO BE OUT THERE BUT IT WAS SAID EARLIER 
TODAY WE NEED THE HARDWARE, THE SOFTWARE AND THE GOOD PEDAGOGY TO MAKE THOSE WORK 
TOGETHER. 
 	»  MARK:  I THINK THE KEY IS IN EQUITY AND ACCESS.  WE'RE IN THE -- THE FUNDING OF FREE 
MATERIALS IS SUPER IMPORTANT.  ONE OF MY FAVORITE WORKWEEKS IS EVERY WEEK AT OUR ALL 
HANDS MEETING WE HAVE A LEARNER STORY THAT COMES USUALLY THROUGH OUR SUPPORT CHANNEL 
WHERE SOMEBODY WRITES IN FROM SOMEWHERE AND THANKS US FOR THE ACCESS THAT WE -- THAT 
WE'VE GIVEN THEM TO QUALITY EDUCATION MATERIALS AND THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE FROM -- WE 
DON'T -- WE DON'T TARGET HIGH SCHOOL KIDS.  THE MAJORITY OF OUR MATERIAL IS GRAD -- 
HIGHER EDUCATION.  MOST OF THEM ARE FROM HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WHO ARE THANKING US SAYING THAT 
OUR HIGH -- THEIR HIGH SCHOOL DOESN'T OFFER THIS CHALLENGING MATERIAL AND HOW MUCH IT'S 
HELPED THEM PREPARE FOR COLLEGE OR ADVANCE IN COLLEGE. 
 	WE ALSO HEAR A LOT FROM PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WHO ALSO HAVE NO ACCESS TO 
QUALITY EDUCATION AND, YOU KNOW, I'M TALKING THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE LEARNER SUCCESS 
STORIES COMING THROUGH THIS CHANNEL AND HAVE THE SAME STORY, THANKING US FOR FREE ACCESS 
TO QUALITY MATERIALS. 
 	»  TRACY:  I THINK WE NEED TO MOVE BEYOND ACCESS, TOO, I THINK THAT'S THE CORNER STONE 
IS GETTING THE ACCESS BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE THAT WORK IN OUR NATIONAL CENTERS THAT ARE 
HELPING US WITH THAT TO LEARN MORE THAT ACCESSIBILITY -- INSTRUCTIONAL ACCESSIBILITY 
CENTERS THAT WE HAVE.  THE 9 MAS ARE ALL CENTERED IN WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN GET ACCESS TO 
MATERIALS, TO HELP NOT ONLY GET PRINT MATERIALS BUT DIGITAL MATERIALS AND ACCESSIBLE AND 
INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIAS AND AREAS AND FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND WE HAVE 5-8 STATES NOW 
BECOMING GREAT MODELS FOR WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN CAN GET TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP NOT 
ONLY GET ACCESS TO BUT MAKE THE USE OF.  IT'S STRENGTHENING WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT TECHNOLOGY 
AND NOT JUST HAVING THE TWO INITIAL PIECES OF THE HARDWARE AND THE SOFTWARE BUT THE 
HOW-TOS AND THOSE OF US CONCERNED ABOUT KIDS HAVING TOO MUCH TECH TIME, MAKING USE OF 
THAT TECH TIME FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES. 
 	»  JUTTA:  THE TECHNOLOGY NEEDS TO FIT GOOD PEDAGOGY.  I THINK THE TEACHING AND THE 
LEARNING NEEDS TO PERCEIVE -- I HAVE SEEN HORRIBLE SITUATIONS WHERE TECHNOLOGY HAS BEEN 
DROPPED INTO A CLASSROOM WITHOUT A REAL UNDERSTANDING.  HOW IT'S GOING TO BE USED OR WHY 
IT'S GOING TO BE USED AND NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE PARTICULAR ACTIVITIES THERE, SO WE NEED 
TECHNOLOGY TO RESPOND TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF EACH OF THE KIDS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM AND IT 
ALSO -- ONE REALLY BAD EXAMPLE OF TECHNOLOGY IS WE HAVE A WONDERFUL ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY 
PROGRAM, WHICH FUNDS IT FOR EVERY CHILD THAT REQUIRES IT WITHIN A CLASS, BUT IT'S DONE -- 
EVERYBODY HAS THE SAME THING.  SO IF YOU HAVE A LEARNING DISABILITY, YOU ARE GOING TO GET 
A SCREEN READER.  THERE'S FIVE LISTS OF EQUIPMENT THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH DOESN'T SERVE 
WELL, EITHER.  THERE YOU HAVE ACCESS, YOU HAVE EQUITABLE PAYMENT, BUT IT'S NOT DONE IN 
SUCH A WAY THAT IT ACTUALLY WORKS FOR THE STUDENTS THAT ARE GETTING -- 
 	»  SUE:  YOU KNOW, THAT BRINGS UP A REALLY INTERESTING POINT FROM THE REGULATORY 
SIDE.  WE, IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, TALK ALL THE TIME ABOUT WE WANT TO USE 
EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.  SOMETIMES, THIS IS 
INTERPRETED IN SCHOOLS THAT YOU NEED A RANDOMIZED CONTROL CHILD TO PROVE THAT SOME 
TECHNOLOGY WORKS FOR ALL CHILDREN BEFORE YOU CAN USE IT FOR ONE CHILD. 
 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET AROUND THAT?  (LAUGHTER) 
 	»  VIC:  YES. 
 	»  SUE:  OR UNDER IT OR THREW IT. 
 	»  JUTTA:  THIS IS MINE AT THE MOMENT BECAUSE OF COURSE WE HAVE THIS GOLDEN BAR OF 
STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW SENTENCES AGO, I SAID THE ONE DEFINING 
FACTOR OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IS DIFFERENCE AND SO IF YOU THINK OF THE HUMAN 
POPULATION AS A SCATTER PLOT THAT AS YOU GET CLOSER TO THE OUTLIER, YOU ARE MORE 
DIFFERENT THAN THE PEOPLE BESIDE -- THE LIKELIHOOD THAT YOU WILL FIND A WHOLE BUNCH OF 
PEOPLE THAT SHARE ALL OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS BECOME LESS AND LESS THAN IF YOU ARE IN THE 
MIDDLE OF THAT.  SO WE HAVE A SYSTEMIC ISSUE HERE BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THAT WE ARE WORKING 
WITH ARE NEVER GOING TO REACH THOSE THRESHOLDS OF IMPACT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND ENOUGH 
PEOPLE THAT ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SERVE AND SO YOU'RE 
NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT A PARTICULAR THING THAT A 
CHILD WITH A DISABILITY MIGHT REQUIRE AND THEN THAT -- I MEAN, IT GOES THROUGH THE WHOLE 
SYSTEM.  IT -- BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE -- BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT SHOWING STATISTICAL 
SIGNIFICANCE, YOUR STUDY IS NOT DEEMED SUFFICIENTLY RIGOROUS, IT'S NOT HIGH IMPACT, IT 
WON'T BE PUBLISHED, YOU WON'T GET TENURE, YOU WON'T BE PROMOTED AND A DEPARTMENT WILL NOT 
BE NAMED FOR YOU.  (LAUGHTER) 
 	SO BUT IT IS, IT'S -- IT'S SYSTEMICALLY BIASED AGAINST THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE'RE 
WORKING WITH AND THEY REALLY, REALLY -- THE REALLY, REALLY TRAGIC THING WITH TECHNOLOGY 
IS BIG DATA AND THESE EVIDENCE BASED GOVERNANCE AND THE POWER TOOLS OF GOVERNMENT 
DECISION MAKING ARE AMPLIFYING THAT ISSUE BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRANSLATING OR TAKING FROM 
REGULAR RESEARCH THE SAME BIASES TO BIG DATA BUT WE'RE JUST MAKING IT EVEN BIGGER.  SO 
NOW WE NEED MILLIONS OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL BENEFIT FROM A PARTICULAR FEATURE BEFORE WE 
WILL PAY IT.  WELL, NONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY NEED ARE EVER GOING TO PASS THAT 
THRESHOLD.  SO DOES THAT THEN MEAN THAT WE ARE NOT SHOWING EVIDENCE?  WE ARE NOT SHOWING 
IMPACT AND THEREFORE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET FUNDED?  SO THERE'S A -- THERE'S A -- I 
MEAN, THERE'S A SOLUTION TO THAT AND THAT IS TO THINK ABOUT SMALL DATA, THINK ABOUT 
BOTTOM UP RATHER THAN TOP DOWN.  THE OTHER PART OF TRADITIONAL RESEARCH IS, AS A 
RESEARCHER -- AND HOW MANY OF YOU HERE ARE RESEARCHERS OR ACADEMICS AND HAVE DONE SOME 
RESEARCH?  USUALLY, YOU DECIDE UPON, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE QUESTION THAT YOU ARE GOING TO 
ASK, WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO STUDY AND THEN WHAT 
ARE THE THINGS THAT -- THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO CONTROL FOR?  AND YOU ARE 
IMPOSING THAT.  YOU'VE ALREADY GOT SOMETHING IN LINE, BUT THE NICE THING ABOUT DATA 
ANALYTICS AND BIG DATA AND THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES IS YOU CAN LET THAT BUBBLE UP FROM BOTTOM 
UP.  SO YOU CAN USE SMALL DATA.  YOU ALL ARE COLLECTING DATA AT THE MOMENT.  YOU ARE 
ACTUALLY -- YOU HAVE TOOLS FOR RESEARCH IN YOUR POCKET.  THERE'S SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE 
LEARNING ABOUT YOURSELF AND YOU CAN USE THAT TO MAKE DECLARATIONS AND THEN, RATHER THAN 
IMPOSING SOMETHING, WE CAN SAY, "OH, LOOK AT THESE EMERGING PATTERNS AND THESE ACTUALLY 
DO TELL US SOMETHING ABOUT OUR KIDS THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE THEM TO BE THE SAME AS HUNDREDS 
AND THOUSANDS OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND WE CAN START TO IDENTIFY GAPS WHERE WE'RE NOT 
SERVING AND THE KIDS WHOSE NEEDS WEREN'T ADDRESSED. 
 	»  VIC:  SO TO BUILD ON THAT AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON A LOT AND IT'S REALLY HARD.  I 
MEAN, AT THE SIMPLEST LEVEL -- WHAT'S FUNNY IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESEARCH, WHAT WE KNOW 
IS THAT LEARNERS LEARN DIFFERENTLY AND IT VARIES BY CONTEXT AND ALL OF OUR RESEARCH TRIES 
TO FIND ONE SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR ALL LEARNERS AND ONE CONTEXT.  IT'S KIND OF 
IRONIC.  THE SAD PART IS, I MEAN, IMAGINE YOU HAVE A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL OF 2 
THOUSAND KIDS.  MAYBE THIS THING WORKS REALLY WELL FOR 50 KIDS BUT NOT AS MUCH FOR THE 
REST.  THE EFFECT SIDE IS MINIMAL, IT GETS THROWN OUT.  THOSE 50 KIDS LOSE A SOLUTION 
THAT WORKS PERFECTLY FOR THEM.  IT'S SHIFTING THIS MIND SET FROM ONE SOLUTION FOR ALL TO 
MANY SOLUTIONS FOR MANY KIDS AND WE HAVE TO START UNDERSTANDING HOW TO SUPPORT AND 
SCAFFOLD THAT KIND OF MATCHING THAT STRUCTURE IN A WAY THAT WE GO ABOUT IT.  WE JUST 
PUBLISHED ALSO JUST SOME WAYS TO EMPHASIZE THIS, A PAPER JUST ON DIVERSITY IN THE K-12 
POPULATION AND HOW THAT'S INCREASED AND EVEN JUST TAKING SOME BROAD OVERGENERALIZED 
CATEGORIES, ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS, DEEP POVERTY, LEARNING DIFFERENCES, TRAUMA.  YOU 
ARE TALKING ALMOST 40% OF KIDS AND EVEN OVER THAT.  IT'S SO BIG THAT IT'S JUST IMPOSSIBLE 
TO THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND THESE SILVER BULLET SOLUTIONS CONTINUOUSLY.  WE HAVE TO 
EMBRACE THE DIVERSITY IF WE'RE GOING TO REALLY DO THIS AT A SYSTEMIC LEVEL RATHER THAN 
TRY TO STANDARDIZE AND NORMALIZE IT OUT. 
 	»  JUTTA:  NOT JUST THE DIVERSITY BUT ALSO THE COMPLEXITY.  ONE OF THE THINGS WITH 
RESEARCH IS WE CAN ISOLATE THE CONDITIONS, WE CAN DETERMINE THAT IT'S THIS FACTOR CAUSING 
THIS.  WELL, BELIEVE ME, EVERYBODY'S LIFE IS COMPLEX.  WHOSE LIFE HERE IS NOT COMPLEXED?  
I MEAN, WHO CAN ISOLATE EXACTLY THE FACTORS THAT YOU -- THAT ARE DETERMINING CERTAIN 
THINGS?  SO WE NEED TO FIND TOOLS -- RESEARCH TOOLS THAT WILL HELP US NAVIGATE THE 
COMPLEXITY, NOT TRY TO REDUCE IT OR IGNORE IT, WHICH IS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS. 
 	»  MARK:  IT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE WHEN YOU USE BIG DATA TO FIND THE OUTLIERS OR, AS YOU 
WERE SAYING, FROM THE OUTSIDE IN AND FIND A SOLUTION THAT IS OPTIMIZED FOR THE OUTLIERS 
AND IDENTIFY THE PARTS OF THE SOLUTION THAT ALSO APPLY TO A GREATER POPULATION.  WE HAVE 
THIS CONCEPT CALLED MOBILE FIRST WHERE YOU DESIGN YOUR -- FOR THE HARDEST TO ACHIEVE, 
THIS IS THE WHOLE PLATFORM AND SCALE IT OUTWARDS. 
 	»  JUTTA:  THEY ARE ALSO THE FIRST THAT ARE GOING TO DETECT SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY 
BAD DESIGN, SO IT'S GREAT FOR BEING INNOVATIVE AND DESIGN AND IT'S ALSO GREAT FOR 
DETECTING WAYS IN WHICH YOU HAVE DONE SOMETHING BAD OR THAT IS NOT GOING TO WORK FOR 
PEOPLE. 
 	»  TRACY:  ONE THING THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT WE MAY HAVE THEM IN MIND FOR 
PARTICULAR DISABILITIES, FOR EXAMPLE, NOT BEING ABLE TO DETECT TEXT, RIGHT?  WE FOUND 
THAT OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT CAPABILITY OR THAT FEATURE OR FUNCTION IS VERY USEFUL FOR 
PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE READING SKILLS BUT THEY CAN STILL MAKE GOOD USE OF IT.  IT'S TRUE 
ACROSS SO MANY THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE.  THINK OF CLOSED CAPTIONING.  A LOT OF THE THINGS 
THAT WE HAVE THAT WERE DESIGNED INITIALLY FOR A SMALL POPULATION BUT THE LARGER 
POPULATION HAS FOUND MANY GOOD AND VALUABLE USES FOR IT.  LOOK AT THE CART UP HERE, 
THAT'S REALLY FOR A FEW PEOPLE HERE BUT LOOK HOW MANY OF US HAVE BEEN MAKING USE OF THAT 
TODAY.  SO THERE ARE MULTIPLE USES OF THESE KINDS OF THINGS AND WE NEED TO NOT JUST 
RESTRICT HOW IT IS THAT WE DO THE ANALYSES AND HOW WE MAKE THE DECISIONS.  WE CAN DO MORE 
THAN THE 50 KIDS THAT IT WAS VALUABLE FOR, RIGHT?  BUT THAT'S -- THAT'S OFTEN THE REAL 
CHALLENGE THAT WE HAVE AND THE WAY WE PITCH A LOT OF OUR GOLD BARS OR OUR STANDARDS ARE 
SET. 
 	»  SUE:  I WONDERED ABOUT THAT COMING FROM THE DISABILITY COMMUNITY AND ALL OF OUR 
LAWS, THEY START WITH THE PRINCIPLE THAT DISABILITY IS A NATURAL PART OF THE HUMAN 
EXPERIENCE, BUT THEN EVEN THE ADA DEFINES WHAT A DISABILITY IS BEFORE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT 
TO ASK FOR A REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION AND IDEA, YOU HAVE TO FIT INTO THESE CATEGORIES 
BEFORE YOU ARE ALLOWED TO ASK FOR THIS OR THIS.  UM, I THINK A LOT OF THE STUFF WE'RE 
DEVELOPING AS LEARNING TOOLS FOR KIDS WITH DISABILITIES ARE GOING TO BE USABLE BY 
EVERYBODY.  SO THAT JUST MEANS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE CONSTANTLY TORQUING UP THE 
ACHIEVEMENT AND THE KID WITH A DISABILITY MIGHT ALWAYS BE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND.  DO YOU 
THINK THAT'S RIGHT THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS BE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND OR -- I MEAN -- IF -- IF 
LISTENING TO BOOKS WORKS SO WELL FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES RIGHT NOW UNDER 
INTERNATIONAL TREE -- UNDER MARRAKESH -- YOU HAVE TO HAVE VISUAL DISABILITY, PHYSICAL 
DISABILITY.  THAT MEANS THAT YOU CAN'T TURN THE PAGE OR DYSLEXIA TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT 
SERVICE.  WHAT IF WE OPENED IT UP, THEN WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? 
 	»  TRACY:  THAT WAS THE QUESTION I WAS ASKED.  I MEAN COMPLETELY, WHY LIMIT THOSE 
METHODS BY WHICH WE CAN ACCESS MATERIALS AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS OUT THERE.  WHY DO 
WE HAVE TO LIMIT IT TO STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES OR A PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTIC.  WHY DO 
WE HAVE TO FAIL SO LONG TO FIND WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO BEFORE WE GET ACCESS TO THOSE 
THINGS.  THAT'S FRUSTRATING, YEAH. 
 	»  VIC:  IN MY PREVIOUS WORK, I WAS AT THE HEWLETT FOUNDATION, THERE WAS CASE AFTER 
CASE WHEN YOU PUT THINGS THAT OPENLY, IT GETS USED BY SO MANY MORE PEOPLE THAT WASN'T 
DIRECTLY DESIGNED FOR IN SUCH POWERFUL WAYS AND WE FOUND INNOVATION IN THAT WAY AND WE 
START GOING IN THAT DIRECTION TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S A LOT MORE HERE. 
 	»  JUTTA:  BUT YOU ARE ALLUDING TO IF IT'S AVAILABLE FOR EVERYONE, PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES WON'T BE ABLE TO CATCH UP.  BUT ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO CHANGE IN 
EDUCATION IS THIS EMPHASIS IN COMPETITION, A RACE TOWARDS THE SAME GOAL AND THAT IS IN 
FACT A RACE BECAUSE I THINK THAT JUST -- EVEN THE NOTION OF CHEATING, I MEAN, IF YOU 
THINK OF IT, WE NEED CHEATERS OUT THERE IN THE WORKPLACE AND EVERYWHERE -- NOT CHEATERS 
IN THE SENSE THAT WE TALK ABOUT IT MORALLY, BUT INDIVIDUAL -- IF CHEATING WITHIN 
EDUCATION IS SIMPLY LOOKING UP THINGS AND ASKING YOUR PEERS AND COLLABORATIVELY LEARNING 
SOMETHING, THEN THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED IN THE WORKPLACE BUT WE SEEM TO HAVE CREATED 
THIS ENVIRONMENT WHERE IT IS A RACE TO THE SAME GOAL, WHICH THAT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED IN 
OUR SOCIETY AT THE MOMENT.  WE NEED COLLABORATORS, WE NEED PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT SKILLS, 
WE NEED PEOPLE GOING TO DIFFERENT PLACES AND ACHIEVING DIFFERENT SKILLS AND 
COMPETENCIES.  SO I DON'T -- I THINK THAT FEAR THAT IF WE ALLOW THESE ASSISTIVE 
TECHNOLOGIES OR THESE SPECIAL FEATURES, WHICH WE NOW ONLY -- WHICH YOU HAVE TO NOW 
CERTIFY THAT YOU HAVE A DISABILITY TO QUALIFY FOR ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO EVERYONE THAT 
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WILL BE DISADVANTAGED.  I DON'T THINK THAT'S A -- A -- A 
FEAR THAT WE SHOULD WORRY ABOUT.  I THINK WE NEED TO RETHINK WHERE THAT QUESTION EVEN 
COMES FROM AND LOOK AT COMPETITION VERSUS COLLABORATION, HOW PEER TO PEER SUPPORT, 
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING, HELPING EVERYBODY GET -- WORKING AS A TEAM.  I MEAN, THE -- IF WE 
ARE THINKING ABOUT COMPETITION, IF WE'RE THINKING ABOUT THESE LITTLE DUPLICATE CLONES, 
THEN THE TEAM MODEL GOES AWAY.  WE EACH HAVE VERY, VERY SPECIFIC STRENGTHS AND WE CAN 
FOSTER TEAMS WITHIN AN EDUCATION SYSTEM. 
 	»  SUE:  MARK, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING. 
 	»  MARK:  I WENT OFF ON A TANGENT IN MY OWN HEAD.  SORRY.  I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TIE IT 
BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING, SO -- (LAUGHTER) 
 	»  SUE:  I THINK THIS NOTION IN WHAT IS FAIR AND NOT FAIR HAS ITS ROOTS IN DISABILITY 
AS A CHARITY MODEL.  I THINK WHEN WE, IN THE DISABILITY WORLD, TRY TO THINK PAST THAT, WE 
WILL BEGIN TO THINK THAT IF WE'RE DEVELOPING TOOLS FOR US, WE SHOULD CERTAINLY WANT THEM 
TO BE USABLE BY EVERYONE ELSE.  WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO DO IN INTELLECTUAL 
PROPERTY LAW TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. 
 	»  VIC:  IT'S ABOUT FULFILLING INDIVIDUAL POTENTIAL FOR EVERYBODY, AS MUCH AS JUST 
EVERYONE STAYING IN COMPETITION. 
 	»  SUE:  CHEATING IS STILL A THING.  WE HAVE STATES THAT ALLOW KIDS TO USE WHATEVER 
ACCOMMODATIONS THEY WANT TO USE AND TECHNOLOGIES IN LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS, THEY JUST 
CAN'T USE THEM TO TAKE THEIR TESTS THAT THEY NEED TO TAKE TO GRADUATE FROM HIGH 
SCHOOL.  SO YOU CAN HAVE DYSLEXIA AND USE TOOLS IN SCHOOL, BUT YOU CAN'T USE THE TOOL ON 
THE EXAM BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE CHEATING.  THIS DRIVES ME CRAZY.  (LAUGHTER) BECAUSE WHAT 
ARE WE TELLING THAT STUDENT?  IT'S -- I MEAN, I TOLD THE STATE PERSON I WAS TALKING TO, 
YOU KNOW, STEVEN HOFFMANN, RIGHT?  HE SAYS YEAH, YOU KNOW ALL THE TOOLS HE USES?  HE 
SAID, YEAH.  I SAID YOU CAN GIVE ME EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE TOOLS AND I WOULD NOT BE A 
WORLD CLASS PHYSICIST.  SO GIVING PEOPLE ACCOMMODATIONS IN NO WAY A STEP UP INTO BETTER 
PERFORMANCE.  I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CHANGE THAT IN REGULATIONS.  THAT'S SOMETHING -- THAT'S 
MIND SET, CULTURE, IT'S GETTING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND HOW DOES DISABILITY REALLY WORK IN 
LIFE.  I DON'T KNOW HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THAT. 
 	I OPENED UP AT THE WHITE HOUSE ONE DAY AND I WAS AS USUAL FLYING BY THE SEAT OF MY 
PANTS SO I SAID WE NEED A REGULATORY HACK-A-THON.  WE NEED TO BRING PEOPLE IN AND LOOK AT 
ALL OF THE REGULATIONS THAT IMPACT EDUCATION AND TECHNOLOGY AND WE NEED TO START WRITING, 
IN THE MOMENT, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO DIFFERENTLY WITH THESE REGS.  FERPA.  IT'S IN THE 
WAY.  IT'S THERE FOR A REASON TO PROTECT PRIVACY, BUT IT REALLY DOES IMPEDE OUR BEING 
ABLE TO DELIVER THE RIGHT THING TO THE RIGHT PERSON AT THE RIGHT TIME, WHICH I THINK IS 
THE GOAL.  BUT I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE LOOM FOR A REGULATORY HACK-A-THON BECAUSE I DOPE 
THE KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT TECH.  I GUESS YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A MIX OF PEOPLE. 
 	»  VIC:  YEAH, A MIX.  A DIVERSE TEAM.  (LAUGHTER) 
 	»  SUE:  SO MARK, WHERE WAS YOUR TANGENT -- WHAT QUESTION DO YOU WANT TO ASK US? 
 	»  MARK:  UM, LET'S SEE.  UM, I GUESS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS MORNING'S PANEL, LIZ 
WEINTRAUB, SHE BROUGHT UP THE LETTERS BEHIND THE PANELIST'S NAME.  I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE 
NEED TO START THINKING IS THE LIMITED SET OF DEGREES AND HOW WE MEASURE SKILLS AND RATHER 
THAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOUR HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, YOUR UNDER GRADUATE DEGREE, YOUR GRADUATE 
DEGREE AND PH.D. 
 APOLOGIES TO THE PEOPLE WHO EARNED ALL THOSE THINGS, I KNOW YOU WORKED HARD BUT I THINK 
WE NEED TO START MAKING HOW WE EARN SKILLS MUCH MORE GRANULAR AND I THINK WE NEED TO 
TRANSFORM HOW WE TEACH PEOPLE TO BE MUCH MORE GRANULAR, AS WELL.  SKILL SPACED 
LEARNING.  I THINK THAT, AS A SOCIETY, EVERYTHING WE DO IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED AND 
WHERE I'VE SEEN SUCCESS IS WHEN YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE WITH EXPERTISE IN A VERY SMALL 
THING COLLABORATE.  WE'RE NOT -- WE'RE NOT INVENTING ELECTRICITY ANYMORE, WHICH IS -- YOU 
KNOW, IT WAS DONE AND IT SPURRED A WHOLE BUNCH OF INVENTIONS AFTER THAT.  WE'RE SENDING 
PEOPLE -- WE'RE SENDING ROCKET SHIPS TO MARS AND IT TAKES A TEAM OF PEOPLE WITH A LOT OF 
DIFFERENT SKILLS AND I JUST THINK -- YEAH, WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS 
OF GIVING PEOPLE CREDENTIALS AND MEASURING THEIR SKILLS THAT THEY'VE ACHIEVED. 
 	»  SUE:  SO I HAVE A PLEASURE OF VISITING A COUPLE OF PAST SCHOOLS LAST MONTH AND THIS 
SEEMS TO ME TO BE UP YOUR ALLEY WITH WHAT YOU ARE DOING WITH UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR 
LEARNING AND KIDS ARE LEARNING DIFFERENT KINDS OF COMPETENCIES AS THEY GO THROUGH THEIR 
DAYS. 
 	»  TRACY:  SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT WE'RE DESIGNING AND SOME OF THE TECHNIQUES WE'RE 
TRYING, WE'RE REALLY WORKING ON THIS COLLABORATION PROCESS AND WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN HELP 
MAKE ACCESS TO ALL -- FOR ALL STUDENTS TO COLLABORATE, TO INTERACT, TO WORK WITH ONE 
ANOTHER, THE TEACHER TO MONITOR THAT AND CONTRIBUTE TO THAT, AS WELL, BUT IN A BIGGER 
LEVEL OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, THERE'S THAT COLLABORATION OF TEACHERS AND THE PROFESSIONAL 
COMMUNITIES THAT THEY CREATE TO HELP MAKE -- SET THE STAGE AT THE SCHOOL FOR ALL LEARNERS 
TO LEARN AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF ALL STUDENTS IN THAT SETTING AND THE GOAL FOR STUDENTS TO 
BECOME TEAMS OF INNOVATORS AND LEARNERS AND THAT REALLY DOES NEED TO WORK AROUND ALL THE 
COMPONENTS OF WHAT WE HAVE IN UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING OF, YOU KNOW, HAVING AN 
INTEREST OF IT, BEING ENGAGED, MAKING SURE THAT THERE ARE WAYS THAT WE CAN TAKE ACTION 
AND HAVE EXPRESSION ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE LEARNING AND DOING AND HAVING ACCESS TO 
ALL THE THINGS -- ACCESS IS THAT KEY COMPONENT, FOR SURE, BUT BUILDING THOSE SKILLS AND 
BUILDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT AND WORK TOGETHER, SOLVE PROBLEMS AS 
A TEAM AS PROFESSIONALS WORKING WITH STUDENTS AND STUDENTS LEARNING TO BECOME 
PROFESSIONALS AND GET READY FOR THE WORLD. 
 	»  JUTTA:  I THINK THAT THERE'S ANOTHER KEY THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP.  WE SEEM TO -- I 
THINK THE PEOPLE THAT SHOULD BECOME THE EXPERTS IN THEIR OWN LEARNING ARE THE STUDENTS 
THEMSELVES AND WE'VE CREATED SYSTEMS WHERE WE DON'T -- AND ESPECIALLY INDIVIDUALS THAT 
REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THEIR OWN LEARNING BECAUSE IT'S SO DIFFERENT AND DIVERSE AND 
THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LIFELONG EXPERT THAT'S GOING TO ACCOMPANY THEM THROUGH THE REST 
OF THEIR LIFE KNOWING EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED.  WE NEED TO START AT A REALLY EARLY AGE 
ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO LEARN ABOUT THEMSELVES, HOW THEY LEARN BEST, BECOME SELF 
ADVOCATES TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY LIKE AND WHAT THEIR GOALS ARE AND OUR SYSTEMS, AT THE 
MOMENT, DON'T ALLOW FOR THAT.  SO I THINK -- AND ACCOMPANYING THAT IS ALLOWING THEM TO 
DETERMINE WHAT EVIDENCE THEY ARE GOING TO GIVE THAT THEY'VE LEARNED THE SKILL, SO THAT 
GETS TO THE MICRO CREDENTIALS AND MORE GRANULAR WAYS OF DETERMINING THAT YOU'VE LEARNED 
SOMETHING FROM LIFE, FROM FORMAL EDUCATION, FROM YOUR FRIEND, FROM AN ACTIVITY -- A HOBBY 
THAT YOU HAVE.  SO I THINK WE NEED TO OPEN UP THAT OPPORTUNITY, AS WELL. 
 	»  VIC:  YEAH AND JUST TO BUILD ON THAT AND I THINK, UM, ONE -- ONE THING THAT I ALWAYS 
USE AS A WAY TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR INNOVATION IS WHEN I LOOK AT A CONTEXT OR A 
SITUATION OR A SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, YOU ASK, "WHY WAS THIS DESIGNED THIS WAY" AND THERE'S 
ALMOST ALWAYS A BIAS BEING DESIGNED FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE DOLLARS ARE COMING FROM.  IF IT'S DESIGNED THAT WAY, IT'S 
USUALLY NOT DESIGNED FOR THE LEARNER.  THAT'S A WAY TO JUMP IN AND PUT YOURSELF IN THE 
SITUATION OF THE LEARNER AND SAY HOW CAN THIS BE FOR THE LEARNER IF IT WAS THIS WAS A 
COMPLETELY CLEAN SLATE.  YOU WOULD COME UP WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT.  MIKE SMITH FUNDED 
SOME STUFF OUT AND THEY HAD A STATISTICS COURSE AND THEY BUILT THIS ONLINE ADAPTIVE 
COURSE, AS WELL.  THEY WANTED TO RUN A RANDOMIZED CONTROL TRIAL IF THE KIDS OUTSIDE OF -- 
IF THEY JUST TOOK THE ONLINE COURSE, HOW WOULD THEY DO COMPARED TO THE KIDS WITH THE 
PROFESSOR.  THEY DID A RANDOM ASSIGNMENT BUT MIKE WAS SMART.  HE SAID THE ONLY REASON A 
SEMESTER IS 16 WEEKS IS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES. 
 GIVE THEM 8 WEEKS, HALF THE TIME.  THE STUDENTS LEARNED BETTER AND RETAINED SIX MONTHS 
LATER BETTER.  YOU CAN COME UP WITH REALLY INTERESTING, POWERFUL BREAKTHROUGHS, IN 
PARTICULAR TOWARDS FLEXIBILITY.  A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS FLEXIBILITY. 
 	»  SUE:  SO YOU MENTIONED CARNEGIE MELLON.  THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DESIGN 
THERE FOR A LONG TIME WAS RICHARD BUCHANAN, WHO WROTE A LOT ABOUT THE NEED FOR HUMAN 
RIGHTS IN THINKING ABOUT DESIGN AND I LIKE TO THINK ABOUT THAT A LOT ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WHO 
WORK IN TECHNOLOGY ARE HUMANISTS.  MY DEGREE IS IN THE HUMANITIES AND I OFTEN SEE PEOPLE 
SAY, WELL, YOU SHOULDN'T STUDY HUMANITIES ANYMORE BECAUSE WE NEED MORE TECHNOLOGY AND 
MORE HARD SCIENCES.  SEE, I THINK IT'S ALL HUMANITIES.  I THINK EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE 
DOING -- YOU ARE TRYING TO DEVELOP TOOLS THAT WILL BE USEFUL TO MANKIND AND TO ME, IF 
THAT'S NOT THE HUMANITIES, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS.  DO YOU THINK ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS WHEN 
YOU ARE DOING YOUR WORK?  DO YOU THINK ABOUT -- 
 	»  JUTTA:  ACTUALLY, ANOTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY THERE IS THE HUMANITIES ARE THE 
FUTURE.  STEM IS REPLICABLE.  IT'S FORMULAIC.  NOT ALL, BUT A LOT OF IT IS.  SO IF SOME 
OF THE PREDICTIONS WE HAVE ABOUT WHERE TECHNOLOGY IS GOING ARE GOING TO COME TO FRUITION, 
THEN IT'S THE HUMANITIES, THE HUMAN JUDGMENT, THE HUMAN SENSE OF THE SOUL, THE MORE 
COMPLEX AND FUZZY AND NOT FORMULAIC THINGS ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO FOCUS ON 
BECAUSE MACHINES CAN TAKE OVER THE REST OF IT.  (LAUGHTER) 
 	»  SUE:  ANYBODY ELSE? 
 	»  VIC:  ONE THING I LEARNED IN MY CAREER.  MY UNDERGRADUATE WAS IN SYSTEM ENGINEERING 
AND MY GRADUATE WAS IN SYSTEM EDUCATION BUT I DID A LOT OF DESIGN THINKING WORK.  ONE 
THING THAT REALLY MADE IT CLEAR THAT TRULY BRILLIANT SYSTEMS ENGINEERS THAT I WORKED WITH 
WAS THAT THE MORE PERSPECTIVES YOU CAN TAKE AND UNDERSTAND ON THE SYSTEM, THE BETTER YOU 
CAN UNDERSTAND IT.  IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT FROM A HUMAN DESIGN PERSPECTIVE, AN 
ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE, AN ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, AN ARTISTIC PERSPECTIVE, THE 
MORE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND IT, THEN THE MORE SOPHISTICATED YOU CAN BE AND IT'S JUST FAR MORE 
POWERFUL AND THAT'S WHERE I SAW THE TRUE GENIUSES IN THE FIELD HOW THEY REALLY OPERATED 
AND SO I THINK IT JUST GETS TO THIS -- THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO LOOK AT THE SAME PROBLEM, 
EVEN TECHNICAL PROBLEM AND IT BRINGS POWER AND INNOVATION TO ANYTHING THAT LEADS TO 
SUCCESS. 
 	»  TRACY:  I WOULD LIKE TO ADD ONTO THAT THAT THERE ISN'T AN ANSWER.  THERE ARE MANY 
WAYS IN WE CAN APPROACH THINGS.  BECAUSE OF VARIATION AND WHO WE ARE AS HUMANS, WHAT'S 
GOING TO WORK FOR ME MAY BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WORKS FOR YOU BUT WE CAN PROGRAM 
THAT IN AND HAVE THOSE TECHNOLOGIES, WE CAN HAVE THE SUPPORTS OR SCAFFOLDS OR MATERIALS 
FOR US IN THE TOOLS THAT WE'RE CREATING AND WE CAN APPROACH IT IN A WAY THAT'S GOING TO 
WORK BEST FOR US TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED. 
 	»  SUE:  LAST WORD GOES TO YOU, MARK, IF YOU WANT IT. 
 	»  MARK:  I THINK I HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PASS IT OVER TO JUTTA FOR THE LAST 
WORD.  (LAUGHTER) WELL, I THINK I -- MY UNDERGRAD IS IN SOCIAL WORK AND I ENDED UP IN 
TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE I NEEDED TO PAY BACK MY STUDENT LOANS.  (LAUGHTER) BUT I WOULD LIKE TO 
THINK THAT I ENDED UP IN THE FIELD OF ACCESSIBILITY BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I 
LEARNED IN MY UNDERGRADUATE LIBERAL ARTS EDUCATION.  I ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT I 
THINK ONLINE LEARNING, DIGITAL LEARNING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EXPOSE LEARNERS TO PEOPLE 
OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN ECONOMIC GROUP, THEIR OWN CULTURAL GROUP.  YOU KNOW, 
WE -- I -- I SEE STATISTICS FLYING AROUND ALL THE TIME AT WORK AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT 
I HAVE DISCOVERED THE OTHER DAY THAT SHOCKED ME THAT ONLY 24% OF VISITORS TO OUR SITE 
CAME FROM THE UNITED STATES.  SO I AM NOT -- WE HAVE OVER 1200 COURSES RUNNING AND I'M 
NOT TUNED INTO EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN EVERY COURSE, BUT I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT 
THERE'S -- INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY GOING ON IN THE DISCUSSION FORUMS AND IN THAT THE 
LEARNERS ARE BENEFITING FROM THAT.  FROM THAT EXPOSURE.  TO SOMETHING THAT THEY WOULDN'T 
BE EXPOSED TO IN THE CLASSROOM. 
 	»  JUTTA:  HUMAN RIGHTS IS CRITICAL TO HUMAN SURVIVAL AND ALL OF THE RISKS THAT WE HAVE 
AT THE MOMENT ARE BASED UPON NOT THINKING ABOUT THE INCLUSION AND THE -- OF HUMANITY 
WITHIN -- AND EQUITY OF HUMANITY. 
 	»  SUE:  DEPENDS ON HOW WE DEFINE THE PROBLEM.  IF THE PROBLEM IS HOW TO GET A KID FROM 
FIRST GRADE TO SECOND GRADE, THAT'S ONE THING.  IF WE TALK ABOUT EQUITY AND BUILDING AN 
AMERICA THAT HAS A STRONG BASE ACROSS AND THAT HAS DECENT STANDARDS OF LIVING FOR AS MANY 
PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE AND IT IS NOT DESIGNED ONLY TO PROVIDE BENEFIT TO THE PEOPLE IN THE 
VERY WEALTHIEST CATEGORIES, IF THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON, THEN I THINK A DIFFERENT 
APPROACH TO TECHNOLOGY IS ONE THAT WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH. 
 	LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU MY PANEL.  (APPLAUSE) 
 	»  SHEA:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WE ARE MOVING INTO THE NEXT BREAK OUT SESSION. 
  
  
 	 ONE OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS ABOUT THE COLEMAN INSTITUTE IS THAT WE'VE HAD THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH PARTNERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.  TWO OF OUR STRONGEST 
PARTNERS HAVE CONTINUED TO INVEST IN TECHNOLOGY AND INVEST IN THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH 
COGNITIVE DISABILITIES. 
 THESE TWO PEOPLE WERE WITH US AS WE DEVELOPED THE RIGHTS AND HAVE BEEN PROMOTING THEM 
AMONGST OUR ORGANIZATION SO WE ARE THRILLED TO ONCE AGAIN BE WORKING WITH ANCOR AS WELL 
AS AAIDD AND LOOKING TO PROMOTE THE WORK THAT THEY DO, AS WELL.  SO THIS IS THE FIRST 
TIME THAT WE ARE DOING THIS.  WE ARE THRILLED TO HAVE SOME GIVEAWAYS FROM ANCOR AND AAIDD 
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS INTRODUCE BARBARA MERRILL WHO IS THE CEO OF AND THE GUIDE 
FOR TOMORROW'S EVENT AND MAGGIE WHO IS THE CEO OF AAIDD.  SO PLEASE JOIN, COME ON UP ON 
THE STAGE.  (APPLAUSE) 
  
 	»  ALL RIGHT.  HEY, THANK YOU.  JUST JOIN ME.  SO THANK YOU, SHEA.  ANCOR IS DELIGHTED 
TO SPONSOR FOR THE 6TH YEAR IN A ROW, SINCE 2010, THIS AMAZING CONFERENCE AND I JUST WANT 
TO REALLY SHARE BRIEFLY A HUGE THANK YOU TO YOU, CLAUDIA AND BILL COLEMAN AND FOR 
DR. BRADDOCK AND FOR SHEA AND ALL THE FOLKS HERE AT COLEMAN FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY 
TO SPONSOR AND TO WORK WITH YOU.  WE COME HERE TO RECHARGE.  WE COME HERE TO HEAR -- TO 
GET THE LITTLEST INFORMATION, TO HEAR A VISION, TO HEAR FROM PEOPLE LIKE LAST YEAR'S TIM 
SHRIVER, SUCH AN EXTRAORDINARY KEYNOTE SPEAKER.  BUT WASN'T CHAIRMAN WHEELER THIS MORNING 
JUST AMAZING?  SO SUCH AN OPPORTUNITY.  I WOULD ALSO SAY MR. ELLENSON.  RICHARD, ARE YOU 
IN THE AUDIENCE RIGHT NOW?  THAT AGAIN WAS SUCH AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY.  WE HAVE, AS SHEA 
SAID, A FULL DAY TOMORROW.  SO IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH TODAY, WE HAVE A FULL DAY OF 
APPLICATION BECAUSE ANCOR IS THE AMERICAN NETWORK OF COMMUNITY OPTIONS AND RESOURCES, WE 
ARE THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PROVIDERS OF SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND 
DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND OUR DAY TOMORROW, WE TITLE THE ANCOR TECH SUMMIT AND 
SHOWCASE AND IT IS JUST AN ACTION PACKED DAY WHERE WE'RE SHOWCASING A LOT OF DIFFERENT 
TECHNOLOGIES AND PROVIDERS WHO HAVE BEEN APPLYING THOSE TECHNOLOGIES ON THE GROUNDS, SO 
IT'S PRETTY FASCINATING. 
 	I WILL -- I WOULD ALSO INVITE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE, WHICH IS 
COMING UP NEXT YEAR IN SAN ANTONIO IN MAY AND WE ARE GOING TO BE DEDICATING AN ENTIRE 
TRACT TO TECHNOLOGY AND WE'VE ISSUED A REQUEST FOR PRESENTATION, SO WE INVITE ALL OF YOU 
TO PRESENT, YOU KNOW, TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT TO IMPLEMENT 
TECHNOLOGY IN EVERYTHING WE DO AND NOT JUST AS A STAND ALONE SESSION.  WE NEED TO GET THE 
WORD OUT EVEN BROADER.  SO I -- MY NEXT JOB IS TO GIVE AWAY A PRIZE, WHICH IS A COMPLETE 
FUN PRIZE.  WE HAVE DRAWN -- WE'VE GONE INTO THE HAT AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE 
THAT WE'RE GIVING AWAY A FREE REGISTRATION FOR TOMORROW'S SESSION AND THAT IS GOING TO GO 
TO A WOMAN WHO WAS SITTING RIGHT IN THE FOURTH ROW, SAMANTHA MASSENGILL.  SO 
CONGRATULATIONS, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU TOMORROW.  I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY 
FRIEND MAGGIE. 
 	»  THANK YOU, BARBARA.  I ALSO WANT TO THANK SHEA AND DAVID AND BILL AND 
CLAUDIA.  EVERY YEAR, THIS CONFERENCE IS FANTASTIC.  EVERY YEAR.  IT'S LIKE ONE OF THE -- 
EVERY YEAR IS BETTER THAN THE YEAR BEFORE AND THIS YEAR WAS NO EXCEPTION.  I THOUGHT TOM 
WHEELER'S PRESENTATION WAS ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS AND AS A MEMBER OF THE FCC DISABILITY 
ADVISORY COMMITTEE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE FCC REALLY IS COMMITTED TO MEETING THE NEEDS 
OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
 	I AM GOING TO ALSO DO A LITTLE PROMO FOR AAIDD JUST AS A HEADS UP AND A WARNING.  WE DO 
HAVE A BOOTH OUT FRONT, YOU PROBABLY SAW IT.  THANK YOU, SHEA, FOR ADVERTISING THE BLING, 
WHICH I AM MODELING SO WELL RIGHT NOW.  THE BLING SEEMS TO HAVE BECOME OUR THING AT 
AAIDD, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH OUR MISSION BUT IT DOES SPEAK TO HOW MUCH FUN WE ARE AS 
AN ORGANIZATION.  WE GIVE THEM AWAY AT OUR CONFERENCE.  OUR NEXT CONFERENCE WILL BE 
HARTFORD JUNE 2017, OUR CALLS FOR PROPOSALS ARE ALSO OPEN.  COME AND GET A BLING.  IF YOU 
CAN'T WAIT TILL HARTFORD JUNE OF 2017, YOU CAN GET A BLING TODAY.  (LAUGHTER) JOIN OR 
RENEW AND YOU CAN GET BLING. 
 	A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE OPEN RIGHT NOW WITH IN ADDITION TO OUR CALL FOR 
PROPOSALS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR CALL FOR AWARDS OUT RIGHT NOW.  SO IF THERE'S YOU THINK 
IS DESERVING OF NATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR THE WORK THAT THEY DO ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES, I HOPE YOU WILL MAKE A NOMINATION.  THOSE WILL BE 
PRESENTED IN HARTFORD. 
 	WE ALSO HAVE A VERY EXCITING PRESENTATION TO MAKE IN COLLABORATION WITH THE COLEMAN 
INSTITUTE, THERE ARE 8 STUDENTS WHO WERE IDENTIFIED TO RECEIVE ONE YEAR MEMBERSHIPS IN 
AAIDD.  THEY WERE SELECTED, NOT WITH A HAT, BUT WITH A RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR BECAUSE 
THAT'S HOW WE ROLL.  (LAUGHTER) 
 	»  SHE'S OUT-TECHED US.  (LAUGHTER) 
 	»  SO SOME OF THE FOLKS ARE HERE IN THE ROOM, I'M GOING TO JUST READ THEIR NAMES OUT 
LOUD.  IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE STAND UP AND AT THE END, WE WILL APPLAUD ONCE.  DOES THAT 
WORK FOR EVERYONE? 
 	LAURIN POOLIA, JACOB DAVISCORT, AARON BUELLER, LAURIN CLEMENS, KATIE HYNEN, PAGE BERET, 
DIVA MANI AND ZAC WINEHORT (NAMES ARE ALL PHONETIC) 
 	YOU'VE MADE A WISE DECISION IN ACCEPTING THIS MEMBERSHIP IN AAIDD.  THE FIRST YEAR IS 
FREE, AFTER THAT, WE'LL BE COMING FOR YOU.  THANK YOU, SO MUCH. 
 	(APPLAUSE) 
 	»  SHEA:  WELL, IT IS THAT TIME OF OUR DAY WHERE WE TAKE STOCK OF WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED 
AND HEAR FROM THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND OUR FOUNDING DONOR, 
BILL COLEMAN.  THIS IS A TRADITION FOR US NOW, THE FIRESIDE CHAT HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT 
WE HAVE GROWN TO LOVE AND APPRECIATE AND LOOK FORWARD TO BECAUSE OF THE VISION THAT WE 
HEAR FROM OUR SPEAKERS THAT PARTICIPATE.  SO WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE BILL 
COLEMAN, OUR FOUNDING DONOR.  (APPLAUSE) 
 	PETER BLANCK (APPLAUSE) 
 	WELCOME BACK TO THE STAGE AGAIN, SUE SWENSEN. 
 	(APPLAUSE) 
 	»  BILL:  WELL, FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL THAT STUCK OUT THE WHOLE DAY.  THIS HAS 
BEEN AN AMAZING DAY.  I -- I TEND TO AGREE, THEY JUST SEEM TO GET BETTER EVERY YEAR AND 
DAVID AND SHEA AND THE WHOLE TEAM WORK LIKE CRAZY TO MAKE THIS A WORTHWHILE EXPERIENCE 
AND I ALWAYS COME AWAY JUST REALLY EXCITED. 
 	SO WE HAVE A HALF AN HOUR.  NOW, I KNOW WHAT THE DOOMSDAY CLOCK LOOKS LIKE.  IT'S LIKE 
THIS BIG (LAUGHTER) IT'S LIKE IN YOUR FACE. 
 	BUT I HAVE A -- THE HONOR TO CHAIR THIS AND OR MODERATE THIS AND MY PANEL IS 
FABULOUS.  I THINK ANY OF YOU HAVE COME THE LAST 16 YEARS KNOW PETER AND SUE.  OF COURSE, 
SUE IS NOW THE ACTING -- 
 	»  SUE:  ACTING OUT. 
 	»  BILL:  ACTING OUT ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION REHABILITATION.  SHE HAS 
A LONG HISTORY OF SERVICE IN THE GOVERNMENT AND IN NON-PROFIT AND PROMOTING AN HELPING US 
DEVELOP AND HAS BEEN A PARTNER WITH US FROM -- SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. 
 	PETER, OF COURSE, FROM SYRACUSE IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BURT BLANCK OF INSTITUTE OF LAW 
AND POLICY.  BY THE WAY, WE WORK WITH PETER, HE WROTE A PHENOMENAL HANDBOOK A COUPLE OF 
YEARS AGO ON LAW AND DISABILITY THAT I REALLY RECOMMEND FOR ANY OF YOU THAT ARE 
INTERESTED IN THE FIELD. 
 	BUT IT'S A PLEASURE FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO MODERATE THIS PANEL.  WE HAD A COUPLE OF 
THINGS WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TALK ABOUT, BUT WE CAN'T HELP BUT START WITH CHAIRMAN 
WHEELER'S TALK THIS MORNING.  I MEAN, HE'S AN INSPIRATIONAL SPEAKER.  HERE AT THE COLEMAN 
INSTITUTE, WE WORK WITH THE FCC FOR MANY YEARS.  WE'VE HAD A LOT OF WORK OF WORKSHOPS 
WHERE THE FCC -- MEMBERS OF THE -- OF ALL OF THE BEST TOP ASSOCIATIONS IN OUR CLOSE 
COLLABORATORS, PETER AND SUE, HAVE BEEN PART OF IT IN TRYING TO PROMOTE POLICY AND TRYING 
TO PROMOTE CHANGE ON THE POLICY SIDE THAT CAN REFLECT THE INDUSTRY SIDE SO THAT WE CAN 
END UP WITH STANDARDS THAT WILL MEAN THAT THE TECHNOLOGY THAT'S AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY 
THAT'S GOING TO BECOME SO CHEAP AND SO AVAILABLE WOULD LITERALLY BE THAT PROTHESIS FOR 
LIFE THAT WE ALWAYS HOPED FOR FOR PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES AND I THINK, WHAT WE 
HEARD THIS MORNING, WAS THE BEGINNING OF MOVE TOWARDS THE INFLECTION POINT AND I WOULD 
JUST LIKE TO ASK, FIRST SUE, TO REFLECT ON HER THOUGHTS ON HOW THINGS ARE DEVELOPING AND 
WHAT SHE SEES GOING FORWARD HERE. 
 	»  SUE:  SO I LOVE THE QUESTION, I LOVED THE SPEECH.  I REALLY LIKE EVERYTHING THAT'S 
GOING FORWARD.  16 YEARS IS A LONG TIME.  (LAUGHTER) YOU'VE BEEN PUSHING THIS BOULDER UP 
THE HILL, SO TO SPEAK.  BOULDER.  (LAUGHTER) 
 	I THINK IT'S REALLY INTERESTING THE CULTURAL IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE EXPECTATIONS 
OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND WE HEAR ALL THESE STORIES ABOUT WHAT WILL BE POSSIBILITY 
AND BY THE TIME IT BECOMES POSSIBLE, IT'S SO ORDINARY THAT WE ALMOST DIDN'T NOTICE IT 
HAPPENING AND SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY IN A STATE OF ANTICIPATION AND, YOU KNOW, ALMOST BEING 
DISAPPOINTED WITH WHAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE KEEP EXPECTING THE NEXT THING TO BE SO MUCH 
BETTER AND IT'S -- IT'S AN INTERESTING CULTURAL PIECE, I THINK, OF HOW AMERICANS WITH 
DISABILITIES LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY.  SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT EVERYTHING IS OUT THERE NOW AND 
IS ALL POSSIBLE AND IT'S JUST BEING WITHHELD FROM THEM AND THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.  SOME 
PEOPLE THINK, "WELL, IT'S JUST BEING DEVELOPED NOW AND THERE ISN'T ANYTHING." AND THAT'S 
PROBLEMATIC AND THANK YOU, KATHY -- I SEE CATHY BODINE NODDING.  IF ANYBODY KNOWS THIS, 
YOU WOULD KNOW IT AS HOW EXPECTATIONS AND ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION IMPACT ON PEOPLE'S 
FRUSTRATIONS, ON THEIR EXPECTATIONS AND SO I LOVE TO HEAR THESE TALKS.  I HOPE THERE'S A 
TIPPING POINT.  I HOPE SOMETHING HAPPENS WHERE SUDDENLY, WE'LL SEE, "OH, YEAH! 
REMEMBER WHEN WE USED TO DO IT THAT OLD WAY?" BECAUSE I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE KIND OF 
DRAMATIC SHIFT THAT WOULD BE REALLY SATISFYING TO PEOPLE.  I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MAKES 
SENSE, BUT -- 
 	»  BILL:  YEAH, IT DOES.  PETER, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT WE HEARD THIS MORNING? 
 	»  PETER:  FIRST OF ALL, IT'S ALWAYS A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE.  THANK YOU, BILL, THANK 
YOU, EVERYBODY, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE.  I'M IN THE TRENCH MODE.  I MAY BE THE 
TOKEN LAWYER HERE -- THERE ARE PROBABLY OTHER LAWYERS IN THE ROOM. 
 	»  BILL:  NOBODY IS GOING TO ADMIT IT. 
 	»  PETER:  UM, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT INFLECTION POINTS, 63 YEARS AGO WE HAD 
BROWN V. 
EDUCATION WHICH SAID THAT A ARE SEPARATE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM BASED ON RACE IS NOT 
TOLERABLE IN OUR SOCIETY.  37 YEARS AGO OR -- NO, I THINK 42 YEARS AGO, 1975, WE HAD TOM 
GILL WHO WAS ONE OF MY MENTORS ARGUING IN THE PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED 
CITIZENS V. 
PENNSYLVANIA.  THIS SOMEHOW UNUSUAL IDEA THAT KIDS WITH DISABILITIES SHOULD HAVE AN 
EQUAL, FREE AND APPROPRIATE PUBLIC EDUCATION WHICH WE TAKE FOR GRANTED TODAY.  SO TALK 
ABOUT INFLECTION POINTS, I MEAN, AS A LAWYER, THOSE ARE BIG MOMENTS FOR US.  WHAT I'VE 
BEEN TRYING TO DO, THE TECHNOLOGY DISCUSSION IS UNBELIEVABLY INTERESTING AND 
FANTASTIC.  I AM TRYING TO CONTINUALLY STAY UP ON THE LEGAL SIDE IN THE TRENCHES AND 
THERE'S REALLY NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY WHERE I DON'T GET A CALL FROM A PARENT OR AN 
INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY WHO SAYS -- INDIVIDUAL WITH INTELLECTUAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL 
DISABILITY, IN PARTICULAR, WHO SAYS THERE'S NO TECHNOLOGY PLAN IN MY KID'S IEP.  REMEMBER 
THE JENNIE HATCH CASE I TOLD YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO?  SHE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN AT 
THE TIME.  29.  THREE YEARS AGO WITH THE I. 
D.D. 
DOWN SYNDROME.  SHE WAS FIGHTING GUARDIANSHIP.  THE FIRST THING THE GUARDIAN WANTED THE 
TAKE AWAY FROM HER -- AN UNUSUAL SITUATION -- THE FIRST THING WAS HER SMART 
PHONE.  TECHNOLOGY, OUR BRAIN THAT WE CARRY ABOUT.  TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF 
TECHNOLOGY.  FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THE COURT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE 
UNITED STATES, THAT THERE ARE ALTERNATIVES TO BASICALLY A CIVIL DEATH FOR MANY PEOPLE 
WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES.  THIS WEEK, WE WON OUR SECOND JENNIE 
HATCH -- TALK ABOUT INFLECTION POINTS.  A YOUNG MAN NAMED RYAN CAN HE THINK IN 
WASHINGTON, D.C.  IT WILL BE WRITTEN UP IN THE WASHINGTON POST. 
 IT'S BEEN FOLLOWED THERE.  HE'S A YOUNG MAN, AFRICAN AMERICAN, WHOSE PARENTS DIDN'T WANT 
TO BE HIS GUARDIAN AND HE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO BE GUARDIAN.  HE WAS LIVING INDEPENDENTLY, 
USING TECHNOLOGY, WORKING AT THE LOCAL SAFEWAY GROCERY SUPERMARKET.  FINALLY, AFTER A 
LONG LEGAL BATTLE, THE COURT SAID YOU HAVE SHOWN US THAT THIS MAN CAN LIVE INDEPENDENTLY 
AND WHY SHOULD THE STATE DICTATE HOW HE LIVES HIS LIFE.  THIS IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY, BUT 
WHAT I AM TRYING TO REFLECT AND I WILL BE BRIEF IN MY COMMENTS IS, FROM A LAWYER'S 
PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO A RESEARCHER AND WRITER LIKE MANY PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, I AM VERY 
OFTEN WHERE THE RUBBER HITS THE ROAD, WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY IS TAKEN AWAY, WHERE THE 
TECHNOLOGY IS NOT PROVIDED AND CAN SEE FIRSTHAND THE TERRIFIC UNEQUAL SOCIETY THAT 
RESULTS AND ANOTHER ONE OF MY MENTORS, DAVID BRADDOCK, FIVE YEARS AGO NOW -- MAYBE SIX 
YEARS AGO -- SAID I SHOULD GET MY FINGERNAILS EVEN DIRTIER AND WRITE A BOOK THAT WAS 
COMMISSIONED BY THE COLEMAN INSTITUTE ON THE FUTURE OF COGNITIVE DISABILITY AND 
TECHNOLOGY AND, NOT ONLY IS IT OUT OF AT A TIME NOW BECAUSE OF ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE 
HAPPENING, BUT IT'S IN ITS FOURTH PRINTING.  DAVID BRADDOCK WROTE THE INTRODUCTION FOR IT 
AND IT SOLD FAR MORE THAN THE USUAL 17 COPIES THAT MY MOTHER BOUGHT 15 OF (LAUGHTER) 
THANKS TO DAVID BRADDOCK. 
 	SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A VIEW -- RAMBLING, PERHAPS, FROM THE TRENCHES, SUGGESTING 
THAT EVERYTHING THAT WE TALK ABOUT HERE IN TECHNOLOGY HAS A REAL WORLD IMPACT ON THE WAY 
PEOPLE LIVE THEIR LIVES EVERYDAY AND THE LAWYERS HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A ROLE TO PLAY IN 
KEEPING -- IN WATCHING THEIR BACKS. 
 	»  BILL:  THANK YOU, PETER. 
 	I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT CHAIRMAN WHEELER IS RIGHT.  THERE'S A MAJOR INFLECTION POINT 
COMING.  WHEN CLAUDIA AND I HAD THE CONCEPT OF FOUNDING THE INSTITUTE AND WE ENGAGED WITH 
THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE WE DID AND IT WAS IN 1998 AND THE 
CONCEPT WAS VERY SIMPLE, IT HAD A COUPLE OF PARTS, BUT FIRST IS LOOKING AHEAD FOR 25 
YEARS THAT THE CONVERGENCE OF COMPUTING, COMMUNICATIONS AND MOBILITY WOULD OFFER THE 
OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT TO TURN INTO A PROTHESIS FOR LIFE FOR PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE 
DISABILITIES.  A COACH, A COMPANION, A SAFETY NET AND SOMETHING THEY COULD REALLY 
INTERACT WITH.  IF THE SOFTWARE SYSTEMS AND SUPPORT STRUCTURES THAT WERE INCLUDED IN 
THOSE COULD IDENTIFY AND WORK WITH THEM AS AN INDIVIDUAL AND UNDERSTAND THEIR CONDITIONS, 
THEIR CIRCUMSTANCES, AND THE CONTEXT OF WHAT THEY WERE DOING RIGHT THEN TO BE ABLE TO 
INTERACT WITH THEM.  YOU KNOW, HERE WE ARE 18 YEARS AFTER THAT AND 16 YEARS AFTER THE 
INSTITUTE WAS FOUNDED AND, YOU KNOW, THAT -- THE ENABLEMENT OF THAT TECHNOLOGY IS ALMOST 
ALL HERE. 
 	NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY AND 
EVERYTHING.  THE -- YOU KNOW, I WROTE A PAPER ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO AND I GAVE A LITTLE 
TALK ON IT IN ONE OF OUR KEYNOTES ABOUT 5 OR 6 YEARS AGO ABOUT AN ASPECT OF IT AND 
IT'S -- THE WORLD IS GOING FROM MASS PRODUCTION, MASS MARKETS, MASS MARKETING TO A MARKET 
WON, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING FROM, YOU KNOW, IN THE ECONOMIC WORLD IS A PUSH ECONOMY -- THE 
OLD HENRY FORD, "YOU CAN HAVE ANY COLOR YOU WANT, AS LONG AS IT'S BLACK." WE MAKE IT, YOU 
PUT IT OUT THERE, YOU BUY IT TO A PULL ECONOMY.  YOU KNOW, IF DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY 
WHAT I WANT WHEN I WANT IT, YOU PROBABLY WON'T GET THE BUSINESS.  NOW, WE AREN'T ALL 
THERE, BUT THIS INVOLVES, YOU KNOW, PERSONALIZATION AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE 
INDIVIDUAL AND THAT'S THE INFLECTION POINT. 
 	THE INFLECTION POINT THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO IS BEING 
DRIVEN BY SEVERAL -- BY AT LEAST THREE THINGS.  ONE, THE NEED AND WANT BY BUSINESSES, 
ORGANIZATIONS, WHATEVER, TO BETTER SERVE SPECIFIC MARKETS, SPECIFIC PEOPLE IN REALTIME 
AND SO AMAZON CREATED THAT, NOW EVERYBODY ELSE IS TRYING TO DO IT.  NUMBER TWO, CYBER 
SECURITY, IDENTITY, ALL THE ATTACKS.  NUMBER THREE, WHAT'S COMING IS THE INTERNET OF 
THINGS.  WHY ARE ALL THOSE THINGS TIED TOGETHER?  BECAUSE THEY ALL START WITH YOUR 
IDENTITY.  IN ORDER TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS ALL THOSE THINGS, WE HAVE TO HAVE IDENTITY IN ALL 
THOSE THINGS.  IT HAS TO BE ABLE TO SECURELY, AUTHENTICATE THAT YOU ARE YOU AND BE ABLE 
TO BE AUTHORIZED FOR YOU TO DO SOMETHING.  SO NUMBER ONE, IF YOU CAN DO THAT SECURELY, 
YOU CAN GET -- YOU CAN FIX MOST OF CYBER SECURITY IDENTITY THEFT.  NUMBER TWO, YOU NOW, 
AS AN INDIVIDUAL, IF IT'S DONE SECURELY AND WITH PRIVACY, CAN ALLOW INFORMATION ABOUT 
YOURSELF TO BE ACCESSED BY YOUR DOCTOR, YOUR TEACHER, THE STORE YOU ARE WALKING INTO 
UNDER YOUR CONTROL.  SO THINGS CAN BE DONE PERSONALIZED FOR YOU AND THEN -- AND THEN 
NUMBER THREE, AS -- YOU BECOME AN INDIVIDUAL.  YOU BECOME SOMETHING YOU CAN REALLY 
TARGET.  THINK ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, THE INTERNET OF THINGS.  IT MEANS EVERYTHING OUT 
THERE IS GOING TO BE ONLINE.  NOW, THINK ABOUT THAT.  IF YOUR HOUSE OR WHATEVER.  THERE'S 
NO WAY YOU ARE GOING TO BE -- THAT EVERY PERSON IS GOING TO BE REGISTERED FOR EVERY 
DEVICE, EVERYWHERE IN THE WORLD WITH THEIR IDENTITY.  IT JUST CAN NEVER HAPPEN.  YOU 
KNOW, THERE AREN'T ENOUGH ADMINISTRATORS IN THE WORLD TO MAKE THE CHANGE TO BILLIONS OF 
PEOPLE CHANGING THEIR LIKES AND DESIRES EVERY MINUTE AND THE DEVICES INTERACTING WITH 
THEM, YOU KNOW.  WHEN YOU WALK INTO A LARGE BUILDING, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU THE ONE THAT'S 
AUTHORIZED TO TURN THE LIGHTS OFF OR ON OR SET THE FIRE ALARM OFF, YOU KNOW.  ALL THESE 
THINGS WILL BE ONLINE, BUT THAT MEANS THE IDENTITY HAS TO BE BUILT INTO THE DEVICE.  AS 
SOON AS THE IDENTITY IS BUILT INTO THE DEVICE, IF THE DEVICE CAN UNDERSTAND ABOUT YOU AS 
AN INDIVIDUAL, IT CAN INTERACT WITH YOU.  NOT JUST YOU AS A BUYER OR SHOPPER OR STUDENT, 
BUT YOU AS A PERSON WITH ABILITIES AND DISABILITIES AND THEN THE WHOLE WORLD CAN INTERACT 
TO THOSE, YOU KNOW.  YOU CAN GET UP AND WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU MIGHT BE IN A 
STRANGE HOTEL ROOM AND IF YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO INTERACT WITH THE SYSTEM, DON'T 
INTERACT -- THEY SHOULDN'T INTERACT WITH YOU, YOU KNOW.  YOU SHOULD HAVE TO BE -- MAYBE 
THE LIGHTS WILL COME ON, YOU KNOW, THE -- THE -- THE HVAC WILL SWITCH TO -- TURN ON YOUR 
TELEVISION SHOW, PROMPT YOU FOR THE PILLS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE AND NOT ALLOW YOU TO TURN 
ON THE GAS BURNER BECAUSE MAYBE THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD TURN OFF, YOU 
KNOW.  THIS INFLECTION POINT MEANS THE TECHNOLOGY TO SOLVE WHAT THE -- WHERE THE WORLD 
WILL BE IN 5 OR 10 YEARS IS THE TECHNOLOGY THAT MAKES THIS A TRUE PROTHESIS FOR LIFE.  IF 
IT'S BUILT INTO THOSE SYSTEMS, EVERY APPLICATION, EVERY INTERACTION YOU HAVE SHOULD ADAPT 
TO YOU AND THAT YOU CAN BE SPECIAL IF WE -- IF WE CAN MAKE THESE STANDARDS AND POLICIES 
WORK.  SO THERE'S A HUGE INFLECTION POINT COMING.  REALLY HUGE FOR ALL OF HUMANITY, BUT 
IT'S REALLY HUGE FOR US AND I WANT TO TALK ABOUT YOUR REFLECTIONS ON, YOU KNOW, WE TALK 
ABOUT PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES.  EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD IS ON A SPECTRUM, 
RIGHT?  WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HONOR AND THE ABILITIES AND DISABILITIES WITH 
EVERYBODY ON THAT SPECTRUM SO SOME DAY WE DON'T TALK ABOUT ABILITIES OR DISABILITIES, WE 
TALK ABOUT INDIVIDUALS AND, YOU KNOW, I -- WE TALKED ABOUT THAT DISCUSSION THAT CAME UP A 
COUPLE OF TIMES EARLIER TODAY.  PETER, DO YOU HAVE SOME THOUGHTS? 
 	»  PETER:  SURE, WELL, IDENTITY AND CONTENT.  THOSE ARE TWO BIG -- TWO BIG ISSUES.  NOT 
A HALF AN HOUR AGO, I GOT AN E-MAIL SAYING SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT, "SHOULD WE AMEND THE 
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT BECAUSE EVENTUALLY NEW DATA ANALYTICS WILL SERVE TO 
DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF ABILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABLES ON THE BASIS OF EMPLOYMENT, 
EDUCATION AND OTHER AREAS." SO IDENTITY, SECURITY, PRIVACY FROM THE LAWYER'S POINT OF 
VIEW, OBVIOUSLY, IS A VERY CHALLENGING ASPECT.  WITH REGARD TO ONCE YOU GET PASSED THAT 
AND YOUR IDENTITY IS SECURE, CONTENT IS STILL KING AS BILL AND OTHERS HAVE SAID, AND 
WE'RE JUST NOT THERE YET TECHNOLOGICALLY.  SO I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU, I'VE BEEN FORTUNATE 
TO LITIGATE FOR THE NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND SO SCREEN READERS CAN BE USED.  FOR 
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF SO CAPTIONING CAN BE USED BUT THERE'S NOT BEEN A SINGLE 
CASE YET.  I'M LOOKING STILL INVOLVING INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL 
DISABILITIES THAT THE CONTENT IS NOT ACCESSIBLE MEANING WORDS BEYOND FORMING, THAT'S 
GOING TO BE A REAL CHALLENGE DOWN THE ROAD.  PERHAPS TECHNOLOGICALLY, AS WELL. 
 	»  SUE:  SO I CARRY AROUND THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS FROM THE U.N. 
ON THE I-PHONE.  IT'S ONE OF MY KEY USES OF TECHNOLOGY TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS THING 
EVERY NOW AND THEN AND YOU MAY KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE 
WITH DISABILITIES THAT'S WRITTEN NOW MANY YEARS AGO.  WE ARE STILL WAITING TO RATIFY IT 
IN THE UNITED STATES.  THE CONVENTION DOESN'T CREATE ANY NEW RIGHTS, IT JUST INTERPRETS 
THE RIGHTS OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION FROM 1947 IN MODERN TERMS FOR PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES. 
 	IN ARTICLE IX IS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVING THE RIGHT TO 
COMMUNICATION AND INTERNET TECHNOLOGY AND THE RIGHT TO ACCESSIBILITY FOR TOOLS THAT WILL 
HELP THEM BUILD THEIR LIFE, BUT WE'RE NOT PARTICIPATING IN THIS CONVERSATION.  I THINK 
THAT'S JUST A SHAME.  I THINK WHEN I THINK OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY AND WHAT CAN BE 
ARRANGED, IN THINKING ABOUT HOW TECHNOLOGY REALLY CAN BE USED FOR PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES, IF THE U.S. 
ISN'T PARTICIPATING IN THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHAT'S POSSIBLE, HOW CAN WE DO IT -- WHY 
ARE WE NOT AT THE TABLE FOR THAT?  IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.  I THINK WHAT 
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A HUMAN RIGHT.  I ALMOST THINK THAT YOUR INTERNET IDENTITY HAS 
HUMAN RIGHTS.  I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY THAT REALLY CLEARLY, BUT I THINK IT'S MERGED WITH 
YOUR OWN PERSON IN MANY WAYS WHEN YOUR INTERNET IDENTITY REPRESENTS YOU AND IT -- IT'S 
PART OF YOU.  AND SO HOW DO WE THINK ABOUT HOW THAT ALL FITS?  I HAVE A PROPOSAL FOR 
SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION 504 IS GROWING LIKE CRAZY.  WE HAVE A MILLION KIDS NOW USING 
504 IN SCHOOLS AND IDEA IS FALLING OFF A LITTLE BIT.  WE HAVE 6. 5 MILLION CHILDREN 
NOW.  WE WERE UP TO 7. 1 AT ONE POINT AND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 6. 5.  I THINK IT'S BECAUSE 
IDEA COMES WITH A PLACEMENT RISK.  AND YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO A FREE AND APPROPRIATE 
PUBLIC EDUCATION, BUT APPROPRIATE IS INTERPRETED IN SCHOOLS AS, WELL, WHICH BOX ARE WE 
GOING TO PUT YOU IN?  WHICH SEGREGATED PLACEMENT ARE WE GOING TO PUT YOU IN.  SO PARENTS 
WANT TO ESCAPE FROM THAT BY GOING TO 504 WHERE YOU REALLY JUST TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THE 
CHILD, WHICH FITS A LOT BETTER.  WELL, THERE'S A WHOLE RANGE OF CHILDREN IN BETWEEN WHO 
HAVE LEARNING NEEDS.  THAT DON'T JUST HAVE PHYSICAL OR MEDICAL ACCOMMODATION NEEDS LIKE 
MOST 504 KIDS, BUT THEY NEED TECHNOLOGY TO GET THROUGH THEIR DAY TO TAKE A TEST, TO DO 
THEIR LEARNING AND I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, WELL, WHY DON'T WE HAVE A THIRD WAY THAT'S 
BETWEEN 504 AND IDEA WHERE A STUDENT COULD HAVE A LEARNING PLAN AND HAVE ACCESS TO 
VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES AND WE WOULD JUST PING THEIR RECORD WITH SAYING, YOU KNOW, YES, SUE 
HAS THE READING COMPREHENSION TEST BUT HE USED A SCREEN READER OR, YOU KNOW, SUE DID THIS 
MATH TEST, BUT SHE USED THESE VISUALIZATION TOOLS OR WHATEVER AND LET THAT BE IN MY 
RECORD SO THAT WHEN I GRADUATE, I WOULD KNOW WHICH ACCOMMODATIONS WORK FOR ME AND OVER 
TIME AND WHEN I GO TO COLLEGE, I KNOW WHAT I NEED AND HOW TO GET A JOB.  I HAPPENED TO 
MENTION THIS TO SOMEONE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THEY SAID, "OH, MY GOD, YOU 
CAN'T DO THAT BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU REPORT AN ACCOMMODATION THAT SOMEONE USES THEM, YOU 
ARE REVEALING THEM AS A PERSON OF DISABILITY." SO THEREFORE, THEIR IDENTITY AS A DISABLED 
PERSON IS BEING OUTED AND SOMEHOW THAT'S A TREMENDOUSLY NEGATIVE THING.  I THINK THAT WE 
HAVE TO MAKE PEACE WITH THAT IN THE DISABILITY WORLD.  WE HAVE TO START SAYING WE'RE NOT 
ASHAMED OF BEING A PERSON WITH A DISABILITY.  I'M NOT ASHAMED OF USING ACCOMMODATIONS AND 
WE DON'T WANT LAWS THAT PROTECT US FROM OUR OWN IDENTITY IN SOME WAY. 
 	I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE NOTION THAT YOUR ACTUAL ONLINE IDENTITY WOULD BE 
PART OF YOUR HUMANITY AND THUS ALSO HAVE HUMAN RIGHTS, BUT MAYBE THAT'S A LITTLE FAR OUT. 
 	»  PETER:  WELL, LEGAL RIGHT.  YEAH. 
 	»  SUE:  FRANKLY, WHAT WE LEARN IN THE DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IS THERE'S A WHOLE 
RANGE OF RIGHTS.  IF I WOULD SAY ONE THING NEGATIVE ABOUT THE UNITED STATES IS THAT WHEN 
WE THINK ABOUT RIGHTS, WE THINK ABOUT CIVIL AND LEGAL RIGHTS.  IF WE'RE LUCKY, WE MIGHT 
THINK ABOUT ECONOMIC RIGHTS. 
 WE DON'T THINK ABOUT CULTURAL RIGHTS.  WE DON'T THINK AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD ABOUT 
POLITICAL RIGHTS OR SOME OF THE OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS THAT ARE REALLY A BASIS.  IF YOU HAVE 
LEGAL RIGHTS, WHAT IT GIVES YOU IS THE RIGHT TO SUE WHEN YOU ARE DENIED WHAT IS RIGHT FOR 
YOU.  I THINK WE HAVE TO TURN THAT AROUND AND THINK ABOUT HOW DO WE PUT HUMAN RIGHTS ON 
THE FRONT END SO THAT YOU ARE NOT ALWAYS TRYING TO CATCH UP BY SUING FOR SOMETHING. 
 	»  PETER:  WELL, MAYBE THAT WILL CHANGE AFTER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. 
 	»  SUE:  OH, PLEASE.  (LAUGHTER) BITE YOUR TONGUE! 
 	»  BILL:  I'M ENCOURAGED THAT THERE ARE -- THAT THE WHOLE MARCH OF TECHNOLOGY AND THE 
INDUSTRY IS TAKING US TO A POSITION WHERE WE CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM.  I'M ENCOURAGED THAT 
JUTTA IN CANADA AND CHAIRMAN WHEELER HERE IN THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS ARE ALL 
WORKING THINGS THAT THEY CAN BRING THIS TOGETHER.  I AM -- I AM SORT OF IN A HURRY AROUND 
THE DECLARATION.  I MEAN, I SORT OF LOOKED AT THE DECLARATION AS IF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE 
CAN BE THAT KIND OF A -- ADOPTION, YOU KNOW, BY THE U.S. 
GOVERNMENT AND BY SOCIETY THAT THAT -- THESE ARE REAL RIGHTS.  WE'RE GOING TO ALL BE 
PART -- WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE PART OF A CONNECTED DIGITAL WORLD, YOU KNOW.  IN THIS PAPER 
I WROTE TEN YEARS AGO, IT'S ABOUT SIX CYCLES THAT STARTED IN 1960 AND THEN IN 2040 AND 
THAT'S WHEN ALL INFORMATION CAN BE INTERPRETED IN REALTIME WITH THESE KINDS OF 
SYSTEMS.  BUT MORE THAN THAT, I BELIEVE THAT BY THEN, IF WE WANT TO, WE CAN BE NEURALLY 
CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. 
 	WELL, NOW, IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT, YOU JUST LOST ABOUT 80-90% OF ALL 
WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HUMAN IN THIS CENTURY.  HOW YOU LEARN WHO YOU ARE.  WHAT IS THE 
DEFINITION OF WORK.  SO I BETTER HURRY TO SEE THE DECLARATION AND I DON'T -- BECOME -- 
WHETHER IT IS OUR DECLARATION OR JUST WHAT'S EMBODIED IN IT BECOME PART OF WHAT SOCIETY 
BELIEVES BECAUSE THE REST OF THIS WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.  I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AGREE OR 
DISAGREE. 
 	»  PETER:  TODAY THE DECLARATION HASN'T BEEN INCORPORATED INTO A STATE LAW.  IT'S BEEN 
ENDORSED, OF COURSE, BY STATE LEGISLATURES, WHICH IS FANTASTIC.  THAT MIGHT BE THE NEXT 
ITERATION IN A STATE LIKE CALIFORNIA OR COLORADO.  IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IT IN THE 
CODE THAT THESE ELEMENTS ARE PROTECTED ELEMENTS, BUT THAT'S A -- THAT'S A BIG, BIG 
PULL.  YEAH.  THAT'S AS BIG A PULL AS YOUR NEURO -- AND PEOPLE SEE THE MOVIE THE X-MEN 
WHERE THE PROFESSOR HAS THE HELMET AND SEES ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD AND CAN CONNECT 
TO THEM.  I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT TO BILL EARLIER TODAY.  MAY I TAKE A LITTLE 
PREROGATIVE BECAUSE WE HAVE 3 MINUTES LEFT? 
 	»  BILL:  PLEASE. 
 	»  PETER:  AND FLIP AND COME TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TABLE.  MAYBE SUE, YOU WOULD ALSO 
BE -- I WOULD BE VERY INTERESTED TO UNDERSTAND AS SOMEONE WHO IS COMMITTED TO THE COLEMAN 
INSTITUTE AND WHO HAS SEEN IT GROW AND BEEN THE FIRST AT MANY OF THE CONFERENCES, WHERE 
DO YOU WANT THIS INSTITUTE TO BE FIVE YEARS FROM NOW?  WHAT SORT OF IMPACT CAN IT HAVE OR 
CONTINUE TO HAVE AND WILL IT BE BUSINESS AS USUAL?  WILL THERE BE AN ANNUAL CONVENTION IS 
THAT THE BEST WAY TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT? 
 	»  BILL:  I WOULD LIKE THE INSTITUTE TO BE AMONG THE LEADERS OF -- IN THE TWO BIG PART 
OF THIS, ONE BEING HELPING TO TAKE THE CONCEPTS THAT ARE IN THE DECLARATION AND GIVE THEM 
TEETH.  WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE WHEN 504 WAS PUT INTO LAW IN FEBRUARY OF 2001, 
PRESIDENT -- NEW PRESIDENT BUSH -- GEORGE W. 
BUSH, IT WAS CALLED THE NEW FREEDOM.  TITLE 1 WAS ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND HE ASKED ME TO 
COME AND REPRESENT THAT IN THE WHITE HOUSE FOR THE SIGNING AND I GOT TO BE THERE WITH 
SENATOR HARKIN AND SENATOR KENNEDY AND I WAS HONORED.  I GOT A CALL AND SAID THERE'S NO 
TEETH.  I CALLED THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEY SAID IT'S TOO LATE, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF 
THAT.  WENT THROUGH THE SIGNING AND AS I LEFT, I GOT A CALL FROM THE PERSON AT NIH WHO 
WAS PART OF THAT BILL AND HE SAID, WELL, THANK YOU.  I SAID THANK YOU FOR WHAT?  HE SAID 
DIDN'T YOU SEE WHAT PRESIDENT BUSH SAID?  HE ADDED A SENTENCE REQUIRING EVERY GOVERNMENT 
AGENCY TO ONLY BUY EQUIPMENT THAT MET 504 IN ONE YEAR.  I WOULD LIKE US TO BE INVOLVED 
AND HELP MAKE SOMETHING LIKE THAT HAPPEN FOR SOME FORM OF CODIFICATION OF RIGHTS ON THE 
ONE HAND AND I WOULD LIKE US TO CONTINUE TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE FCC, THE NIST WITH GPI, 
WITH ALL THE FORCES THAT ARE BRINGING TOGETHER THE STANDARDS THAT WILL MAKE IDENTITY 
ADAPTABLE FOR PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES SO THEY CAN LEAD A MORE NORMAL AND 
PRACTICAL LIFE. 
 	»  PETER:  THANK YOU, YOU PASSED THE TEST.  (LAUGHTER) 
 	DID YOU WANT TO TAKE SOME QUESTIONS? 
 	»  BILL:  DO WE HAVE A QUESTION OR TWO FROM THE FLOOR?  I KNOW WE ARE ALREADY OVER TIME 
BUT WE'RE JUST STANDING BETWEEN YOU AND HAPPY HOUR, SO -- (LAUGHTER) 
 	»  SUE:  THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO ASK THAT (LAUGHTER) 
 	»  BILL:  SHEA IS JACKIE ON THE SPOT OR SOMETHING WITH A MICROPHONE IN HAND. 
 	»  AUDIENCE:  SO AS I LISTEN TO YOU HAVING THIS CONVERSATION AND I AM HEARING PETER 
TALK ABOUT JENNIE HATCH CASE AND I AM HEARING HIM TALK ABOUT THE IDENTITY ISSUE WHICH 
COMES WITH PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE THAT IDENTITY.  I SEE SOME SIMILARITIES BETWEEN 
THE TWO.  NOW, THE JENNIE HATCH AND THE WHOLE ISSUE OF GUARDIANSHIP, FOR EXAMPLE, AND THE 
SUPPORTED DECISION MAKING MOVEMENT WHICH IS HAPPENING, BUT I THINK WHAT WAS IN NEW YORK 
RECENTLY, THE BNE ORGANIZATION, THE DISABILITY RIGHTS IN NEW YORK JUST FILED AN 
INJUNCTION AGAINST THE WHOLE ARTICLE 17 A, SO IS THERE A PLACE FOR LITIGATION -- I KNOW 
PETER YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR CASES, BUT IS THERE A PLACE FOR LITIGATION TO 
BE USED AS A MEANS OF ALLOWING TECHNOLOGY TO BE PUT IN THE HANDS OF PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE 
THAT AND I KNOW THE INJUNCTION IN NEW YORK IS USING ADA AS A MEANS -- OLMSTEAD AND ADA AS 
A MEANS OF APPLYING THE INJUNCTION.  COULD THAT BE A WAY TO MOVE FORWARD ADOPTION OF 
TECHNOLOGY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND I'M NOT TOO SURE IF IT IS.  I MEAN, THERE ARE 
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARGUE THAT YOU CAN CREATE BAD CASE LAW WITH THE WHOLE MOVEMENT, BUT 
I'M -- JUST A QUESTION FOR YOU GUYS. 
 	»  PETER:  WELL, IF I MAY, IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION, ESSENTIALLY, ABOUT USING LEGAL 
MECHANISMS GOING FORWARD AND YOU READ MY MIND.  MANY OF US ARE THINKING ABOUT THE PROGENY 
OF OLMSTEAD.  IT'S PERHAPS THE MOST IMPORTANT ADA CASE EVER ABOUT PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO 
LIVE IN INTEGRATED SETTINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.  IT WAS APPLIED TO INSTITUTIONS AS WE 
HEARD, IT WAS APPLIED TO SHELTERED WORK IN RHODE ISLAND AND THE LAWYERS AND OTHERS ARE 
BEGINNING TO THINK WHERE ELSE CAN THAT GO?  CAN THAT GO TO INCLUSION IN TERMS OF ACCESS 
TO TECHNOLOGY?  ACCESS TO GOVERNMENTAL SERVICES AND SO FORTH.  SO I THINK THAT'S A VERY 
SOPHISTICATED QUESTION AND ONE IN WHICH SEVERAL OF US ARE ACTUALLY PURSUING.  AGAIN, YOU 
HAVE TO FIND THE RIGHT JENNIE HATCH TO DO THIS OR YOU RISK HAVING A BAD DECISION.  VERY 
GOOD QUESTION.  THANK YOU. 
 	»  BILL:  DO WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION?  RIGHT UP HERE.  MISS MARCIA (PHONETIC) 
 	»  AUDIENCE:  THAT WAS A WONDERFUL DISCUSSION AND IN LINE WITH YOUR VISION, BILL, FOR 
THE FUTURE OF THE CONFERENCES, I WANT TO FOCUS ON THE IDEA -- I WANT TO THROW OUT AN IDEA 
AS THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE FOCUS OF TECHNOLOGIES.  WE HAVE A WONDERFUL PARTNER WITH ANCOR 
AND AAIDD, I AM WONDERING IF WE BROUGHT IN SOME COMPUTER SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS, IF WE 
COULD USE THIS WONDERFUL CONFERENCE AS A PLATFORM TO EDUCATE THEM, HAVE THEM MEET MANY OF 
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HERE WHO DO HAVE A DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY, SEE THE CAPABILITIES 
THAT CAN BE EXPANDED.  WE'VE GOT A MICROSOFT REPRESENTATIVE HERE.  I WENT TO HER 
PRESENTATION.  I DOPE THE KNOW IF SHE'S IN THE ROOM NOW DOING OUTSTANDING, WONDERFUL 
THINGS WITH ACCESSIBILITY.  SO SHE'S HERE.  BUT IF MORE OF THAT COULD OCCUR, I THINK YOU 
MIGHT BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT ONE YEAR GOAL YOU HAVE. 
 	»  BILL:  THERE YOU GO.  I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD COMMENT.  WE HAVE -- YOU KNOW, WE'VE 
HAD DIFFERENT LEVELS OF THAT IN THE PAST.  ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE -- THAT CLAYTON USED 
TO DO, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO GET BACK TO, IS HAVE LITERALLY A TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE 
WORKSHOP THE DAY BEFORE.  IT WOULD BRING SOME REALLY GOOD FOLKS, THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA. 
 	I JUST WANT TO END BY SAYING A FEW WEEKS AGO, A COMPANY WITH VERITOS (PHONETIC) I GAVE 
AN OPENING KEYNOTE.  SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT INFORMATION.  SO WE STARTED OFF MY KEYNOTE WITH 
A SORT OF A CARTOON MOVIE ABOUT A PERSON'S LIFE AND HOW DATED INFORMATION FROM THE CRIB 
ON AND THEN THIS PERSON HAD A LEARNING DISABILITY AND HOW THAT HELPED AND THEN WE WOVE 
THAT THROUGH THE SPEECH AND I TALKED ABOUT THE COLEMAN INSTITUTE.  I GOT A CALL FROM IBM 
AND THEY WANTED TO COME IN.  SO I HAD A MEETING DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY AND IT WAS THREE 
PEOPLE FROM IBM ALL FROM THE WATSON PROGRAM.  YOU PROBABLY HEARD ABOUT WATSON.  THEY -- 
YOU KNOW, IT WAS INCLUDING THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER AND TWO OF THE LEAD RESEARCHERS 
AND THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, WATSON ALREADY CAN UNDERSTAND MOOD AND ATTITUDE AND 162 
LANGUAGES AND EVERY INFORMATION IN THE WORLD.  IT'S LIKE, WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU 
TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO HELP PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE 
DISABILITIES.  THERE ARE COMPANIES OUT THERE THAT WANT TO DO THIS, SO IT'S A VERY GOOD 
SUGGESTION.  THANK YOU. 
 	THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING, THIS HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL DAY AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT 
YEAR. 
 	(APPLAUSE) 
 	»  DR. BRADDOCK:  I'LL BE QUICK.  IN PREVIOUS YEARS, I'VE TAKEN 10-20 MINUTES TO DO 
THIS BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT TODAY.  I THINK WE ENDED ON THE RIGHT NOTE HERE WITH 
THIS PANEL AND I THINK -- I THINK, FROM MY STANDPOINT, WE HAD A GREAT CONFERENCE AND I 
HOPE YOU FEEL THAT WAY AND I HOPE IF YOU SEE THE STAFF FROM THE COLEMAN INSTITUTE WHEN 
YOU WALK OUT, YOU WILL TELL THEM SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T IMAGINE HOW CHALLENGING -- 
ONLY ONE PERSON IN THIS AUDIENCE KNOWS HOW CHALLENGING PUTTING THIS TOGETHER IS AND 
THAT'S ENID ABLOWITZ.  STAND UP.  STAND UP.  STAND UP (PHONETIC) 
 	AND I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME TO TELL HER HOW MUCH WE MISS HER IN PUTTING 
THIS CONFERENCE ON AND SO MANY OTHER WAYS, TOO.  BUT WE HAVE TO GO OFF INTO THE DARK BY 
OURSELVES AND -- 
 	»  YOU DID A GREAT JOB! 
 	»  DR. BRADDOCK:  I WANT TO -- I WANT TO COMMEND SHEA TANIS FOR HER WORK IN PUTTING 
THIS CONFERENCE TOGETHER IN SO MANY WAYS.  (APPLAUSE) BUT I SHOULD -- WHAT I SHOULD TELL 
YOU IS THAT I HAVE DELIBERATELY PULLED BACK ON MAKING ALL THE DECISIONS ABOUT THE 
CONFERENCE IN MANY WAYS BECAUSE I WON'T ALWAYS BE HERE AND THE WORST THING THAT I COULD 
DO RIGHT NOW IS TO LOSE SHEA.  SHEA IS OUR FUTURE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT SHE CAN REALLY DO 
THE JOB.  SO LET'S GIVE HER A REAL ROUND OF APPLAUSE (APPLAUSE) 
  
 	WE CAN THANK HER MENTOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS WHO SENT HER TO US FOR -- MIKE 
WAGMYER.  MIKE KNEW WHAT SHE WAS DOING.  SHE CAME IN AND DIDN'T HAVE HER DOCTORAL DEGREE 
YET.  NOW SHE'S 5 OR 6 YEARS OUT.  IS THAT RIGHT?  AND WHAT SHE DID TO FACILITATE THIS 
CONFERENCE IS -- IT NEEDS TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED IN A SPECIAL WAY, I THINK, AND THAT IS THAT 
SHE KNEW THAT SHE HAD CARTE BLANCHE PROBABLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HER LIFE, CARTE 
BLANCHE TO LITERALLY GO AROUND THE COUNTRY AND FIND NEW PEOPLE AND BRING EXCITING 
SPEAKERS THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE AND I JUST WATCHED, IN AMAZEMENT, THAT SHE JUST 
TOOK THIS ON.  THIS IS REALLY GOING TO WORK.  I THINK, FROM MY STANDPOINT NOW, THAT THIS 
IS THE BEST CONFERENCE THAT WE'VE EVER HAD.  I THINK WE OUGHT TO GIVE HER ANOTHER HAND. 
 	(APPLAUSE) 
 	MAKE THAT ONE OF THE BEST.  (LAUGHTER) 
 	WE'VE HAD SOME GOOD ONES, TOO.  I HOPE YOU WILL COME BACK AND I HOPE YOU WILL KNOW, 
WHEN YOU DO COME BACK, WE WILL BE HERE WITH SOME NEW SURPRISES AND WE WILL BE HERE TO 
TELL YOU WHAT THE PAST YEAR HAS BEEN LIKE AT THE COLEMAN INSTITUTE AND WE REALLY 
APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU THAT COME OUT OF STATE, IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE THIS IS A NATIONAL 
INSTITUTE THAT WE SPEAK REALLY FOR EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST COLORADO, NOT JUST 
THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.  WE'RE GOING TO KEEP MOVING FORWARD AND WE'RE GOING TO 
MOVE -- WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THE BALL AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT BALL INTO THAT TOUCH 
DOWN AND THAT DAY -- I CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE. 
 	(APPLAUSE) 
 	 
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 HE HAS APPLIED HIS CREATIVITY AND ENERGY AND HAS GREATLY EXPANDED THE FOUNDATIONS WORK, 
AS WELL AS AMPLIFIED ITS PROFILE.  MR. ELENSON HAS TRANSFORMED BASIC HEALTH CARE FOR 
WOMEN WITH DISABILITY, CREATED A NETWORK AIMED AT ADAPTING CONNECT TECHNOLOGY TO 
 PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE GAMING DEVICE INVITING. AND HE BROUGHT AN INCREASE OF
ATTENTION TO THE NEED OF PEOPLE WITH CP THROUGH THE JUST SAY HI MEDIA CAMPAIGN
HIS PRIOR EXPERIENCE OF BEING A FOUNDER AND CEO OF TWO ASSISTED TECHNOLOGY
COMPANIES PANTHER AND BLINK TWICE, AS ANOTHER SKILL SET LAYER OF TECHNICAL
COMPETENCE TO HIS FOUNDATION LEADERSHIP ROLE
 	THE HEART AND INSPIRATION OF HIS ENDEAVORS IS HIS 18-YEAR-OLD SON THOMAS.  THEY'VE BEEN 
FEATURED ON ABC WORLD NEWS PEOPLE OF THE YEAR, ON CNBC SQUAWK BOX, WHICH I FIND 
INTERESTING AND FEATURED STORY ON THE NEW YORK TIMES SUNDAY MAGAZINE.  THE ABC WORLD NEWS 
HUMAN INTEREST STORE HIGHLIGHTED HIS CREATIVE IMPACT ON HIS SON'S LIFE.  HE CREATED A 
COMMUNICATION DEVICE CALLED TANGO.  IT CUSTOMIZED RESPONSES IN A KID'S VOICE FOR THOMAS 
AND DIDN'T SOUND MECHANICAL.  IT HAD A WIDE RANGE OF KID'S EXPRESSIONS LIKE SO COOL OR 
THE SOUND OF A WHOOPIE CUSHION (LAUGHTER) 
 	WHEN HE SPENT TIME WITH THREE PLAYERS OF HIS BELOVED NEW YORK TIMES -- NEW YORK 
YANKEES, SORRY ABOUT THAT.  THE NEWSCASTER ASKED WHAT WAS THEIR FAVORITE EXPRESSION ON 
THOMAS' MACHINE AND IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY THE WHOOPIE CUSHION.  (LAUGHTER) 
 	THAT IS SUCH A GUY'S THING, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.  (LAUGHTER) THE KID FRIENDLY FORM OF 
SPEECH TECHNOLOGY OF TANGO NORMALIZED THOMAS IN THE EYES OF KIDS HIS AGE.  HE COULD BE 
INTERACTIVE AND FUN WITH HIS ANSWERS.  HE'S BEEN HONORED WITH THE 2012 VISIONARY 
LEADERSHIP REWARD FOR RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS.  HE ALSO RECEIVED A 
CAREGIVER OF NEW YORK -- CARE GIVER OF THE YEAR OF UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY OF NEW YORK 
CITY.  HE'S SERVED ON THE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE NIH NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND 
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS.  HE HAS BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF TWO NIH GRANTS AND IS AN ABSOLUTE 
DELIGHT FOR ME TO INTRODUCE AND WELCOME RICHARD ELLERSON. 
 	»  RICHARD:  SO ODD TO LOOK UP THERE AND SEE ME AND MY KID UP THERE, HE'S A VERY, VERY 
SPECIAL GUY. 
 	SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE.  IT'S REALLY, REALLY FUN AND WONDERFUL TO BE 
HERE.  I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE COLEMAN'S.  PUTTING ON A CONFERENCE IS A 
MIXTURE OF ENERGY, EXCITEMENT, VISION AND EXHAUSTION.  SORT OF LIKE BEING AT A 
CONFERENCE.  BUT TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO WILL NEED THAT VISION AND ADD TO THE ENERGY AND 
EXCITEMENT AND HELP THIS GROUP NOT HAVE THAT LEVEL OF EXHAUSTION IS REALLY 
AMAZING.  CONFERENCES ARE SUCH CRITICAL THINGS IN OUR WORLD, SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY 
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME AND FOR DOING THIS FOR EVERYBODY. 
 	I WANT TO SAY THIS IS THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY TIME FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND FOR 
TECHNOLOGY AND FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY AND HOW THEY COME 
TOGETHER.  I'M SO APPRECIATIVE TO GET TO SHARE THIS WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY.  THE WORLD IS 
CRAZY AMAZING EVERYTHING IS MOVING AT SPEEDS WE CAN'T COMREHEND
 IF YOU IMAGINE SOMETHING IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN TOMORROW 
AND IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS YOU WANT IT. ODDLY IT WILL HAPPEN MORE 
QUICKLY THAN YOU THINK IT CAN. 
CERTAINLY, IF YOU 
THINK WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT WAS POSSIBLE 18 MONTHS AGO AND ASK YOURSELF THAT SAME 
QUESTION TODAY, 18 MONTHS LATER, YOU'LL HAVE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT ANSWER, HOW CRAZY IS 
THAT. 
 	TECHNOLOGY IS NOT THE POWER OF COMPUTERS, TELECOMMUNICATION AND MAYBE ONE OF THESE 
DAYS, TELEPORATION.  IT'S THE SUBTLE STUFF, TOO, HOW WE LEVERAGE WHAT IS ALREADY 
AVAILABLE, HOW WE PUT THINGS TOGETHER AND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE 
THINGS.  THAT'S THE CRITICAL THING THAT WE KNOW THAT THE REST OF THE WORLD DOESN'T KNOW, 
HOW WE ACTUALLY USE THINGS.  AND IN THE WORLD OF DISABILITIES, HOW WE GET THE EVERYDAY 
WORLD, WHICH IS SO DEEPLY ROOTED IN A DIFFERENT COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL REALITY THAN WE 
ARE, HOW TO GET THEM TO UNDERSTAND US.  HOW DO WE GET THOSE PEOPLE TO MAKE THINGS FOR 
US?  THE ENGINEERS, THE SCIENTISTS, THE PRODUCT GUYS. 
 HOW DO WE GET THEM TO SEE NOT ONLY THAT WE COUNT, NOT ONLY THAT WE ARE A MARKET, BUT 
THAT SO MUCH OF WHAT THEY ARE DOING TODAY CAN BE USED FOR US AND BY US IF THEY START BY 
BUILDING IT IN, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, AND ODDLY, BY JUST EVOLVING THINGS SO WE CAN 
ACCESS THEM BETTER. 
 	LET ME START BY SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY IN PITTSBURG.  UBER HAS A FLEET OF 
SELF-DRIVING TAXIS IN PITTSBURG.  SO IMAGINE A FLEET OF SELF-DRIVING TAXIS GOING ON 
THERE.  WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT THIS IS WHAT I SEE.  WHAT I SEE ARE THE 
CHANGES THAT CAN HAPPEN FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. 
 I SEE MY SON, WHO IS IN A WHEELCHAIR AND WHO IS NONVERBAL LEAVING OUR HOME, USING THE 
BLUE TOOTH CONNECTION IN HIS I-PAD TO TELL THAT VAN TO OPEN UP THE RAMP IN THE BACK, I 
SEE HIM GOING INTO THE VAN, I SEE THE EASY LOCK HITTING AS SOON AS HE DOES IT.  I SEE HIM 
HITTING HIS I-PAD AND SAYING "I WANT TO GO TO A RESTAURANT" AND PICKING THE RESTAURANT 
AND THE I-PAD SPEAKS IT AND THE CAR KNOWS WHERE IT'S GOING AND IT STARTS ITSELF OFF AND 
OFF HE GOES.  AND THEN, I SEE HIM HITTING AN ADDRESS BOOK AND DECIDING WHICH OF HIS FIVE 
GIRLFRIENDS HE'S GOING TO ASK TO MEET HIM THERE.  (LAUGHTER) 
 	THE MOST WONDROUS THING, HE CAN DO IT WITHOUT ME.  CARS THAT DRIVE THEMSELVES.  PHONES 
THAT TELL US WHEN WE LEAVE A ROOM THAT WE FORGOT TO CALL SOMEBODY BACK.  DOGS THAT HAVE 
CHIPS IMPLANTED INSIDE OF THEM SO IF YOUR DOG RUNS AWAY, WE CAN FIND HIM WITH 
TECHNOLOGY.  CAMERAS EVERYWHERE.  PEOPLE SITTING IN BARS, LOOKING AT THEIR PHONES TO FIND 
OUT WHAT BETTER PARTY THERE IS AT ANOTHER BAR, GOING TO THAT BAR AND THEN INSTAGRAMING 
THAT I'M IN A BETTER BAR.  YOU SPEND THE WHOLE LIFE GOING BAR TO BAR NEVER ENJOINING THE 
MOMENTS YOU'RE IN.  THAT'S THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.  T NOT ALL BAD OR ALL GOOD BUT IT IS THE 
WORLD WE LIVE IN. 
 	BUT WHAT THAT MEANS FOR US, IN THE WORLD OF DISABILITIES, IS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE SO 
MUCH OF WHAT WE NEED RIGHT NOW.  HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THESE OPPORTUNITIES?  LET ME TELL YOU 
ABOUT MYSELF FIRST.  IT'S CALLED THE WAITING GAME.  FIRST, I AM THE CEO OF THE CEREBRAL 
PALSY FOUNDATION.  LET ME TAKE A MOMENT TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHAT OUR MISSION IS. 
 	IS THERE A SLIDE I CAN SEE ON ONE OF THESE, BY THE WAY?  NO?  OKAY.  SO I'M GOING TO 
TURN MY BACK TO YOU NOW AND THEN. 
 	SO WE DECIDED THAT THERE'S A SPECIFIC PROBLEM.  PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES SO OFTEN DON'T 
GET THE SUPPORTS AND INTERVENTIONS THEY NEED AT THE MOMENTS THAT THEY NEED THEM.  WE'VE 
ALL EXPERIENCED THAT.  WHAT HAPPENS THEN?  LIVES ARE OFTEN LIVED WITH SIGNIFICANT AND 
UNNECESSARY CHALLENGES.  THAT'S WHY WE'RE IN THIS ROOM BECAUSE THE CHALLENGES ARE NOT 
NECESSARY. 
 	OUR MISSION IS TO TRANSFORM THE LIVES OF PEOPLE WITH CEREBRAL PALSY AND RELATED 
DISABILITIES TODAY THROUGH RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION.  AND WE'RE ADDRESSING 
THAT ISSUE POWERFULLY AND COLLABORATIVELY.  I WILL SHARE SOME OF THIS AS WE GO ALONG 
TODAY BUT WE'RE PARTNERING WITH EVERYBODY FROM MICROSOFT TO THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT 
OF EDUCATION TO FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, TO HARVARD, UCLA, COLUMBIA, 
NORTHWESTERN, HOPKINS, DOING AN AMAZING WORK.  I'M A NEW YORKER BUT I'M COMING TODAY FROM 
SEATTLE WHERE I SPENT THE LAST DAY AND A HALF AT MICROSOFT AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOU 
HEARD IT FROM TOM, BUT THAT COMPANY IS DOING AMAZINGLY WONDERFUL THINGS.  WE MET WITH ALL 
THEIR FOLKS.  WE GOT TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON AND EVERY BUILDING WE WALKED INTO, THERE WAS 
A POSTER WITH SOME QUOTE ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT ACCESSIBILITY IS AND HOW WE NEED TO DEAL 
WITH THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL.  IT'S REALLY, REALLY SPECIAL. 
 	THEY ARE EMBRACING PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOUNDATIONS, THEY ARE WORKING TIGHTLY WITH US NOW, 
WORKING WITH THE GLEASON FOUNDATION AND EVERYBODY IS EXCITED.  I'VE KNOWN THOSE GUYS FOR 
A DECADE AND IT'S A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT THERE. 
 	I'M ALSO THE FATHER OF TOM.  HE'S 18 NOW.  HE HAS CP.  HE USES A WHEELCHAIR.  TRYING TO 
DO THIS.  THERE WE GO.  HE USES -- THIS IS MY FAVORITE PICTURE OF MY KIDS, BY THE 
WAY.  AND THAT'S STILL THERE BUT MY DAUGHTER PREENNING AND MY SON SMILING AT HER.  HIS 
SISTER AND HIS RELATIONSHIP IS HONESTLY THE MOST GOD FINDING THING IN MY LIFE WATCHING 
THE TWO OF THEM GET ALONG THE WAY I GOT ALONG WITH MY SISTER AND WATCHING THEM UNDERSTAND 
EACH OTHER AND BUILD KINDNESS AND SUPPORT AND INSIGHT AND ACTIVITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENT IS 
AMAZING. 
 	SO HE HAS A LOT OF FRIENDS, TOO, BUT TO BE HONEST, IN THE WORLD OF DISABILITIES, MAKING 
FRIENDS IS A LITTLE BIT HARDER.  KEEPING FRIENDS IS A LITTLE BIT HARDER BECAUSE WHEN YOU 
WANT TO GO TO A PIZZA PARLOR AND THERE'S A STEP AND YOU CAN'T GET THERE OR WHEN YOU HAVE 
A COGNITIVE DISABILITY AND YOU TAKE A LITTLE LONGER TO TELL SOMEONE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT 
TO DO, IT'S HARD FOR KIDS TO LEARN TO WAIT.  TIME IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE WE HAVE IN THIS 
WORLD. 
 	MOSTLY, TOM LOVES THEATER.  THAT'S LLOYD WEBER BY THOSE THAT CAN'T TELL BY THE 
EYES.  HE LOVES THEATER.  HE KNOWS SO MANY PEOPLE IN NEW YORK CITY, HE'S EMBRACED BY THE 
THEATER WORLD AND ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL THINGS JEFFERSON MAZE WHO WON A TONY AND IN 
GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER WROTE A RECOMMENDATION FOR TOM FOR SCHOOL AND SAID 
TOM'S WHEELCHAIR USED NOT AS SUPPORT BUT AS A FOUNDATION FROM WHICH HE TAKES HIS FLIGHTS 
OF IMAGINATION.  AND JORDAN WHO IS A BIG THEATER GUY IN NEW YORK SAID, YOU KNOW, HE FOUND 
THE RIGHT WORLD BECAUSE EVERYONE IN THE THEATER WORLD WANTS TO KNOW WHY YOU'RE DIFFERENT, 
NOT WHY YOU'RE THE SAME.  AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL TAKE WITH US, JORDAN'S 
WORDS, WHICH WERE PRETTY, PRETTY SPECTACULAR. 
 	BUT MOSTLY, HE'S JUST A BRIGHT, ENGAGING FUN KID WHO DEALS WITH HIS CHALLENGES AND SAYS 
TO ME, DAD, YOU'RE SMART, BUT I'M SMART AND CHARMING.  (LAUGHTER) 
 	TOM SAID I CAN ONLY USE THESE PHOTOS OF HIM IF I LET YOU KNOW THAT HE HAS A WEB SITE 
CALLED THEATERIFFIC.COM AND A TWITTER HANDLE CALLED THEATERRRIFIC.  IF TEN PEOPLE DON'T 
GO ON AND FRIEND HIM AFTER THIS TALK -- YOU CAN DO IT AFTER, THAT'S OKAY, TOO -- I CAN 
GET IN A LOT OF TROUBLE WITH MY SON SO I HOPE YOU WILL DO IT.  ONE R, TWO F'S, AND AGAIN, 
HE REVIEWS SHOWS, HE GOES TO SHOWS AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW MICHAEL SERVER WHO 
IS A HUGE GUY, HE JUST DID A PROJECT IN SCHOOL YESTERDAY AND HE SENT MICHAEL AN E-MAIL 
AND SAID I NEED YOU TO DO A VIDEO FOR ME.  (LAUGHTER) MICHAEL SERVER SAID, DUDE, FOR A 
FIFTH GRADE CLASS DOING A VIDEO OF WHAT TOM THINKS OF.  IT'S NUTS, IT'S FANTASTIC. 
 	I SPENT MY EARLIER CAREER IN ADVERTISING, AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE.  I WORKED ON 
MCDONALD'S, AMERICAN EXPRESS, IT'S NOT TV, IT'S HBO.  THE THING WITH THAT IS IT TOOK ME 
THREE MONTHS AND A LOT OF BOURBON TO WRITE IT.  FIVE WORDS, WHICH MEANS YOU DON'T NEED 
VOLUME TO HAVE IMPACT.  SO MANY PEOPLE THINK WE JUST NEED TO WRITE AND WRITE AND TALK AND 
TALK AND TALK.  I MEAN, WHEN THE MOMENT YOU FALL IN LOVE, IT'S NOT THE MOMENT YOU GIVE 
SOMEONE A 20 MINUTE TALK ABOUT WHY YOU LOVE THEM, IT'S WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMEONE ACROSS 
THE TABLE,URE EYES MEET AND YOU TOUCH THEIR HAND AND YOU GO, "WOW, I GUESS WE'RE IN 
LOVE." YOU DON'T NEED THIS MUCH AND THAT'S ONE OF THE KEYS TO THIS WORLD WITH DISABILITY 
AND TECHNOLOGY, LESS IS MORE. 
 	I'M ALSO AN ADVOCATE.  ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO I TAKEN OUT ALL OF TOM'S TEACHERS AND PARA 
PROFESSIONALS AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE DEALT WITH A FAMILY ADVOCATE WITH KIDS UNDER FIVE 
YEARS OLD, YOU DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF YOUR FAMILY WITHOUT A PT, OT, SOP, PARA 
PROFESSIONAL.  MY FAMILY PICTURE HAS 18 PEOPLE IN IT AND WE'RE A FAMILY OF 4.  IT'S 
REALLY ODD.  I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN THIS MOVIE ABOUT AN AMAZING PAINTER AND HE HAS 
AN EXHIBIT IN NEW YORK AND I TOOK ALL THE THERAPISTS OUT OF NEW YORK AND RIGHT AS PATRICK 
BRUNEY SAID TO ME THERE'S NOWHERE IN YOUR CITY FOR YOUR KID TO GO TO KINDERGARTEN AND 
MAYOR BLOOMBERG WALKED BY.  I INTRODUCED MYSELF AND HE SAID HERE'S MY CARD, CALL ME 
TOMORROW.  HE SET ME UP WITH THE DEPUTY MAYOR, MIKE BLOOMBERG, BIGGEST HEART IN THE WORLD 
AND A STRONG HEART THAT KNOWS HOW TO BEAT THE RIGHT WAY AND STAY ON COURSE, THE GUY IS 
AMAZING.  AND HE STARTED US OFF ON THE THING AND WE STARTED THE PROGRAM IN THE NEW YORK 
CITY SCHOOLS.  ONE CLASSROOM AND I HAD TO GO PICK THE PEOPLE FROM THE PRESCHOOL BY 
MYSELF.  BECAUSE THE CITY WASN'T READY FOR THAT.  AND WE STARTED A PROGRAM THAT IS STILL 
GOING ON TODAY AND ABOUT TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, I WAS TALKING WITH LISA 
WHO WROTE THE ARTICLE, AN AMAZING WRITER, I SAID SOMETHING TO HER AND HE SAID YOU KNOW IT 
WILL BE A COVER STORY.  I DON'T DO ANYTHING BUT COVER STORIES AND I'M LIKE, WHOA, TOM IS 
GOING TO BE ON THE COVER OF THE SUNDAY NEW YORK TIMES.  THIS IS THE HOLY GRAIL.  MY 
KID.  THIS IS GOING TO DO IT.  AND ABOUT A WEEK LATER, I WAKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 
NIGHT AND I SAY THIS IS NOT THE HOLY GRAIL, THIS IS THE START AND HERE I AM 13 YEARS 
LATER, STILL WRITING. 
 	OUR FOUNDATION IS REALLY AMAZING VIDEOS AND THERE'S THIS ONE WOMAN WHO SAID YOU KNEAD 
TO BE POSITIVELY PERSISTENT.  AND I THINK SOMETIMES YOU SHOULDN'T BE POSITIVE, BUT IT 
WORKS BETTER, BUT PERSISTENCE IS THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS IN THIS WORLD. 
 IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WORKS FOR YOUR KIDS AND THE PEOPLE YOU WORK WITH, IT'S THE ONLY 
THING THAT WILL WORK FOR YOU.  NOTHING HAPPENS QUICKLY. 
 	FINALLY, MY WORK TOOK ME TO THE FIELD OF ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY.  YOU KNOW I LOVE THAT 
STUFF.  I HAD AN HB 35 WHICH IS -- IT CAN ACTUALLY ADD AND SUBTRACT AND ENTER 2 PLUS -- 
THINGS LIKE THAT.  BUT EVERYTHING CAME TOGETHER FOR ME WITH ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE 
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD THE TERM SOCIAL CAPITAL, HOW DO YOU COME ACROSS?  THE WAY WE 
DRESS, WE'RE WEARING A SUIT, OPEN COLLAR, A SWEATER, THE WAY WE PRESENT OURSELF IS SO 
IMPORTANT AND THE TECHNOLOGY OUT THERE WASN'T PRESENTING OURSELVES THE WAY ANYBODY WOULD 
REALLY WANT TO BE PRESENTED.  WE HAD STICK FIGURES OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE HAVE 
ENOUGH COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL ISSUES IN THIS WORLD TO BEGIN WITH.  AS A COMMUNITY, WE OWE 
IT TO THIS COMMUNITY TO DRESS THEM UP AND GIVE THEM STYLE AND SUBSTANCE AND WE DON'T DO 
IT.  YOU SAY I HAVE TO GET OUT TO GO TO A RESTAURANT AND YOU PUT SWEATS ON YOUR KIDS AND 
THESE THINGS MATTER AND YOU GO INTO HOSPITALS AND THE GREAT ONES NOW HAVE BEAUTIFULLY 
COLORED WALLS AND THE OTHER ONES HAVE THIS GRAY DRAB STUFF AND YOU WALK IN AND WHAT ARE 
YOUR EXPECTATIONS?  WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS WHEN SOMEBODY SHOWS UP AT YOUR HOUSE FOR A 
DATE AND THEY ARE WEARING A RUNNING SUIT?  HOW ABOUT WHEN THEY -- I ALWAYS THINK IF 
HARRISON SHOWED UP AT YOUR HOUSE FOR A DATE AND STARTED MAKING FUN OF YOU, YOU WOULD BE 
UPSET BUT IF RODNEY DANGER FIELD SHOWED UP AND DIDN'T, YOU WOULD BE JUST AS UPSET. 
 	THE FIRST THING I DID WAS CREATE A SPEECH DEVICE CALLED THE TANGO AND THIS IS THE STORY 
OF THAT. 
 	»  FINALLY TONIGHT, OUR PERSON OF A WEEK, THERE PROBABLY ISN'T A PARENT OUT THERE WHO 
HASN'T HAD TROUBLE COMMUNICATING WITH THEIR CAN CHILD AT SOME POINT, BUT IMAGINE FIT WERE 
A DAILY CHALLENGE, EVEN AN IMPOSSIBILITY, THEN YOU COULD BEGIN TO APPRECIATE THE 
CHALLENGE THAT FACED ONE FATHER AND HOW EXTRAORDINARY WAS HIS SOLUTION. 
 	»  THERE'S SO MUCH GOING ON IN HIS HEAD.  TOM SEES EVERYTHING, HE OBSERVES EVERYTHING, 
HE'S AWARE OF EVERYTHING. 
 	»  THOMAS ELLENSON HAS CEREBRAL PALSY, THIS 8-YEAR-OLD IS RIGHT ON COURSE ACADEMICALLY 
WITH HIS FELLOW ABOUT TO BE THIRD GRADERS BUT HE'S VERBALLY LIMITED.  HE CAN SAY YES AND 
NO BUT NOT MUCH MORE, WHICH DOESN'T MEAN THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON IN HIS HEAD OR IN HIS 
HEART. 
 	»  YOU ARE LIVING THE SAME LIFE THAT EVERYBODY ELSE IS.  YOU JUST MAYBE NOT COMMENTING 
AS MUCH OR EXPRESSING AS MUCH AND PEOPLE SHOULD NEVER MISTAKE THAT FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING 
AS MUCH. 
 	»  THOMAS WAS USE TRAINED TO USE A SPEECH DEVICE BUT IT WAS TEDIOUS AND SO HE GAVE IT 
UP.  HIS DAD THOUGHT HE HAD A BETTER IDEA. 
 	»  IT BECAME IMPORTANT TO ME WAS TO TRY TO COME UP WITH WAYS FOR KIDS TO COMMUNICATE 
QUICKLY TO QUICKLY TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE INTERESTED IN, TO QUICKLY TELL YOU THAT THEY 
ARE HAPPY OR UNHAPPY. 
 	»  RICHARD GOT HIS ENERGIES TO CREATING A KID FRIENDLY FORM OF SPEECH TECHNOLOGY HE 
NAMED TANGO.  THE GADGET PRERECORDS A WIDE VARIETY OF COLORFUL PICTURES AND SYMBOLS 
DEPICTING COMMONLY USED ACTIONS, QUESTIONS AND EMOTIONS SO HE CAN QUICKLY SELECT A 
THOUGHT AND THE LITTLE COMPUTER WILL SPEAK IT FOR HIM.  IN A VOICE MUCH LIKE HIS OWN. 
 	»   "LET ME DO IT." 
 	»  WHEN YOU LISTEN TO A ROBOTIC VOICE, IT'S HARDER TO REMEMBER WHAT I AM SAYING TO YOU 
RIGHT NOW (NO A ROBOTIC VOICE) BECAUSE THERE'S NO BEAT OR CADENCE.  IF I AM TALKING TO 
YOU LIKE THIS, YOU ARE FOLLOWING ME. 
 	»  FOR AN 8-YEAR-OLD TO EXPRESS UNWIELDILY EMOTIONS, AS WELL. 
 	»  IT'S EMBARRASSING. 
 	»  IT'S EMBARRASSING TO DANCE. 
 	»  THEY MADE SURE THAT HE HAS A FULL RANGE OF EXPRESSIONS AT HIS FINGERTIPS. 
 	»  HE CAN GO INTO A MODE WITH ONE PUSH OF A BUTTON AND CHANGE THAT FROM A REGULAR VOICE 
TO A WINE OR A SHOUT OR A WHISPER. 
 	»  PLEASE, PLEASE GET THAT FOR ME. 
 	»  THERE WILL BE A LOT OF THINGS ON VOICE DEVICES THAT YOU'LL WANT TO DELETE BECAUSE 
LATER WE HAVE TO ADD "I HATE YOU, MOM" WE ALREADY ADDED "DAD, YOU ARE BUGGING ME" WHICH 
IS ONE THAT HE LOVES TO HIT.  YOU WOULD LOVE TO DELETE ALL OF THOSE BUT YOU WOULD LOVE TO 
DELETE THEM ON YOUR TYPICAL KID, TOO, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT CHOICE. 
 	»  HERE'S HOW THEY GET READY FOR A BASEBALL GAME. 
 	»  LET'S GO CYCLONES. 
 	»  LET'S GO CYCLONES. 
 	»  AT THE STADIUM, NOBODY SEES A KID STUCK IN THE WHEELCHAIR, HE'S ONE OF THE GUYS 
HOLLERING FOR HIS TEAM HIS WAY. 
 	»  IF THERE'S ONE THING THAT I WANT TO CHANGE IN THE WORLD IS TO ASSUME THAT SOMEONE IN 
A WHEELCHAIR HAS A HEADLINE OVER THEIR HEAD WHICH DOESN'T SAY MY LIFE IS DIFFICULT BUT 
SAYS MY LIFE IS INTERESTING, MY LIFE IS FUN AND IN SOME CASES, MY LIFE IS TRUIMPHANT- SO WE CHOOSE 
RICHARD ELLENSON AND HIS SON TOM.  HE SAYS HE HOPES HIS INVENTION WILL SOON GIVES 
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS AMERICANS WHO NEED HELP SPEAKING NEW VOICES OF THEIR OWN.  AND THAT 
IS WORLD NEWS FOR THIS FRIDAY, I'M CHARLES GIBSON FOR ALL OF US AT ABC NEWS, GOOD NIGHT. 
 	»  RICHARD:  THANKS, SO MUCH.  CHAR LEE SAID WE NEED TO DO MORE STORIES LIKE 
THAT.  I'VE SEEN THAT MORE THAN A FEW TIMES, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WHEN TOM SAYS 
THAT THING IT'S EMBARRASSING, I THOUGHT HE WAS RESPONDING TO ME ASKING HIM TO DANCE I 
JUST REALIZED THAT I HAD BEEN DANCING, SO -- (LAUGHTER) I HAVE TO TELL HIM WHEN I GET 
BACK.  NOT QUITE AS BAD AS ELAINE, BUT YOU KNOW. 
 	SO THE TANGO WAS COOL AND IT WAS FEATURED ON INDUSTRIAL DESIGN MAGAZINE.  THERE ARE 
TANGOS IN THE LITTLE BIT SCIENCE MUSEUM AND IN THE GERMAN MUSEUM OF DESIGN.  RIGHT AFTER 
WE LAUNCHED, SOMETHING A LITTLE COOLER CAME OUT.  THIS THING.  (LAUGHTER) AND THINK OF 
THAT.  IT IS JUST -- IT'S TENTH ANNIVERSARY IT WAS INTRODUCED TEN YEARS AGO.  12 YEARS 
AGO, I WAS IN MY ELEVATOR IN NEW YORK HOLDING A WALKMAN AND AN -- OR AN I-POD AND A PHONE 
AND A BLACKBERRY GOING WHY DON'T THESE THINGS ALL COME TOGETHER AND THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE 
IT'S HARD.  IT'S NOT AS EASY AS YOU THINK IT IS.  YOU CAN'T PUT IT TOGETHER.  IT TOOK A 
LONG TIME TO GET THE INTERFACE RIGHT AND THESE GUYS DID.  I KNOW A LOT OF GUYS AT APPLE 
AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE UNDERSTOOD EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. 
 EVERYONE SORT OF KNEW, BUT EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED IS CRAZY.  ONLY TEN YEARS.  AND MY -- I 
MADE MY ASSISTANT, I SAID, PAT, I AM NEVER GOING TO DO THIS AGAIN BUT YOU HAVE TO GET UP 
AT 2:00 A.M. 
AND BE AT THE APPLE STORE AND GET THIS THING WHEN IT COMES OUT AND WE GOT IT AND BROUGHT 
IT BACK AND MY CTO SAID YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO PUT THE TANGO ON THIS AND I SAID, TOM, 
DON'T TELL A SOUL.  (LAUGHTER) IT WAS NOT A GOOD THING FOR US AND BUT IT WAS STILL SMALL 
SO YOU NEEDED TO HAVE REALLY GOOD MOTOR CONTROL TO USE IT AND THEN I WAS TALKING TO SOME 
OF MY BUDDIES WHO DO PUBLISHING IN NEW YORK AND THEY SAID GUESS WHAT IS COMING OUT?  I 
WALKED UP TO DYNAVOX WHO HAD ALWAYS BEEN TRYING TO BUY ME AND I SAID MAYBE NOW IS THE 
TIME AND I ALWAYS -- I WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PEOPLE WHO SAW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO 
THIS WORLD.  IT WAS CRAZY AND OF COURSE, MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT PROLOQUO 2 GO WHICH WAS 
THE FIRST TIME SOMEONE PUT AN APP ONTO -- CREATED AN APP AS A SPEECH READING DEVICE.  THE 
TRUTH IS, ARE THEY REALLY DIFFERENT?  THEY ARE TOUCH SCREENS THAT YOU HIT BUTTONS AND IT 
TALKS, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- THE DIFFERENCE -- PEOPLE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND AND THIS IS ONE 
OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE REALLY CAREFUL OF IN THIS WORLD, THERE'S HARDWARE, 
THERE'S SOFTWARE AND THERE'S CONTENT.  THE BIGGEST ISSUE IN TERMS OF HAVING ACCESS, 
WHETHER IT'S COGNITIVE OR OTHER ACCESS, PEOPLE DON'T DELINEATE BETWEEN CONTENT, SOFTWARE 
AND HARDWARE.  YOU THINK THAT A SPEECH DEVICE IS DIFFERENT THAN A TABLET WHEN ALL THAT'S 
DIFFERENT IS THE BOX THAT IT'S IN.  YOU CAN CREATE A DURABLE BOX AND PUT IT AROUND AN 
I-PAD.  PEOPLE FORGET THAT THE ORGANIZATION OF LANGUAGE IS CONTENT, NOT SOFTWARE.  PEOPLE 
FORGET THAT DIFFERENT ACCESS DEVICES ARE NOT AS COMPLICATED AS THEY THINK WHEN YOU PUT 
THEM APART AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THAT IS A SECRET TO 
CHANGING OUR WORLD. 
 	SO TWO THINGS I ANTICIPATED HAPPENING.  ONE OF THEM WAS THIS.  APPLE STOCK WENT CRAZY 
AND YOU KNOW, IT STILL HAS.  AND SO DID DYNAVOX BUT IN THE OTHER DIRECTION AND I'M HAPPY 
TO SAY THAT THESE DAYS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE MERGED WITH TOBY AND THEY ARE IN MUCH BETTER 
SHAPE AND THEY TURNED A GREAT COMPANY AND I HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS THERE.  I DON'T WANT TO 
SAY THAT YOU CAN'T SUSTAIN SOMETHING THAT'S NOT A GREAT PRODUCT.  TWO OTHER THINGS THAT 
ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF VOCALI DC.  THIS IS THE WORLD OF 
SPEECH DEVICES IS GOING.  THIS FABULOUS WOMAN RUPAL PATEL, A UNIVERSITY PERSON, SHE'S 
TAKING VOICES THAT SOUND A LITTLE LIKE YOURS.  THE WAY YOU CREATE A SYNTHETIC VOICE IS 
YOU SPEAK ABOUT 700 WORDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.  TAKES ABOUT TWO DAYS AND YOU GET 
ENOUGH OF THE VOWELS AND SYNONYMS SO YOU CAN CREATE A VOICE. 
 	SO THEN SHE TAKES A COUPLE OF LAYERS OF VOICE AND THEN SHE TAKES THE PERSON WHO CAN'T 
SPEAK -- WHATEVER VOICES THEY CAN MAKE AND FILTERS IT AND MERGES THOSE THINGS TOGETHER SO 
YOU GET A VOICE THAT SOUNDS LIKE YOURSELF.  HOW MUCH IS -- THE TANGO, WHAT WE DID IS I 
DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD LETS GO CYCLONES, IT HAD A SPEECH MORPH IN IT THAT WOULD CHANGE 
THE FREQUENCY TO IT SOUNDED LIKE A KID SO A KID DIDN'T HAVE THE SOUND LIKE THE PARENT BUT 
THIS IS A WHOLE OTHER THING, IT'S REALLY, REALLY COOL.  SO THAT'S ONE OF THE FUTURE 
THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING AS YOU START MERGING TECHNOLOGIES. 
 	SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD ABOUT IS CALLED THOUGHT TO SPEECH.  THAT ONE 
DAY, IN THE NOT TOO DISTANT FUTURE, WE WILL BE ABLE TO THINK AND WORDS CAN BE 
SYNTHETICALLY PRODUCED FOR US. 
 SO YOU ALL KNOW -- MANY OF YOU KNOW ABOUT COMPUTER BRAIN INTERFACE, CBI, YOU CAN PUT 
ELECTRODES IN SOMEONE'S HEAD AND THEY CAN RUN A WHEELCHAIR.  IT'S A LITTLE BIT INVASIVE 
BUT IT CAN BE DONE.  AND WHEN THEY FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO IT IN A LESS INVASIVE WAY, IT 
PROBABLY WILL BE DONE BUT WE HAVE A TIME WHEN WE CAN THINK AND SPEAK.  SO DARPA, WHICH 
MANY OF YOU KNOW THE DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY WHICH HAS ALL THE DARK 
SCIENCE AND DOES ALL THIS COOL STUFF AND MOST OF IT YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW ABOUT, IT WILL 
SCARE THE HECK OUT OF YOU.  ALLOWED MY SON AND I TO USE A PROTOTYPE OF A THOUGHT TO 
SPEECH DEVICE AND TAKE IT HOME FOR A DAY TO USE IT AND I WANT YOU TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHERE 
THE TECHNOLOGY CAN GO AND SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE MIGHT BE HAVING IN THE FUTURE. 
 	»  RICHARD:  SO THAT'S HIS PARA PROFESSIONAL OFF ON THE SIDE DOING THE TALKING, BUT -- 
JUST IN CASE IT WASN'T CLEAR.  BUT THAT WILL BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU 
ARE TALKING TO SOMEBODY AND GO, "WHOA! 
LOOK AT THAT." THESE ARE THE ISSUES, HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT TO SAY?  TECH ISN'T AS SIMPLE 
AS YOU THINK TO GET A GREAT USER INTERFACE. 
 	SO OH, MY GOD, THE FUTURE HAPPENED YESTERDAY.  BUT WHY DOES IT ALWAYS FEEL LIKE IT'S 
RECEDING BEFORE US.  LET'S TAKE A MOMENT TO LOOK AT WHAT IS DRIVING SUCCESS AND 
CHALLENGE. 
 	TO ASSESS THE FUTURE, YOU NEED THINGS THAT ARE DOABLE, UNDERSTANDABLE AND SCALABLE. 
 THESE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT.  A REALISTIC VISION HAS TO HAVE A CLEARLY 
UNDERSTOOD NEED.  IF IT'S NOT, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO WANT TO BUILD, PEOPLE AREN'T GOING 
TO WANT TO USE IT.  IT HAS TO HAVE READILY AVAILABLE MASS MARKET TECHNOLOGY.  THE 
CONSTANT BUILDING SOMETHING IS RIDICULOUSLY EXPENSIVE, EVEN TODAY, EVEN WITH 3-D MODELING 
AND TO DO IT THE RIGHT WAY IN A WAY THAT MANY PEOPLE CAN USE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT.  YOU 
HAVE TO DO THAT.  YOU NEED AN AVAILABLE DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL.  SOMETHING IS GREAT IF IT'S 
IN A ROOM.  THERE'S ONE PERSON WHO WORKS IN THE WORLD OF COME AND SHE SAYS WE'VE BEEN 
ASKING PEOPLE THE WRONG QUESTIONS FOR A DECADE.  WE ASK PEOPLE TO SPEAK IN A ROOM WITH A 
THERAPIST.  THAT'S NOT HOW PEOPLE SPEAK.  WE NEED A DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL THAT CAN GET 
THINGS OUT OF A LAB AND INTO THE WORLD. 
 WE NEED A STRONG AND INTUITIVE INTERFACE AND USER EXPERIENCE, OTHERWISE IT WON'T BE 
ADOPTED. 
 	WHAT WAS WRONG WITH DYNAVOX AT THAT TIME.  THERE WAS AN UNDERSTOOD NEED AND FINE 
PRODUCT BUT WAS THERE MASS MARKET TECHNOLOGY?  NO, SO YOU ARE CHARGING OVER 10 THOUSAND 
DOLLARS FOR SOMETHING.  WAS THERE AVAILABLE DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL?  NO, YOU NEEDED TO HAVE 
A SPEECH THERAPIST, DO AN EVALUATION, APPLY TO MEDICAID, APPLY TO THE STATE, APPLY TO THE 
SCHOOL, GO THROUGH PROCESSES, YOU WOULD BE LUCKY TO GET THE PRODUCT IN FOUR MONTHS.  WAS 
IT A STRONG AND INTUITIVE USER INTERFACE?  NOT REALLY, PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO USE 
IT.  IT WOULD SIT 90% OF THE TIME.  AND FINALLY, THERE WAS NOT A VIBRANT ECO SYSTEM IN 
PLACE AT ALL. 
 	LOOK WHAT HAPPENED WHEN YOU HAD THE I-PAD, HOWEVER.  YOU HAD MASS MARKET 
TECHNOLOGY.  YOU CAN BUY A SPEECH APP AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN BUY A WEATHER APP.  YOU HAD 
TO GO TO THE STORE AND BUY A TABLET AND LOAD IT UP.  YOU HAD A DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL, YOUR 
COMPUTER.  YOU CAN SAY I WANT TO GET SOMETHING AND IN TWO MINUTES HAVE IT LOADED ON YOUR 
I-PAD.  YOU HAD A STRONG INTERFACE AND USER EXPERIENCE, PARTLY BECAUSE THE TECH WAS 
GETTING BETTER BUT PARTLY BECAUSE EVERYBODY IS BUYING THESE THINGS AND HITTING SQUARES TO 
GET WHERE THEY WANT TO GO.  A LOT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND THE SPEECH DEVICE BECAUSE THEY ARE 
ALREADY DOING IT SO AS WE BECOME MORE BOARD LIKE, THE WORLD WILL BECOME MORE 
UNDERSTANDABLE TO US.  THOSE OF YOU WHO SPEAK INTO SIRI OR CORTANA OR INTO WHATEVER THE 
OTHER ONE IS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO ADAPT OUR SPEECH TO SPEAK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY SO 
WE DON'T HAVE THE MISTAKES HAPPENING IN THE VOICE TRANSLATION.  THERE'S GOING TO BE THAT 
SWEET SPOT IN WHAT WE DO AND THE TECH DOES TOGETHER. 
 	LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO LOOK AT ANOTHER KEY TREND THAT'S HAPPENING TODAY AND HOW THE 
WORLD OF IDD CAN LEVERAGE MASS MARKET BREAKTHROUGHS IN INCLUSIVE ACCESS.  WHAT DOES THAT 
MEAN?  YOU'VE HEARD OF INCLUSIVE AND UNIVERSAL DESIGN AND YOU TEND TO THINK OF IT AS AN 
ELEVATOR.  WHEN YOU GET IN THERE, YOU HAVE BRAILLE NEXT TO THE NUMBERS AND A DING FOR 
BLIND PEOPLE AND AN LED PANEL WHICH SHOWS NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT NEED TO SEE AGAIN.  YOU 
HAVE DOORS THAT CLOSE OR WON'T CLOSE FOR PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIRS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.  ALL 
THAT IS BUILT INTO THE ELEVATOR BUT TECH IS SO MUCH COOLER BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE MORE THAN 
ONE DOORWAY INTO ANYTHING.  IT CAN HAVE DIFFERENT DOORS FOR PEOPLE WITH COGNITIVE 
DISABILITIES AND DIFFERENT DOORS FOR MOTOR DISABILITIES, IT CAN CHANGE SPEEDS, FEATURES, 
ALL SEAMLESSLY BECAUSE IT'S FLUID. 
 	HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES COULD MAYBE RUN THEIR P. 
C.'S OR THEIR MAC'S EASILY TO LEVERAGE TECH WITH A SIMPLE APP THAT CHANGES 
EVERYTHING.  THIS IS A PRODUCT THAT I'M INVOLVED WITH, I NEED TO SAY THAT.  I NEED TO SAY 
THE LANGUAGE IN THE VOICE OVER SOUNDS COMMERCIAL BUT I'M A COMMERCIAL GUY AND I NEED TO 
SAY THE PERSON USING THE DEVICE IS PROBABLY GOING TO LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU ALL BUT WHAT I 
WANT YOU TO THINK OF IS WHAT ACCESS REALLY CAN BE WITH TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY. 
 	»  VIDEO:  INTRODUCING PANTHER CONNECT.  IT'S A REVOLUTIONARY NEW WAY TO ACCESS YOUR 
COMPUTER.  IF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH MOTOR MOVEMENT, PANTHER CONNECT'S INNOVATIVE NEW 
INTERFACE CAN TURN YOUR I-PAD INTO A POWERFUL PORTAL AND UNLEASH ALL THE POWER OF YOUR 
COMPUTER. 
 	CONTROL YOUR COMPUTER'S CURSOR AND IMPROVE NAVIGATION.  CONTROL A VARIETY OF MOUSE 
CLICKS, ALL WITH ONE TOUCH.  LAUNCH ANY OF APPLICATIONS AND SWITCH BETWEEN THEM.  OPEN, 
SAVE AND PRINT DOCUMENTS.  EDIT DOCUMENTS WITH INTUITIVE AND POWERFUL CONTROLS.  EVEN 
CONTROL I-TUNES.  PANTHER CONNECT OFFERS FIVE DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONTROL YOUR CURSOR AND 
EACH INTERFACE ADDRESSES A DIFFERENT MOTOR CHALLENGE.  BASIC MODE GIVES YOU A LARGE AREA 
TO USE FOR EASIER NAVIGATION AND SOME POWERFUL AND ACCESSIBLE SHORTCUTS.  TO ACCESS MEANS 
THAT NO MATTER HOW YOUR HAND MOVES, THE CURSOR MOVES IN JUST TWO DIRECTIONS.  IF YOU'VE 
GOT A BIT MORE MOTOR ABILITY, FOUR ACCESS MODE ALLOWS THE CURSOR SOME MORE FREEDOM.  AND 
CHECK IT OUT, SPLIT SCREEN MODE. 
 YOU CAN MOVE THE CURSOR QUICKLY ACROSS THE SCREEN, THEN TOUCH THE OTHER SIDE OF THE 
I-PAD TO GET THE CURSOR TO MOVE SLOWLY.  THERE'S ALSO MINI TRACK FOR FOLKS WHO NEED SMALL 
MOVEMENTS AND POWERFUL COMMANDS AT THEIR FINGERPRINT. 
 	INNOVATIVE ACCESS, UNIVERSAL DESIGN.  DIFFERENT INTERFACES FOR DIFFERENT NEEDS AND 
POWERFUL ONE TOUCH COMMANDS THAT EVERYONE CAN USE.  DOUBLE CLICK, CLICK AND DRAG, SHIFT 
CLICK AND EDIT.  WITH THE TOUCH OF A BUTTON, YOU CAN CUT AND PASTE, DELETE, EVEN 
COPY.  WANT DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT?  PANTHER CONNECT GIVES YOU AMAZINGLY ACCESSIBLE WAYS TO 
OPEN FILES, SAVE FILES, EVEN NAVIGATE FILE MENUS.  PANTHER CONNECT CAN GIVE ANYONE GREAT 
NEW WAYS TO CONTROL THEIR COMPUTER.  WITH EVERYTHING FROM NEW WAYS TO MOVING A CURSOR TO 
NEW WAYS TO ACCESSING ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS.  PANTHER, UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL.  (END VIDEO) 
 	»  RICHARD:  MUSIC DIES OUT.  SO AGAIN, JUST THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF SPENDING 
A THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FIVE DIFFERENT CONTROLLERS, INSTEAD OF HAVING KIDS WHO CAN'T 
ACCESS IT, THINK OF SOMEONE WITH COGNITIVE DISABILITIES MOVING ACROSS THE SCREEN WHERE 
YOU JUST GO IN ONE DIRECTION AND YOU GET CLOSER TO WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND THEN GET 
SOMEBODY WITH MOTOR ABILITIES WHO DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE TO GO LITTLE BY LITTLE TO GET ALL 
THE WAY ACROSS THE SCREEN, YOU CAN GET QUICKLY THERE AND DO THAT ALL WITH SIMPLE 
SOFTWARE.  ALL WITH A COMPUTER THAT YOU HAVE AND AN I-PAD THAT YOU HAVE. 
 	AS WE START BUNDLING THINGS TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, AS WE START ASKING 
OURSELVES NOT WHAT WILL YOU BUILD FOR ME BUT HAVE YOU ALREADY BUILT SOMETHING FOR ME THAT 
I CAN TWEAK A LITTLE BIT, WE CAN MAKE AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN. 
 	ONE OF THE MOST MAGICAL MOMENTS I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE WAS EXPLAINING SCREENS AND 
OPERATING SYSTEMS TO THOMAS.  AND ALTHOUGH, WHAT I AM GOING TO SAY NOW IS SOMETHING WE 
PROBABLY ALL KNOW EITHER ACTIVELY OR INSTINCTIVELY, IT'S STILL STRIKING TO BE REMINDED OF 
THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY. 
 	WE HAVE SCREENS NOW WHERE THE TECHNOLOGY IS SO THOUGHTFULLY CREATED THAT WE FEEL THAT 
WE'RE SWIPING DOWN A LIST OF THINGS.  WE FEEL THAT WE'RE OPENING UP PICTURES.  WE FEEL 
THAT WE'RE TAPPING THINGS AND GOING INTO OTHER WORLDS AND PLAYING GAMES, WHEREAS ALL 
WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE TAKING THIS SMALL SCREEN AND CHANGING THE COLORS OF PIXELS.  IT IS 
SO BEAUTIFULLY DONE THAT YOU ACTUALLY THINK THAT YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING INSTEAD OF JUST 
SAYING CHANGE THIS PICTURE FROM RGB 1212 TO RGB SOMETHING ELSE.  THAT'S ALL THAT'S 
HAPPENING. 
 WHEN YOU STOP A MOVIE FROM PLAYING ON YOUR I-PAD, THERE'S A PROGRAM THAT IS ALWAYS 
RUNNING IN THE BACK OF YOUR MOVIE WHICH SAYS IF SOMEONE TOUCHING THE SCREEN, TAKE PIXELS 
THAT WILL FORM A PAUSE AND A FORWARD AND A BACK AND BRIGHTEN THEM UP.  THAT'S WHAT'S 
HAPPENING.  THE ILLUSION OF TECHNOLOGY IS SO GOOD THAT WE DON'T EVEN REALIZE WHAT IS 
HAPPENING AND VIRTUAL REALITY, AS WE HEARD EARLIER THIS MORNING AND WE WILL BE HEARING 
THAT MORE AND MORE IN YEARS AND OUR FOUNDATION IS WORKING ON A VR THING OF WHAT IT'S LIKE 
TO BE IN A WHEELCHAIR GOING DOWN THE STREET.  IF YOU GOT TO SEE (INAUDIBLE) YOU GOT TO 
SEE WHAT JJ SAW FROM THAT LEVEL. 
 	HOW CAN YOU SEE SPEECH INNOVATED DEVICES WHICH HAVE COME DOWN IN PRICE ENORMOUSLY.  HOW 
DO WE DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY?  AGAIN, A PRODUCT -- I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT 
REALLY QUICKLY BUT TOTAL TALK IS BASED ON USING THE PIXELS DIFFERENTLY.  IT STARTS LIKE 
EVERYTHING DOES, IT HAS A GRID OF ICONS AND IT HAS DELETES AND SPEAKS AND THINGS LIKE 
THAT.  AGAIN, IT HAS ANOTHER VERSION FOR KIDS WHO DON'T HAVE THE PHYSICAL OR COGNITIVE 
ABILITIES.  IT HAS A MUCH BIGGER GROUP AND BIGGER SYMBOLS AND THE THING ON THE LEFT SIDE 
IS SYMBOL DOWN, AS WELL, FOR PEOPLE TO USE IT.  ALL WE'RE DOING THERE IS CHANGING GRIDS 
AND PIXELS ON A PIECE OF HARDWARE THAT ALREADY EXISTS. 
 	WHEN I GO INTO AN INTERVIEW, I SPEAK ONE WAY.  WHEN I GO OUT TO DINNER WITH MY WIFE, I 
SPEAK ANOTHER WAY.  WHEN I GIVE A TALK, I SPEAK ANOTHER WAY.  WHEN I AM AT A BALL GAME OR 
TELL A JOKE, I SPEAK ANOTHER WAY.  WHY CAN'T WE GIVE THOSE ABILITIES TO KIDS WITH 
DISABILITIES.  SO WHAT WE HAVE IN TOTAL TALK ARE ALL THESE DIFFERENT WAYS OF SPEAKING, WE 
HAVE EASY PHRASES WHERE THERE'S A PHRASE BASED LANGUAGE FOR SOMEONE WHO MIGHT HAVE 
COGNITIVE ABILITIES OR DIFFICULTIES OR WANTING TO SPEAK MORE QUICKLY.  WE HAVE JOKES, THE 
BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH SPEECH DEVICES IS YOU CAN'T TELL A 
JOKE.  WHY.  DID.  THE.  CHICKEN -- NOT SO GREAT.  SO WHEN YOU TELL THE PUNCH LINE, 
THERE'S A BAA-BUM-BUM AND A LAUGH TRACK.  SO DON'T TRY TO BE EQUAL, BE EQUIVALENT.  THERE 
ARE PHOTO ALBUMS.  IT'S ALL BUILT IN THERE.  SCHOOL LISTS, STORIES. 
 WHEN YOU ARE OUT THERE, DOING A STORY -- A PHASE BASED STORY.  LIKE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN, HE WAS THE 16TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.  HE GOT SHOT IN THE 
TEMPLE, NOT THE JEWISH TEMPLE.  THINGS LIKE THAT.  THAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE JOKE SECTION, 
SORRY, IT'S MY SON'S JOKE. 
 	BUT AGAIN, WHEN YOU ARE DOING THAT, YOU ARE PROBABLY UP IN FRONT OF A CLASSROOM AND YOU 
ARE PROBABLY NERVOUS AND IF YOU ARE SPEAKING AND YOU ARE NERVOUS AND YOU HAVE ANY 
PHYSICAL DISABILITY, YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO EXTENSION, WHICH MEANS IT'S REALLY HARD TO 
HIT THE BUTTONS YOU WANT.  SO WITH THE BOTTOM OF THAT MODE HERE, THERE'S A BIG LONG BAR 
AND YOU KEEP TAPPING AND TAPPING AND GOES FROM SENTENCE TO SENTENCE.  WHY CAN WANT WE 
THINK THROUGH ALL OF OUR TECHNOLOGY THAT WAY BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT OUR KIDS NEED AND WE 
KNOW WHAT OUR ADULTS AND SPOUSES NEED AND WE KNOW WHAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES NEED AND 
WHY CAN'T WE BUILD IT INTO A TECHNOLOGY SIMPLY AND NOT ALWAYS DEMAND THAT SOMEONE DOES IT 
FOR US.  IT'S NOT THAT EXPENSIVE ANYMORE.  IT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULDN'T BE DOING IT ALL 
BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO LOOK AT IT. 
 	FINALLY, WHEN YOU HAVE A COGNITIVE DISABILITY, THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN TAKE 
ADVANTAGE OF, AS WELL.  ONE OF THE THINGS THAT TOTAL TALK HAS IS CALLED A 
TELEPROMPTER.  YOU SEE PEOPLE DO IT ON FOOTBALL GAMES SO YOU CAN HAVE A KID WORKING ON 
THEIR I-PAD AND A TEACHER CAN BE STANDING THERE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM WATCHING 
EVERYTHING THE KID DOES ON HER I-PHONE AND YOU CAN DRAW IT OUT AND SAY HERE'S THE 
BUTTON.  YOU CAN TAP ON IT AND IT WILL SEND LITTLE SIGNALS, RIGHT?  I DON'T WANT TO MAKE 
TOO MANY SLIDES BECAUSE IT'S NOT ABOUT THAT, BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES 
WITHIN OUR REACH AND FRANKLY SHOULD BE PUT INTO EVERY DEVICE THAT'S OUT THERE SO WE GIVE 
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES THE OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE BETTER SUPPORTS TO DO THE THINGS THAT 
WE ALL WANT TO BE DOING TODAY. 
 	WHAT OTHER FUTURE THINGS ARE THERE OUT THERE TODAY.  THIS IS PROBABLY MY FAVORITE PART 
OF THIS PRESENTATION THAT I PUT TOGETHER.  MANY ADVANCES DON'T COME FROM TECHNOLOGY AS 
TECHNOLOGY, THEY COME FROM MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION BREAKTHROUGHS IN 
TECHNOLOGY.  THE WORLD IS CHANGING LIKE CRAZY.  MANY OF THE BIGGEST CHANGES COME IN HOW 
THINGS GET TO US, HOW WE GET TO THINGS AND HOW WE PUT THEM TOGETHER IN THE WAY THINGS ARE 
MADE AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO US?  HOW CAN -- HOW COME WE CAN'T MOVE THINGS MORE 
QUICKLY WITH CORPORATIONS?  IT'S HAPPENING AND HERE'S WHY. 
 	REMEMBER THE KING OF BEER?  THEN THEY INTRODUCED SOME OTHER STUFF LIKE LITE BEER.  SO 
THERE WAS MILLER LITE AND BUD LITE AND THEN SAM ADAMS CAME ALONG AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN 
THERE WERE FOSTERS.  A BEER FROM AUSTRALIA?  IT CAME IN A BIG CAN.  THAT WAS SO 
DIFFERENT.  TODAY, IF YOU WANTED TO SHOW EVERY BEER THAT'S MADE, YOU WOULD NEED A SELF 
THAT IS OVER A HALF A MILE LONG.  OVER A HALF A MILE AND I'M NOT EXAGGERATING. 
 	YOU WANT TO KNOW WHERE IS THE BEER MADE?  IS IT AN IPA, A LAGER, WHICH IS GOSA -- WHICH 
I JUST TRIED RECENTLY, IT'S DELICIOUS.  IS IT LEMON OR LIME OR ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO PUT AN 
ORANGE IN THE BEER.  ALL THESE CRAZY THINGS.  THE REALITY IS ANHEUSER-BUSCH HAS A HUNDRED 
BRANDS AND SAM ADAMS HAS A HUNDRED BRANDS.  YOU HAVE MEGA COMPANIES MAKING SMALLER 
BATCHES AND USING THEIR OWN RESOURCES TO DO IT.  WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE'S A NEW 
PRODUCTION PARADIGM.  THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED MICRO-PRODUCTION.  WHAT IT DOES IS ALLOWS 
YOU TO ADVERTISE YOUR COST ALONG DIFFERENT PRODUCT LINES SO YOU CAN HAVE THE BEER MAKING 
FIVE DIFFERENT BEERS AND DISTRIBUTE IN A DIFFERENT WAY BECAUSE THE SAME GUY IS BRINGING 
THOSE BEERS TO YOUR STORE AND YOU CAN HAVE INNOVATIVE CUSTOMIZATIONS.  LOOK AT 
FRITO-LAY.  YOU CAN HAVE SOME TACO BEAN MANGO CHIP.  WHICH OF THESE BAGS YOU WANT.  1, 2 
OR 3 AND SEE IF YOU CAN TELL WHAT THEY TASTE LIKE.  NONE OF THEM HAVE ANY FLAVORS BUT 
THAT'S HOW COOL THE WORLD IS THAT YOU CAN MAKE THAT STUFF.  WHAT'S THAT GOING TO MEAN FOR 
OUR WORLD?  SOME AMAZING STUFF.  I WANT TO SHOW WHAT IT CAN MEAN IN THE WORLD OF FASHION 
AND DRESS AND THEN I WANT TO START BY SHOWING YOU AN EVENT THAT OUR FOUNDATION HELD THIS 
SUMMER THAT WAS REALLY BEAUTIFUL. 
  
 	»  VIDEO:  HAVING A DISABILITY IS AFFECTING ME AS A PERSON BECAUSE I HAD TO LEARN TO 
ADAPT AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.  THE WORLD WAS NOT GOING TO CHANGE FOR ME AND I COULDN'T 
PHYSICALLY CHANGE FOR THE WORLD. 
 	»  DESIGN FOR DISABILITIES IS A FANTASTIC COMPETITION THAT WE ENVISIONED.  WE'RE 
WORKING WITH FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND WE HAD STUDENTS DESIGNING OUTFITS FOR 
PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND TOM BROWN HAS BEEN OUR MENTOR. 
 	»  THROUGH JUDGING, WE CHOSE THE FIVE STUDENTS THAT REALLY, NOT ONLY FUNCTIONALLY HAD 
INTERESTING DESIGNS, BUT REALLY DESIGNS THAT WERE WORTHY OF A SHOW. 
 	»  CHILDREN ARE BORN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD CHALLENGE TO THEIR BRAIN. 
 	»  I HAVE ISSUES WITH MY BALANCE AND CHRONIC PAIN AND FATIGUE. 
 	»  FASHION, I HAVEN'T REALLY PAID ATTENTION TO IT IN A POSITIVE WAY BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS 
BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO FIND CLOTHES THAT FIT RIGHT. 
 	»  DESIGNER USUALLY JUST PUT WHAT THEY LIKE TO DO AND THEY USE MODEL AS JUST A FIGURE, 
BUT I WANT THEM TO WEAR CLOTHES, NOT THE CLOTHES WEARING THEM. 
 	»  ADAPTIVE CLOTHING DOESN'T HAVE TO LOOK ADAPTIVE.  IT CAN LOOK LIKE NORMAL CLOTHING. 
 	(MUSIC) 
 	»  IT FEELS WONDERFUL AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 
 	»  WE TALKED ABOUT THE PANT BEING WIDE ENOUGH SO IT CAN FIT OVER IT BECAUSE I DON'T 
ALWAYS WANT TO SHOW MY BRACE AND WE ALSO PUT MAGNETIC CLOSURES SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO 
WORRY ABOUT BUTTONING UP AND BUTTONING DOWN. 
 	»  PEOPLE DIDN'T REALLY THINK I WAS CAPABLE OF HAVING AN INTEREST IN FASHION, WHATEVER 
THEIR EXPECTATIONS MAY BE, I FEEL LIKE IT DIVERTS THAT. 
 	»  IT'S SUCH A MONUMENTAL THING.  IT'S LIKE ALL RIGHT! 
I'M GOING TO STRUT DOWN THE RUNWAY.  JUST BECAUSE I AM SITTING IN A CHAIR DOESN'T MEAN I 
CAN'T SWITCH MY HIPS, I CAN SWITCH MY HIPS! 
(LAUGHTER) 
 	(APPLAUSE) 
 	»  THE WINNER OF THIS YEAR'S PRIZE IS -- 
 	»  GRACE ELIZABETH! 
 	»  I FELT A CHANGE WHEN I SAW MY MODELS.  THEY WERE SO CONFIDENT AND I JUST COULD SEE 
THAT THEY FELT BEAUTIFUL AND EMPOWERED.  WITH THE CROWD THAT WAS HERE TONIGHT, THERE WERE 
PEOPLE IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY.  I AM HOPING THAT IT WILL MOTIVATE THEM TO CREATE DESIGNS 
FOR PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT ABILITIES, PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT BODY TYPES. 
 	»  THIS COMPETITION IS ABOUT CHANGING THE WAY WE LOOK AT PEOPLE.  FASHION CHANGES THE 
WAY WE LOOK AT EVERYBODY, IT SHOULD ALSO CHANGE THE WAY WE LOOK AT PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES. 
 	»  TONIGHT IS ABOUT US AND TELLING US THAT WE ARE BEAUTIFUL.  WE'RE NOT BEAUTIFUL 
DESPITE OUR DISABILITIES, WE'RE BRIEFLY BECAUSE OF OUR DISABILITIES. 
 	(APPLAUSE) 
 	(MUSIC) 
 	(END VIDEO) 
 	»  RICHARD:  (APPLAUSE) THANKS.  IT WAS -- A SPECIAL NIGHT.  IT WAS A SPECIAL 
EXPERIENCE TO BE PART OF THAT INITIATIVE THAT WENT ON FOR SO LONG AND THE NIGHT WAS 
AMAZING, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY AMAZING IF YOU WAKE UP THE NEXT DAY AND NOTHING HAPPENS. 
 	SO WHAT'S INCREDIBLE IS THERE'S A COMPANY CALLED RENT THE RUNWAY WHICH MANY OF YOU 
MIGHT KNOW OF.  IT'S AN ONLINE THING.  YOU RENT DRESSES FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS AND FOR 
EVERYDAY WEAR AND WE ARE PARTNERED WITH THEM AND THEY WILL BE ANNOUNCING, AT THE END OF 
THIS YEAR IN TIME FOR THE HOLIDAYS, A DESIGN FOR DISABILITIES TAG ON ALL THE CLOTHES THAT 
MEET THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAD BUILT INTO ALL OF THESE DRESSES AND WOMEN WITH 
DISABILITIES ARE GOING TO HAVE A PLACE TO GET OUTFITS SENT TO THEM WITHOUT LEAVING THEIR 
HOME.  (APPLAUSE) 
 	THERE'S A FRIEND OF MINE, MINDY SHIRE IS AMAZING AND YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF RUN WAY OF 
DREAMS.  SHE WENT TO TOMMY HILFIGER.  HE HAS TWO KIDS WITH AUTISM.  SHE SAID HOW DO WE 
MAKE CLOTHES THAT'S EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO GET ON.  THEY CREATED RUNWAY OF DREAMS.  THEY 
USE MAGNETS, WHERE LENGTHS ARE BETTER, WHERE YOU CAN GET THINGS ON, A LITTLE BAGGIER AND 
THEY ARE INCREDIBLE AND YOU CAN GET THEM ONLINE TODAY.  NIKE, MATT WALSER E-MAILED NIKE 
SAID I CAN'T GET YOUR SHOES ON.  I HAVE CP SO THEY HAVE THESE FLY SHOES THAT YOU CAN OPEN 
WITH A ZIPPER IN THE BACK SO IF YOU HAVE A PRONATE FOOT, IT CAN STILL GET IN THERE AND 
YOU CAN WEAR COOL SNEAKERS LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.  SO YOU HAVE A MOM WEARING A DRESS AND YOU 
HAVE A KID WITH TOMMY HILFIGER AND NIKE IS ON EVERYBODY.  WE HAVE A RUN OF CLOTHES WHERE 
WE GET TO THE END AND THEY SAY DON'T PIT DOWN THE BUTTON LINE, PUT IT DOWN THE MAGNET 
LINE.  WHERE NIKE CAN SAY MAKE THIS BACK A LITTLE DIFFERENT LIP AND JUST SLAP IT ONTO THE 
FITTING.  WHERE YOU ARE GOING AND DOING ALL THIS WORK TO FIND OUT WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU 
NEED TO MAKE AS AN EVENING OUTFIT AND THEN SAYING, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE HAVE A BIGGER 
ARM, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT MEASUREMENT THERE, WE CAN DO THAT.  SO ALL THIS IS HAPPENING, 
NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF VISION, BUT BECAUSE OF MICRO-PRODUCTION THAT IS GOING ON 
EVERYWHERE.  THAT MICRO-PRODUCTION IS NOT ONLY LIMITED TO HERE.  WHILE WE WERE WATCHING 
THAT, I COULD HAVE GONE ONTO MY PHONE, THERE'S ALSO THE INTERNET OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE 
ALL TALKED ABOUT.  I CAN TURN THE LIGHTS ON ON THE FRONT PORCH AND CHANGED THE 
TEMPERATURE OF MY HOUSE ALL FROM MY PHONE.  WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?  THAT MEANS THAT THERE'S 
A NEW NICU IN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IN WASHINGTON AND OTHER HOSPITALS AROUND THIS COUNTRY 
AND THIS IS DESIGNED BY A GROUP OF REALLY BRILLIANT PEOPLE AND YOU CAN GO ON THE ROUNDS 
AND THEY TAKE YOU INTO MEETINGS AND THERE'S SO MUCH BETTER INFORMATION.  DOCTORS ARE 
PRESENT ELECTRONICALLY, YOU HAVE A VIDEO CAMERA WHERE YOU CAN WATCH YOUR KID.  HAVING 
BEEN IN THE NICU FOR 12 DAYS AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THERE A LOT LONGER.  I WILL NEVER 
FORGET THE DAY AFTER WE HAD TOM GOING HOME AND HAVING DINNER AT A CHINESE RESTAURANT AND 
GOING "YOU JUST GAVE BIRTH YESTERDAY.  WHERE'S OUR KID?" OUR KID IS IN THE NICU AND WE'RE 
EATING CHINESE FOOD.  DIDN'T TASTE GOOD.  HOW MUCH EASIER TO GO HOME KNOWING THAT YOU CAN 
WATCH YOUR KID ON THE I-PHONE.  HOW MUCH BETTER FOR A DOCTOR TO WALK OUT OF THE ROOM AND 
KNOW IF THERE'S A SAT MONITOR THAT HE WILL BE NOTIFIED IMMEDIATELY.  HOW COOL THAT YOU 
CAN HAVE EKG'S AND EG'S AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND MY LEVEL, YOU KNOW, DONE WITH 
MOVABLE MACHINES?  HOW NICE THE ROOMS ARE MADE TO LOOK A LITTLE PRETTIER ALL BECAUSE 
TECHNOLOGY IS ALLOWING US TO DO THESE THINGS.  WHAT GOES ON IN THE INTERNET OF THINGS AND 
WHAT GOES ON IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS.  THEY ARE CHANGING THE WORLD FOR US. 
  
 	THE FUTURE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE GOOD FOLKS IN MADISON AVENUE.  THERE'S A CAMPAIGN 
CALLED JUST SAY HI THAT OUR FOUNDATION HAS BEEN ABLE TO PUT OUT.  WE'VE ONLY BEEN ABLE TO 
DO THIS BECAUSE OF THE TECHNOLOGY TODAY.  IT CAN'T BE SIMPLE.  IT ADDRESSES THAT REALLY 
AWKWARD MOMENT WHEN YOU FIRST MEET SOMEONE WITH DISABILITIES AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO 
SAY.  THERE'S A GUY NAMED ZAC GANER, AN AMAZING ACTOR AND HE SAYS PEOPLE ARE SO WORRIED 
SHOULD I SAY DISABILITIES?  PERSON WITH DISABILITIES?  SPECIAL NEEDS.  PEOPLE JUST WALK 
BY YOU SO HE CAME UP WITH A CAMPAIGN THAT WOULD HANDLE THAT. 
 	»  VIDEO:  -- 
 	»  RICHARD:  A CAMPAIGN TO SHOW A NICE WHITE SCREEN AND EVERYBODY IMAGINES. 
 	»  TODAY TECHNOLOGY HAS ENABLED US TO CONNECT AND COMMUNICATE WITH OTHERS AND NEW WAYS. 
 SOMETIMES FOSTERING A CONNECTION IS AS SIMPLE AS STARTING A CONVERSATION.  THE CEREBRAL 
PALSY FOUNDATION ASKED FOR TIPS ON HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES.  TO ME, THE EASIEST WAY TO START IS TO JUST SAY HI. 
 	(MUSIC) 
 	»  RICHARD:  CAMPAIGN IS SO POWERFUL.  SOMEONE WHO YOU MIGHT NOT PUT ON THIS DID ONE, 
AS WELL. 
 	»  AT APPLE, WE BELIEVE INCLUSION INSPIRES INNOVATION, DIVERSITY GIVES US STRENGTH AND 
THAT INCLUDES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.  THE CEREBRAL PALSY FOUNDATION ASKED ME WHAT'S 
THE BEST WAY TO STRIKE UP A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS A DISABILITY?  IT'S EASIER 
THAN YOU THINK, BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.  HEY, SIRI, HOW DO YOU START A 
CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS A DISABILITY? 
 	»  IT'S EASY, JUST SAY HI. 
 	»  THERE YOU GO.  REACH OUT TO SOMEONE WITH A DISABILITY.  YOU CAN START BY JUST SAYING 
HI. 
 	»  RICHARD:  IT DOES WORK ALL OVER THE WORLD, FEEL FREE TO DO IT.  YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH, 
SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ASK SIRI HOW YOU GET TO THE DRUGSTORE, IT TELLS YOU THE CAPITOL OF 
ZIMBABWE.  THE PART YOU DIDN'T GET TO SEE BUT EVERYONE FROM PATALE (PHONETIC), WILLIAM H. 
MACY, MICHAEL J. 
FOX DID ONE FOR US, GALE KING -- ALL SORTS OF FOLKS AND WE'RE FEATURING PEOPLE WITH 
DISABILITIES.  HERE IS ONE FROM ZAC GANER. 
 	»  THE CEREBRAL PALSY FOUNDATION ASKED ME HOW TO START A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE WITH 
A DISABILITY.  I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU DON'T DO?  SAY, HEY, WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU.  IF YOU 
HAVE TO ASK, ASK IN A COOL WAY LIKE, HEY, WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON THERE?  (LAUGHTER) OR YOU 
CAN JUST SAY HI.  THAT WOULD BE SIMPLE! 
(LAUGHTER) 
 	»  RICHARD:  YOU KNOW, I'M JUST -- YOU KNOW SOMETHING, I HAVE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT 
PERSISTENCE, GUYS, IT'S ONLY ABOUT PERSISTENCE.  I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW TIM COOK, BUT I 
KNOW SOME PEOPLE AT APPLE AND THEY BELIEVED IN IT.  I DON'T KNOW -- BUT I KNOW THAT THEY 
WANT TO DO.  I WAS AT THE FARMER'S MARKET IN WEST HAMPTON AND I SAID MICHAEL, I KNOW YOU 
HAVE YOUR OWN FOUNDATION BUT WILL YOU DO THIS FOR ME AN HE SAID YES.  WE ARE ALL SO 
AFRAID TO ASK.  IT'S NOT THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO DO BUT WE'RE AFRAID TO ASK FOR THINGS 
IN A NICE BUT PERSISTENT WAY AND WE ALWAYS FORGET THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE 
ASKING FOR.  WHEN YOU WALK INTO A -- MY KID HAS IDD AND I NEED THIS AND THIS AND THIS AND 
THERE'S A SCHOOL TEAM AND THEY DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN GIVEN THE TRAINING 
AND WE NEED TO LEARN TO WORK WITH PEOPLE.  IT'S WRONG THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IT.  IT'S 
TERRIBLE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE IT BUT WHEN YOU BACK SOMEONE INTO A CORNER, THEY DON'T GET 
NICE, THEY GET SCARED AND OUR WORLD SCARES PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.  YOU 
KNOW SOMETHING, IF YOU ARE A -- YOU PUT SOMETHING ON YOUR HEAD AND WALK INTO A CAVE AND 
IT'S HOME.  I WALK INTO A CAVE AND I'M SCARED TO DEATH ABOUT SPIDERS.  YOU KNOW.  THE 
WORLD IS SCARED TO DEATH OF SPIDERS, I WANT YOU ALL TO TAKE THAT AWAY. 
 	(LAUGHTER) 
 	BUT WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH TECHNOLOGY?  THESE SPOTS ARE MOSTLY SHOT ON 
I-PHONES, THEY ARE E-MAILED TO US, THEY ARE SPREAD THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA.  WE'VE GOTTEN 10 
MILLION DOLLARS OF FREE MEDIA FROM TRIBUNE AND CBS BUT WE'VE GOTTEN SO MUCH MORE FROM 
THAT -- MORE VALUE OF THAT FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE THAT IT'S 
CREATING IS AMAZING.  BUT WHAT IS EVEN COOLER IS THIS -- WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IS WHAT 
COMES AFTER HI.  IT WAS CREATED AS A PLATFORM TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATIONS.  IT 
ADDRESSES KEY MOMENTS IN HEALTH CARE DELIVERY.  WE ARE DOING A PROJECT CALLED 
TRANSFORMING HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES.  WHEN A WOMAN WITH DISABILITIES 
GOES IN FOR A MAMMOGRAM, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND THEY ARE SCARED AND IT'S AWKWARD 
AND THEY DON'T GET A GOOD READING AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY HAVE A THREE TIMES HIGHER 
FATALITY RATE FOR BREAST CANCER THAN OTHER WOMEN.  SO WE ARE PUTTING TOGETHER -- COMING 
TOGETHER TO CHANGE THAT.  IT'S NOT MEDICINE BUT WE WILL SPREAD IT THROUGH TECHNOLOGY 
BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY ALLOWS US TO SHARE THAT MESSAGE. 
 	WE ARE BUILDING CRITICAL RELATIONSHIPS OUTSIDE OF OUR CURRENT COMMUNITY.  ALL THE 
PEOPLE DOING SAY HI CAMPAIGNS.  THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH MICROSOFT 
TODAY.  THAT'S HOW IT STARTED.  MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING THINGS THAT 
HAPPENED, IT IS NEXT YEAR -- THIS YEAR THAT WE ANNOUNCE A PILOT PROGRAM IN THE NEW YORK 
CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM WHERE IN TEN PILOT SCHOOLS, JUST SAY HI, IS BEING EMBEDDED INTO THE 
SOCIAL STUDIES CURRICULUM AS PART OF THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM. 
 	(APPLAUSE) 
 	THIS IS PRESENTATION IN MAY WITH ALEX BRIGHTMAN SCHOOL OF ROCK WHOSE DAD STARTED APPLE 
DISABILITIES GROUP WITH THE DEPUTY CHANCELLOR (INAUDIBLE) AND SOMEBODY WHO HAS BECOME A 
GOOD FRIEND AND INTRODUCING TO THE SCHOOLS AND NEXT YEAR, THE PLAN IS TO ROLL THIS OUT IN 
EVERY SCHOOL.  KIDS IN NEW YORK CITY WILL SEE OUR KIDS AND SAY HI AND WILL UNDERSTAND 
WHAT TO SAY AFTER THAT.  TEACHERS WILL UNDERSTAND THAT WHEN YOU SAY HI, THE KIDS NEEDS A 
DEVICE OR THE ABILITY OR THE TIME OR THE TRAINING TO SAY THE RIGHT THING BACK AND IT'S 
NOT JUST A CP INITIATIVE, IT'S EVERYTHING. 
 	SO IT TAKES ME BACK TO THIS, TO BE THERE -- WHAT YEAR IS IT?  15 YEARS AFTER THIS 
MAGAZINE, THERE WAS A PLACE BUT NO ABILITY TO TEACH HIM.  IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST 
EMOTIONAL MOMENTS I'VE EVER HAD AND THINGS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THAT.  BUT THINGS ARE 
ALSO HAPPENING BECAUSE WITHOUT TOM'S LIFE, -- THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, HE HAS HAD THE SUPPORT 
OF GOOD PARENTS AND THE SUPPORT OF MANY PEOPLE LIKE YOU OUT THERE OR HERE SAYING HOW DO 
WE DO THINGS BETTER AND ONE OF THE GREAT JOYS OF MY LIFE CAME A COUPLE OF TWO OR THREE 
MONTHS AGO WHEN TOM WAS IN A -- HE GOT TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE WITH THE THEATER GROUP 
AND IT WAS ON TLC AND NEWSCASTERS SAW HIM AND REACHED OUT TO TOM AND SAID I WANT TO DO A 
VIDEO ABOUT YOU AND I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT AND THIS IS WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE. 
 	»  VIDEO:  TO A YOUNG MAN WHO HAS CEREBRAL PALSY. 
 	»  WELL, NOW HE'S ALL GROWN UP AND HE ISN'T LETTING HIS PHYSICAL LIMITS HOLD HIM BACK 
WHEN IT COMES TO HIS DREAM.  CBS NEWS HAS HIS INSPIRING STORY. 
 	»  WHO WANTS TO BE THE HELPER OVER HERE?  THOMAS?  ALL RIGHT. 
 	»  WE FIRST MET TOM 12 YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS IN KINDERGARTEN.  HE'S NOW 18 IN HIGH 
SCHOOL AND HIS FIRST LOVE IS ACTING.  HE IS ABLE TO SAY HIS LINES THROUGH A PROGRAM 
CALLED TOTAL TALK. 
 	»  WHAT IS CEREBRAL PALSY?  (INAUDIBLE) I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH OXYGEN WHEN I WAS BORN. 
 	»  WHILE HE HAS LIMBED MOVEMENT AND SPEECH, COGNITIVELY, HE'S JUST LIKE ANY OTHER 
TEENAGER, HE TIPS HIS WORDS INTO THIS MACHINE, WHICH IS THEN ABLE TO GIVE THOSE WORDS 
SOUNDS.  HE DREAMS OF ACTING ON BROADWAY. 
 	»  I AM WRITING MY OWN ONE MAN SHOW BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE MIGHT NOT HIRE ME OTHERWISE. 
 	»  WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR SHOW? 
 	»  I WANT PEOPLE TO REMEMBER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES ARE -- SEE YOU, NOT CP. 
 	»  SO SEE YOU, NOT CEREBRAL PALSY. 
 	»  HE LOVES BROADWAY SO MUCH, HE HAS A REVIEW SITE CALLED THEATERIFFIC. 
 	»  I FOCUS ON GOOD SHOWS BECAUSE PEOPLE WORK REALLY HARD ON THEM. 
 	»  SO YOU ARE A CRITIC WITH A HEART. 
 	»  HE CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY SHOWS HE HAS ATTENDED.  ONE OF HIS BEST FRIEND IS ACTOR 
CHRISTOPHER HANKEY WHO HAS BEEN IN FOUR BROADWAY SHOWS. 
 	»  LOVE YOU, BUDDY.  IF HE WANTS TO BE ON BROADWAY, HE SHOULD BE ON BROADWAY.  HE HAS 
TO FIGHT AND IF HE FIGHTS HARD ENOUGH, HE CAN DO IT. 
 	»  DESIREE VALDEZ IS ANOTHER FRIEND.  THEY MET IN ACTING SCHOOL. 
 	»  OH, MY GOODNESS, HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THIS?  HOW ARE WE GOING TO MAKE SCENES?  CAN 
HE TALK?  HOW DOES IT WORK?. 
 	»  I USE HIS OLD CHAIR AND WE RACE AROUND THE HOUSE 
 	»  REALLY? 
 	»  I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO BEAT ME. 
 	»  I ASKED TOM HOW HE FEELS WHEN HE'S ACTING ON STAGE AND HE SAYS HE FEELS FREE. 
 	»  THEATER CRITIC WITH A HEART, I LIKE THAT. 
 	»  OH, MY GOSH. 
 	»  A TOP SECRET SHOW ON BROADWAY IS SPUN HOME, HE SAYS IT'S REALLY DEEP BUT ALSO FUNNY 
AND HE LET US IT'S THE FIRST FEMALE TEEN THAT WROTE EVERYTHING. 
 	»  WHAT BEAUTIFUL THING. 
 	»  I WOULD SEE THE SHOW, ONE MAN SHOW. 
 	»  I WOULD.  I THINK I'M GOING TO CRY HAPPY TEARS, GOOD GUY, HUH? 
 	(APPLAUSE) 
 	(END VIDEO) 
 	»  RICHARD:  IT'S WHAT DEZI SAID THERE THE FIRST TIME I REALLY HEARD HER SAY THAT IS 
LIKE "I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO" THAT'S WHAT THE WORLD IS THINKING, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO 
DO. 
 	AS WE LOOK AHEAD, THE PROBLEM THAT WE FACE IS NOT A TECHNOLOGY PROBLEM, IT'S A BUSINESS 
PROBLEM, AN ECONOMIC PROBLEM, A REGULATORY AND A SOCIAL PROBLEM.  THE TECH WE NEED IS OUT 
THERE, WE JUST NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE IT OURS.  SO WHAT WE NEED TO REMEMBER IS 
THAT, IN THIS ROOM, WE ARE NOT JUST PROFESSIONALS, TECHNOLOGISTS, THERAPISTS AND PARENTS, 
WE ARE ADVOCATES, WE ARE EVANGELISTS AND WE ARE STORY TELLERS.  IT IS OUR JOB TO TELL NOT 
JUST A STORY OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, BUT THE STORY OF THE PEOPLE WITH WHOM WE 
SPENT SO MUCH OF OUR LIVES.  TO TELL STORIES, NOT JUST OF TECH ADVANCE TO WHICH IT IS 
PROGRESSING AS AN AMAZING RATE, WE NEED TO TELL STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE, JOY, 
ACCOMPLISHMENT.  WE NEED TO LET OTHERS KNOW NOT ONLY OF CHALLENGE AND DIFFICULTY, BUT THE 
SUCCESSES, JOYS.  IT'S OUR JOB TO DEFINE THE FUTURE AROUND US TODAY.  I AM GOING TO ASK 
YOU TO CLOSE YOUR EYES FOR JUST ONE MOMENT, OKAY.  NOW, WHEN I TELL YOU TO OPEN THEM, 
KEEP THEM CLOSED NOW, I WILL GIVE YOU THREE SECONDS TO FIND EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM THAT 
IS WEARING SOMETHING RED AND THEN TO CLOSE YOUR EYES AGAIN.  OPEN YOUR EYES.  1, 2, 
3.  CLOSE THEM AGAIN.  NOW, WHILE YOUR EYES ARE CLOSED, TURN TO THE PERSON ON YOUR RIGHT 
WITHOUT OPENING YOUR EYES AND TELL THEM "ALL THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHO ARE WEARING 
GREEN." (LAUGHTER) 
 	LIFE IS LIKE THAT.  YOU FIND WHAT YOU LOOK FOR.  TOMORROW IS AN ODD CONCEPT, BOTH A 
THING THAT HAPPENS IN 24 HOURS AND IT'S A THING THAT IS ALWAYS COMING BUT NEVER QUITE 
GETS HERE.  TODAY, THE FUTURE IS MOVING IN AN EXPONENTIAL RATE, WHICH MEANS IF YOU LOOK 
ON THE HORIZON, YOU MIGHT MISS IT.  YOU NEED TO LOOK UP.  THAT'S WONDERFUL E. 
LET US ALSO REMEMBER THAT THE SOUL OF THE INDIVIDUAL IS EVERY BIT AS IMPORTANT AS THE 
BRAIN AND THAT THE PEOPLE IN FAMILIES WE SPEAK WITH EVERYDAY WILL BE AFFECTED BY OUR 
NARRATIVE.  LET'S NOT FORGET HOW OUR EMBRACE OF THE FUTURE THAT WE HAVE TODAY CAN CREATE 
JOY AND ACCEPTANCE IN THE HOMES THAT WE WILL NOT ALWAYS BE ALLOWED TO SEE.  BY SHARING 
HOPES OF THINGS ON THE HORIZON ONLY, WE MAY BE TAKING A PERSON'S GAZE OF ALL THAT THEY 
HAVE THERE WITHIN THEIR REACH.  SO AS YOU LOOK OFF TO THIS MAGICAL FUTURE, NEVER LET US 
LIFT OUR GAZE SO HIGH THAT WE MISS ALL THE AMAZING THINGS STANDING RIGHT BEFORE 
US.  THANKS, VERY MUCH. 
 	(APPLAUSE) 
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