[Music] Good evening everyone. Thank you TEDex team and I am Nagpur for giving me this wonderful opportunity. They say knowledge is power but I believe knowledge is power when it is shared.Hello everyone, greetings. My name is Dhanish Mahajan and I am from Shapur Kandi near Patankot, Punjab, India. I was born low vision in a remote part of India where there was very limited awareness with regard to eye care and accessibility.Moreover, stigma was everywhere. I my friends used to mock me with different names ...

[Music] The operating room is chaos. Alarms are sounding all around me. People are rushing around and I can hear urgent whispers. The one sound that I desperately need to hear and don't is the sound of my newborn daughter crying. Elizabeth was born at just 29 weeks weighing 2 lb. We would later learn that she had mitochondrial disease or mido for short, which is a degenerative condition with no cure. The maido and a preeie birth injury left her blind, intellectually disabled, a wheelchair user, non-verbal, ...

Namaste. Hello everyone. My name is Rajat Pul.I come to you today not once nor twice but I'm a three-time cancer survivor and it's my honor to share my story and my journey with all of you. At the age of six, I lost my hand due to cancer. And thank you.Honestly, sometimes, believe it or not, I actually forget that I do not have my left hand. And so, I lost my hand due to cancer. And when uh this happened, honestly, I was devastated.I was in pain. And the most obvious question that I've been asked is what ha ...

[Música] Hola a todos, soy Lola, tengo 21 años y me gustaría empezar mi conferencia haciéndos pregunta y es que si pensáis que es una silla de rueda Se puede ser feliz. Hoy os vengo a demuestrar que sí, pero os vengo a hablar de algo más, de avanzar, de actuar, de tomar las riendas de tu vida, porque cada pequeño cambio marca la diferencia. Nací dos meses y medio antes de lo previsto.Dicen que los pañales más pequeños me llegaban hasta la nariz. A los 8 meses a mis padres les llegó el diagnóstico. Tengo una ...

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社会观点与挑战 - 演讲者强调了社会对残疾的两种常见误解：将其视为需要医学治疗的问题[10][11]，或将其视为需要慈善关怀的对象[12][13] - 演讲者认为，社会常常将残疾人士的成就视为“励志故事”，但未能真正解决他们面临的实际障碍[5][6][7] - 演讲者批判了“specially-abled（特别能干）”、“differently-abled（能力不同）”等用语，认为这些术语带有歧视色彩，将残疾人士置于特殊地位[8][9] 解决方案与视角转变 - 演讲者提倡从关注残疾人士的“缺陷”转变为消除社会为他们设置的障碍[19][20] - 演讲者以孟买当地交通为例，说明当社会提供适当的支持和便利时，残疾人士可以像其他人一样正常生活[16][17][18] - 演讲者鼓励人们在与残疾人士交往时，放下刻板印象，像对待普通人一样交流和理解[22][23] 行业启示 - 企业应关注如何通过技术和政策创新，为残疾员工创造更具包容性的工作环境，而不仅仅是关注企业社会责任（CSR）项目[4][14][20] - 媒体和娱乐行业应避免将残疾人士的形象过度简化为“励志”模板，而应更真实地反映他们所面临的挑战和多样性[6][7] - 各行各业都应反思其用语和态度，避免使用带有歧视色彩的术语，并努力消除对残疾人士的偏见[9][21]

Social Impact & Inclusion - The speaker emphasizes that everyone has some form of disability and advocates for rising together and helping each other [1][2] - The speaker highlights the financial, societal, infrastructural, and accessibility issues faced by spinal cord injury patients in rural India [3] - The speaker challenges the audience to consider how they can use their education and expertise to build technologies and infrastructure that help people with disabilities become part of society [5] - The speaker shares his personal experience of facing difficulties in education and employment due to his disability [6][7] - The speaker expresses gratitude to his wife for her support in changing the mindset of people towards persons with disabilities [11] Technological Innovation & CSR - The speaker's wheelchair is designed by himself and his team to improve mobility for people with disabilities through technology [7][8] - Balumban Trust, a CSR initiative of Hela India Automotive Private Limited, provides customized wheelchairs free of cost to those in need [8] - The wheelchair is designed to be light, comfortable, and customized to the needs of people with disabilities [8] Challenges & Solutions - Spinal cord injury patients face difficulties in basic education and daily life functions, including bladder and bowel management [3][9][10] - Marriage can be challenging for spinal cord injury patients, but shared vision and mission can lead to happiness [11] - The speaker encourages the audience to make the world accessible for all [12]

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Overcoming Adversity - The individual lost his sight at the age of 35, 30 years prior to the report [1] - The individual discovered new freedom through mountaineering, travel, and inspiring stories after losing his sight [1] - The individual's story challenges prejudices about disability and demonstrates that limitations often exist only in the mind [1] Achievements and Activities - The individual has traveled more extensively since losing his sight [1] - The individual engages in activities such as mountaineering, horseback riding, tandem cycling, skiing, and running [1] - The individual has climbed Kilimanjaro, the Andes, the Himalayas, Olympus, Triglav, Musala, and numerous lower peaks in Croatia [1] - The individual received the highest recognition from the Croatian Mountaineering Association (HPS) for climbing 150 peaks [1]

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