In her TEDx Talk, Julie Cafley challenges audiences to consider who holds the pen when public policies are written. Drawing from a powerful policy engagement, she shows how systems designed without lived experience shape who is safe, supported, and included at work, in cities, in healthcare, and in technology. Cafley reframes inclusion as a practical, life-shaping necessity and reminds us that silence is the oxygen of exclusion. She closes with six concrete actions that invite leaders and communities to emb ...