An Empowering Perspective

http://www.ted.com/talks/stella_young_i_m_not_your_inspiration_thank_you_very_much 

http://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_the_opportunity_of_adversity

http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_mccallum_how_technology_allowed_me_to_read

Stella Young's "I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much", as well as Amee Mullins's "The opportunity of adversity", illustrate the need of a collective change of perspective from society toward people with disabilities; the need to change to an empowering perspective rather than a condoling and belittling one. Furthermore, in his speech "How technology allowed me to read", John McCallum shows the speakers everything that the development of assistive technologies aided him to achieve, and the indispensable support that said technologies provided in his journey to becoming an outstanding man among people with and without medical disabilities alike. These thoughts lead to the understanding that the development of tools within the field of assistive technologies is part of this necessary change of attitude toward people that society has come to wrongly regard as "disabled". Assistive technologies are an empowering tool to help people with disabilities rise above their medical prognosis in a world designed for people without their own singularities.