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Stereotypes In Rosie King's Ted Speech

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In the 2 TED talks where “how autism freed me to be myself” and “Architecture needs to be for everyone” by Rosie King and Sinead Burke talk about how people should modify their perspectives on the world. Humanity has put so many labels on things like race, religion, and illnesses, too. And sometimes they can be hurtful, because they are judging someone who is or has something they don't. Take autism as an example: people call them hurtful for being “different”, for not acting like how everyone else acts like. But it’s not, it's a special quality that embraces their personality. Just like Rosie King explained in her Ted talk. In Rosie King’s Ted talk, she talks about how people have ideas and stereotypes about having autistic people. In her …show more content…

And that has its advantages, but it's hard to do simple things, too. She had to take a flight by herself to give her ted talk and in her talk she mentions, “But the design of an airport, plane, and terminal offers little independence when you're 105 cm and a half cm tall.” Having that illness makes it hard to do her own things without the help of others, and relying on others' kindness to help her out to reach the things she cannot. And sometimes not everyone is considerate. Architects need to take into account that not everyone is the same person, and they need to be more mindful and hopefully add extra equipment to help. Another challenge for people with achondroplasia is using the simplest thing, a public bathroom. Sinead comments in her talk that “Using a public bathroom is an excruciating experience. I walk into the cubicle, but I can't reach the lock on the door. I'm creative and resilient. I look around and see if there's a bin I can turn upside down. Is it a safe product? Not really a question. Is it hygienic or not? Definitely not.” Can you imagine the frustration you would have because you need to go to the bathroom but end up not going because you can’t reach the lock on the door, not to mention how terrified you would be because you don't want anyone to see you? These are the problems she faces when it comes to going out and how our structures stop her from doing …show more content…

Being born smaller than everyone isn’t necessarily a bad thing, because everyone is unique in their own way. And Miss Burke isn’t saying that only people with her syndrome are the only ones who can be proud, anyone and everyone can. Embrace who you are and don’t be afraid to do so. She is content with who she is and how she is. Rosie King also has the same type of confident mindset, she expresses this when she says, “All in all, I wouldn’t trade my autism and imagination for the world” Her creative mind is the reason she has gone so far in life and autism has helped her build that clever and artistic intellect. Many people have the same syndrome these powerful women have, and they are inspiring others to be like them, confident, and intelligent. These women are proving to the world that syndromes/illnesses aren’t what you always think and that they should expand their

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