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Deep sea diving ... in a wheelchair - Sue Austin
They saw a wheelchair and thought 'loss'. She took it scuba diving. 🌊
Who it's for
Austin names the gap between her own sense of freedom with a power wheelchair and other people's assumption that she had lost something; for anyone adjusting to a mobility aid, that validates their experience over others' pity.
Stuck→Awe / Wonder
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What it is
A talk by artist Sue Austin given at TEDxWomen 2012. Austin describes how getting a power wheelchair gave her a new sense of freedom, while other people treated her as if she had lost something. She presents art that captures the wonder she experiences moving through the world, centred on footage of her underwater wheelchair drifting among sea life.
Where to find it
YouTube, TED-Ed channel (free); also on TED.com, which offers a transcript.
Before you start
Age: Ages 9+
“Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all –Emily Dickinson, “Hope is the thing with feathers” (poem 314)
