How one carrot peeler revolutionized design | ASL | The Curb Cut Effect
Clip: Season 37 Episode 2 | 6m 18s
ASL Many household products were originally designed by or for people with disabilities.
ASL Did you know that many of the household products we use every day were originally designed by or for people with disabilities? Take OXO's Good Grips vegetable peeler, for example, designed by Sam and Betsey Farber so that Betsey, who had arthritis, could cook without pain.
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How one carrot peeler revolutionized design | ASL | The Curb Cut Effect
Clip: Season 37 Episode 2 | 6m 18s
ASL Did you know that many of the household products we use every day were originally designed by or for people with disabilities? Take OXO's Good Grips vegetable peeler, for example, designed by Sam and Betsey Farber so that Betsey, who had arthritis, could cook without pain.
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Chapter 1 | ASL | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Video has Closed Captions
ASL Watch a preview of Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act. (9m 17s)
Chapter 1 | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Video has Closed Captions
Watch a preview of Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act. (9m 17s)
Chapter 1 | Extended Audio Description | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
EXTENDED AUDIO DESCRIPTION A preview of Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act. (11m 31s)
How Captions Went from Niche to Necessity | ASL |The Curb Cut Effect
ASL The fight for closed captioning was a battle for access and inclusion. (6m 48s)
How Captions Went from Niche to Necessity | Extended Audio Description | The Curb Cut Effect
EAD The fight for closed captioning was a battle for access and inclusion. (8m 33s)
How Captions Went from Niche to Necessity | The Curb Cut Effect
The fight for closed captioning was a battle for access and inclusion. (6m 48s)
How one carrot peeler revolutionized design | Extended Audio Description | The Curb Cut Effect
EAD Many household products were originally designed by or for people with disabilities. (7m 12s)
How one carrot peeler revolutionized design | The Curb Cut Effect
Many household products were originally designed by or for people with disabilities. (6m 18s)
They Took Sledgehammers to Sidewalks – Here’s Why | ASL | The Curb Cut Effect
ASL Curb cuts—those small ramps at the edge of sidewalks—were not always a given. (7m 1s)
They Took Sledgehammers to Sidewalks – Here’s Why | Extended Audio Description | The Curb Cut Effect
EAD Curb cuts—those small ramps at the edge of sidewalks—were not always a given. (8m 9s)
They Took Sledgehammers to Sidewalks – Here’s Why | The Curb Cut Effect
Curb cuts—those small ramps at the edge of sidewalks—are now a standard part of city design, but the (7m 1s)
Trailer | ASL | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Video has Closed Captions
ASL The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. (2m 23s)
Trailer | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Video has Closed Captions
The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. (2m 24s)
Trailer | Extended Audio Description | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
Video has Closed Captions
EXTENDED AD The dramatic story of the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) in 1990. (2m 50s)
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