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What I learned designing a school for the deaf

Marcus Adrian · TED

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About

Does a school for the deaf need to be quiet? Architect Marcus Adrian explains how the answer put him on the road to identifying a key element of designing for accessibility -- understanding the spectrum of human ability and celebrating what people do well instead of focusing on what they can't.

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxGatewayArch
Speaker
Marcus Adrian
Year
2017
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Art, architecture and design, Teaching and learning
Source
TED
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, as TED states it. Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions. TED's terms
Attribution
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