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How I helped make Lego accessible to the blind

Matthew Shifrin · TED

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About

As a child, entrepreneur Matthew Shifrin received a gift that changed his life -- a Lego set with instructions hand-written in Braille. In this charming and personal talk, he tells the story of his years-long mission to share the sensory experience he remembers with the larger blind community. "If there's something you're passionate about and you want to spread that passion," he says. "Give it to those who would otherwise be unable to access it."

The talk

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Credits and licence

Institution
TED
Department
TEDxSuffolkUniversity
Speaker
Matthew Shifrin
Year
2019
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Art, architecture and design
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
TED Talks are licensed by TED under Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0 International and are shown here in TED's own player, as TED's usage policy asks.
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