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On Saturday, November 18, Perkins School for the Blind Diversity and Inclusion Speaker Jaimi Lard took the stage at TEDxBeaconStreet for the first time, delivering a 10-minute talk on the importance of inclusion. Lard, who is deafblind, was accompanied by her interpreter, Christine Dwyer.
Although she couldn’t see the audience or hear their applause, Lard said she could feel the energy in the room as she told her story and the story of Helen Keller, who was also deafblind and attended Perkins.
“It was invigorating,” she said afterwards. “My message was: don’t exclude, don’t ignore, don’t shy away.”
Here are six of Lard’s tips on how to be inclusive:
1. Share what you love