I'm Elise Hugh, you're listening to Ted Talks daily.

About 15% of the world faces some sort of disability, and yet so many stigmas about people

with disabilities remain that an entire community is often left out of conversations and systems

like education.

In her talk from the Bezos Scholars' Alon in 2022, disability inclusion advocate Megan

Hussie lays out four ways we can contribute to a more inclusive future and how this will

benefit everyone.

I've never known life without disability.

Disability is where a physical or mental condition or impairment is combined with physical

or social barriers that make it hard for a person to do certain things or interact with

the world around them.

Disability is very diverse with a wide range of experiences that can affect a person's

ability to see, move, hear, learn, communicate, interact with others.

In my case, my sister Erin is autistic and has an intellectual disabilities.

She processes the world differently.

She enjoys riding her bike, collecting rubber ducks, watching YouTube videos on repeat

and spending the money she earns at work.

And she's really happy, she squeals and flaps her hands.

Though for many people, Erin is different, she is my normal.

In my family, we were raised with the core value that different is not less.

But it was made clear to me that the rest of the world did not share this value.

Like I'll never forget one time in middle school, my sister's aide had made a video of her

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