2017-02-01 16:00:32.225	TEST 

2017-02-01 16:00:34.227	TEST 

2017-02-01 16:35:47.921	>> Good afternoon. 

2017-02-01 16:35:47.923	Welcome. 

2017-02-01 16:35:48.921	I am going to encourage all of 

2017-02-01 16:35:53.924	you who are standing to take a 

2017-02-01 16:35:56.927	seat. 

2017-02-01 16:35:57.925	All of the Toronto people are in 

2017-02-01 16:36:06.993	the back. 

2017-02-01 16:36:09.059	That is nice. 

2017-02-01 16:36:10.999	Great. 

2017-02-01 16:36:19	Good afternoon. 

2017-02-01 16:36:21.991	This is a shaky laptop stand. 

2017-02-01 16:36:27.075	Great. 

2017-02-01 16:36:28.075	I am the director at the 

2017-02-01 16:36:32.077	festival. 

2017-02-01 16:36:33.077	I want to say that we are 

2017-02-01 16:36:37.076	gathered on the unseeded 

2017-02-01 16:36:41.12	territory of the --  

2017-02-01 16:36:45.142	We think this is important to do

2017-02-01 16:36:51.122	. 

2017-02-01 16:36:51.123	I think we all agree, in this 

2017-02-01 16:36:53.119	year, in particular, when Canada 

2017-02-01 16:36:58.172	celebrates a national

2017-02-01 16:37:01.199	anniversary, that it is 

2017-02-01 16:37:02.247	important to recognize the

2017-02-01 16:37:06.281	indigenous communities. 

2017-02-01 16:37:06.282	We are thrilled to have you 

2017-02-01 16:37:09.287	here. 

2017-02-01 16:37:09.288	We are here with Jess. 

2017-02-01 16:37:13.281	A truly outstanding show here at 

2017-02-01 16:37:18.293	this festival. 

2017-02-01 16:37:21.322	It's such a great show. 

2017-02-01 16:37:21.323	If you have not seen it, get 

2017-02-01 16:37:27.322	there and see it. 

2017-02-01 16:37:28.321	I do not know the last time I 

2017-02-01 16:37:32.326	have enjoyed myself so much at 

2017-02-01 16:37:33.325	the theater. 

2017-02-01 16:37:34.322	I enjoy myself always,

2017-02-01 16:37:40.37	obviously. 

2017-02-01 16:37:40.371	This is a series of four we are 

2017-02-01 16:37:45.382	presenting with caravan. 

2017-02-01 16:37:47.376	There is a blurb. 

2017-02-01 16:37:50.421	This great partnership received 

2017-02-01 16:37:54.45	support. 

2017-02-01 16:37:55.446	They supported our lunch this 

2017-02-01 16:37:58.448	afternoon. 

2017-02-01 16:37:59.447	Thank you to the Council. 

2017-02-01 16:38:01.447	I am going to invite my 

2017-02-01 16:38:05.453	colleague to the stage. 

2017-02-01 16:38:07.539	I cannot see anything. 

2017-02-01 16:38:09.462	There we go. 

2017-02-01 16:38:11.493	Great. 

2017-02-01 16:38:13.491	Norman: Um, very quickly, I want 

2017-02-01 16:38:27.532	to say that the festival would 

2017-02-01 16:38:30.532	not be here today without some 

2017-02-01 16:38:36.62	of the people locally. 

2017-02-01 16:38:36.621	I know this seems to be a place 

2017-02-01 16:38:39.62	of influence. 

2017-02-01 16:38:41.674	The local people are 

2017-02-01 16:38:43.668	extraordinary. 

2017-02-01 16:38:45.67	Please, a big round of applause. 

2017-02-01 16:38:50.668	Also, the city of Vancouver 

2017-02-01 16:38:56.832	cultural services and the County 

2017-02-01 16:38:59.784	Council for the arts. 

2017-02-01 16:39:01.781	This is a major transformation 

2017-02-01 16:39:04.782	and I will be brief. 

2017-02-01 16:39:07.782	This is a partnership. 

2017-02-01 16:39:09.785	I would venture to say that it 

2017-02-01 16:39:14.821	is a collaboration. 

2017-02-01 16:39:15.822	We have discussed how that might 

2017-02-01 16:39:19.823	happen and this notion of 

2017-02-01 16:39:19.824	collaboration. 

2017-02-01 16:39:20.821	This idea has not fundamentally 

2017-02-01 16:39:24.821	changed since the beginning and 

2017-02-01 16:39:28.821	the end. 

2017-02-01 16:39:28.822	Robert gave this is sort of a 

2017-02-01 16:39:34.841	definition, coming out of the

2017-02-01 16:39:36.833	era with others. 

2017-02-01 16:39:38.822	It was really about radical 

2017-02-01 16:39:41.822	thinking of the work they may 

2017-02-01 16:39:48.823	create. 

2017-02-01 16:39:48.823	Working on Caravan was a thing 

2017-02-01 16:39:56.868	over the years. 

2017-02-01 16:39:56.869	This is the second time we have 

2017-02-01 16:39:57.869	worked together. 

2017-02-01 16:39:57.87	We talked recently, earlier, a 

2017-02-01 16:40:02.889	few of us, about a couple of 

2017-02-01 16:40:03.866	groups that came over and I 

2017-02-01 16:40:04.869	think of this as forest fringe. 

2017-02-01 16:40:11.916	This is built on a history that 

2017-02-01 16:40:15.922	we are extremely proud of. 

2017-02-01 16:40:17.918	It is built on financial 

2017-02-01 16:40:21.922	resources and bringing things to 

2017-02-01 16:40:21.923	the table. 

2017-02-01 16:40:22.921	It is a real serious change that 

2017-02-01 16:40:26.947	will happen. 

2017-02-01 16:40:27.948	We are going to bring money to 

2017-02-01 16:40:32.031	the table for the first time in

2017-02-01 16:40:34.031	10 years. 

2017-02-01 16:40:37.032	That is significant. 

2017-02-01 16:40:39.033	Most of you know Gavin. 

2017-02-01 16:40:43.034	He is a dear friend and 

2017-02-01 16:40:46.035	colleague. 

2017-02-01 16:40:46.036	I stated his house. 

2017-02-01 16:40:48.074	-- stayed at his house. 

2017-02-01 16:40:53.071	I do not stay at everyone's

2017-02-01 16:40:59.072	house. 

2017-02-01 16:40:59.073	We do not sleep in the same room 

2017-02-01 16:41:02.07	anymore. 

2017-02-01 16:41:04.114	I snore. 

2017-02-01 16:41:06.117	In Edinburgh, we did once. 

2017-02-01 16:41:11.116	It is a pleasure and an honor to 

2017-02-01 16:41:15.116	have him here. 

2017-02-01 16:41:18.118	We talked about what he should 

2017-02-01 16:41:22.167	cover versus what I should 

2017-02-01 16:41:22.168	cover. 

2017-02-01 16:41:22.169	I mentioned the books. 

2017-02-01 16:41:26.238	"Be here now." 

2017-02-01 16:41:30.237	You don't have to buy the book. 

2017-02-01 16:41:35.245	You can just write down the

2017-02-01 16:41:39.237	title. 

2017-02-01 16:41:39.238	People are always interested in 

2017-02-01 16:41:42.286	"Why?" 

2017-02-01 16:41:44.279	What is the reason you are 

2017-02-01 16:41:47.284	working with Push. 

2017-02-01 16:41:49.28	What is the reason that shows we

2017-02-01 16:41:57.289	have chosen together. 

2017-02-01 16:41:57.29	Why did point blank poets come 

2017-02-01 16:42:00.284	to work with us? 

2017-02-01 16:42:01.324	Answer the Why and we are in a 

2017-02-01 16:42:06.367	good place. 

2017-02-01 16:42:08.369	To answer Why, Gavin. 

2017-02-01 16:42:15.442	Gavin: I need to apologize. 

2017-02-01 16:42:25.487	I have no idea what I'm going to 

2017-02-01 16:42:27.485	say. 

2017-02-01 16:42:28.498	He had notes. 

2017-02-01 16:42:30.49	[breathing] 

2017-02-01 16:42:34.488	OK. 

2017-02-01 16:42:36.486	So, I have never done this 

2017-02-01 16:42:40.492	before. 

2017-02-01 16:42:40.493	I have done these things before. 

2017-02-01 16:42:43.486	Yeah. 

2017-02-01 16:42:44.487	OK. 

2017-02-01 16:42:45.492	We going to start with a song. 

2017-02-01 16:42:48.489	We should sing. 

2017-02-01 16:42:50.486	You have to join in. 

2017-02-01 16:42:53.487	Everyone will know the song. 

2017-02-01 16:42:56.534	When you sing the song, you will 

2017-02-01 16:43:00.534	work out why. 

2017-02-01 16:43:01.526	It feels like a political act. 

2017-02-01 16:43:05.532	Trust me. 

2017-02-01 16:43:06.54	Go with me on this. 

2017-02-01 16:43:08.534	The last words of this song is 

2017-02-01 16:43:14.663	where the fun is. 

2017-02-01 16:43:14.663	It is a song that you have to 

2017-02-01 16:43:17.667	dance to. 

2017-02-01 16:43:18.666	So, as soon as I start to sing, 

2017-02-01 16:43:23.693	when you work out the song, will 

2017-02-01 16:43:25.693	you join in with me? 

2017-02-01 16:43:27.696	I have never done this. 

2017-02-01 16:43:29.693	Damn. 

2017-02-01 16:43:31.692	I shouldn't have said that. 

2017-02-01 16:43:32.694	So, it goes like this. 

2017-02-01 16:43:36.76	It is from "Nelly The

2017-02-01 16:43:43.736	Elephant." 

2017-02-01 16:43:44.747	Nelly the elephant went off to 

2017-02-01 16:43:49.737	the circus. 

2017-02-01 16:43:49.738	Off she went with a trumpety

2017-02-01 16:43:56.778	trump. 

2017-02-01 16:43:58.78	Trump. 

2017-02-01 16:43:59.789	Trump. 

2017-02-01 16:44:01.778	Trump. 

2017-02-01 16:44:02.776	Trump is the word the elephant 

2017-02-01 16:44:07.776	makes when it goes off to join 

2017-02-01 16:44:08.785	the circus. 

2017-02-01 16:44:08.786	That is the start. 

2017-02-01 16:44:11.82	We are here because -- well, 

2017-02-01 16:44:16.778	first of all, let me set the 

2017-02-01 16:44:19.778	sentiment. 

2017-02-01 16:44:20.777	I'm not interested in 

2017-02-01 16:44:23.775	partnerships or collaborations. 

2017-02-01 16:44:25.779	In my experiences, people put 

2017-02-01 16:44:28.777	aside differences to get money. 

2017-02-01 16:44:31.775	I'm so not up for that anymore. 

2017-02-01 16:44:35.816	I just want to fight with people 

2017-02-01 16:44:39.817	and work with people who might 

2017-02-01 16:44:42.832	become my friends and who it 

2017-02-01 16:44:45.818	matters more to me that they 

2017-02-01 16:44:46.819	achieve with they want to do

2017-02-01 16:44:48.83	than I achieve the things I want 

2017-02-01 16:44:51.839	to. 

2017-02-01 16:44:52.864	I am not doing collaborations or 

2017-02-01 16:44:55.863	partnerships. 

2017-02-01 16:44:55.864	Norman is right. 

2017-02-01 16:44:57.864	He stayed with us. 

2017-02-01 16:44:59.866	That is what has come out of our 

2017-02-01 16:45:02.92	relationship. 

2017-02-01 16:45:03.916	Now, it matters to me more that 

2017-02-01 16:45:06.943	PuSh is successful than we are. 

2017-02-01 16:45:12.028	Of course, reciprocally, we 

2017-02-01 16:45:19.04	achieve the things we want to do 

2017-02-01 16:45:20.043	and that is great, isn't it? 

2017-02-01 16:45:24.063	It feels like the world is being

2017-02-01 16:45:28.064	divided up. 

2017-02-01 16:45:29.114	I belong to a group of people 

2017-02-01 16:45:30.116	that think we need to unite and 

2017-02-01 16:45:33.114	find collaborative relationships 

2017-02-01 16:45:37.118	with people who share our values 

2017-02-01 16:45:37.119	in the world. 

2017-02-01 16:45:38.111	It is promoting generosity and 

2017-02-01 16:45:42.163	promoting a counter view to the 

2017-02-01 16:45:47.193	dominant view of the world that 

2017-02-01 16:45:47.194	is being led by someone who has 

2017-02-01 16:45:52.284	the appearance of being a 

2017-02-01 16:45:54.237	fascist without the ideology to 

2017-02-01 16:45:57.234	support it. 

2017-02-01 16:45:57.235	It scares me and I say that we 

2017-02-01 16:46:02.236	should find other models and 

2017-02-01 16:46:04.234	other ways to work together to 

2017-02-01 16:46:05.242	make common sense of the world. 

2017-02-01 16:46:06.234	We know that we do not allow 

2017-02-01 16:46:11.281	people to divide us. 

2017-02-01 16:46:12.277	Caravan is based on that

2017-02-01 16:46:17.286	premise. 

2017-02-01 16:46:17.287	I am very chaffed with the 

2017-02-01 16:46:23.28	artists who have come here. 

2017-02-01 16:46:24.277	They have a curiosity and 

2017-02-01 16:46:28.315	something to say about the

2017-02-01 16:46:31.323	world, like Jess, who'll will 

2017-02-01 16:46:35.318	speak to you in a few moments. 

2017-02-01 16:46:35.319	Despite what you think you have 

2017-02-01 16:46:40.317	read in the papers about the 

2017-02-01 16:46:43.317	United Kingdom, I think there is 

2017-02-01 16:46:47.319	an opportunity for us to really 

2017-02-01 16:46:49.32	find and express a place in the 

2017-02-01 16:46:53.327	world in the post-Brexit model. 

2017-02-01 16:46:58.319	I don't welcome it. 

2017-02-01 16:47:00.318	But there is a chance for us to 

2017-02-01 16:47:05.409	walk into the dark with a torch

2017-02-01 16:47:08.414	and that excites me. 

2017-02-01 16:47:09.413	I told you that I had no idea 

2017-02-01 16:47:12.415	where the sentence would end. 

2017-02-01 16:47:20.409	Roxanne: great. 

2017-02-01 16:47:24.413	This partnership received

2017-02-01 16:47:31.444	support from the British 

2017-02-01 16:47:32.441	Council. 

2017-02-01 16:47:32.441	I hope hearing that ramble has 

2017-02-01 16:47:35.439	not impacted that. 

2017-02-01 16:47:36.441	I am pleased to invite Maria to 

2017-02-01 16:47:41.442	the stage, who is the director 

2017-02-01 16:47:44.447	for the British Council. 

2017-02-01 16:47:45.446	Maria: thank you so much for 

2017-02-01 16:47:50.438	that and for those words. 

2017-02-01 16:47:53.446	I could not agree more with 

2017-02-01 16:47:56.444	those words. 

2017-02-01 16:47:56.444	This is an important time for us 

2017-02-01 16:47:59.444	to connect and use art as a fool 

2017-02-01 16:48:04.526	to help people connect. 

2017-02-01 16:48:05.533	-- as a tool to help people 

2017-02-01 16:48:09.524	connect. 

2017-02-01 16:48:10.524	I want to thank PuSh and Caravan 

2017-02-01 16:48:16.57	for being the best partners we 

2017-02-01 16:48:17.615	could work with. 

2017-02-01 16:48:18.57	I am pleased that we have the 

2017-02-01 16:48:24.658	support of the arts Council of 

2017-02-01 16:48:24.658	England to bring four incredible 

2017-02-01 16:48:32.666	organizations to participate in 

2017-02-01 16:48:32.666	the festival. 

2017-02-01 16:48:32.667	I hope that many of you had the 

2017-02-01 16:48:36.694	chance to see the performance is 

2017-02-01 16:48:37.69	taking place. 

2017-02-01 16:48:37.69	I am glad that I could be a part 

2017-02-01 16:48:40.694	of this. 

2017-02-01 16:48:40.695	The reason why the British 

2017-02-01 16:48:44.693	Council does this and partners 

2017-02-01 16:48:46.694	with organizations like this is 

2017-02-01 16:48:49.689	because we are the leading 

2017-02-01 16:48:52.757	cultural relations organization 

2017-02-01 16:48:55.733	and arts, education, society, 

2017-02-01 16:48:58.729	English, are important to us. 

2017-02-01 16:49:01.734	We have offices worldwide and we 

2017-02-01 16:49:06.735	deliver cultural programs with 

2017-02-01 16:49:09.737	aims to bring amazing people on 

2017-02-01 16:49:13.733	similar platforms to have 

2017-02-01 16:49:15.778	important conversations to 

2017-02-01 16:49:16.821	connect and talk about things 

2017-02-01 16:49:18.815	that are important for the 

2017-02-01 16:49:20.817	shared future. 

2017-02-01 16:49:20.818	This is a true delight for us 

2017-02-01 16:49:23.815	today and I would like to say 

2017-02-01 16:49:25.818	thank you to all of the partners 

2017-02-01 16:49:27.818	we worked with. 

2017-02-01 16:49:28.818	I hope you engage with the rest 

2017-02-01 16:49:33.815	of the program. 

2017-02-01 16:49:33.816	I plan to and I look forward to 

2017-02-01 16:49:36.857	the rest of the day. 

2017-02-01 16:49:36.858	Thank you. 

2017-02-01 16:49:38.859	Roxanne: thank you so much. 

2017-02-01 16:49:43.868	The 2017 keynote address

2017-02-01 16:49:50.908	features the English writer,

2017-02-01 16:49:53.984	Jess Thom. 

2017-02-01 16:49:54.981	She has Tourette's syndrome. 

2017-02-01 16:49:59.981	Thom debuted the piece at the 

2017-02-01 16:50:04.983	Edinburgh Festival and has 

2017-02-01 16:50:08.984	performed in Glastonbury. 

2017-02-01 16:50:12.028	Thom explores wide ranging 

2017-02-01 16:50:19.026	experiences. 

2017-02-01 16:50:19.026	I just could not be more 

2017-02-01 16:50:20.025	thrilled to welcome her to the 

2017-02-01 16:50:22.025	stage right now. 

2017-02-01 16:50:26.025	>> Uh, it is muted right now. 

2017-02-01 16:50:47.163	[inaudible] 

2017-02-01 16:50:57.186	Jess: here is a photo of me in 

2017-02-01 16:51:28.357	my superhero costume. 

2017-02-01 16:51:30.405	I have Tourette's syndrome. 

2017-02-01 16:51:34.41	I make movements and noises that 

2017-02-01 16:51:38.406	I cannot control. 

2017-02-01 16:51:40.415	Having Tourette's makes me 

2017-02-01 16:51:44.424	neurologically incapable of 

2017-02-01 16:51:46.405	staying on message. 

2017-02-01 16:51:48.437	A lot of what I am about to say

2017-02-01 16:51:53.436	is going to be a surprise to 

2017-02-01 16:51:55.438	everyone. 

2017-02-01 16:51:55.438	On the plus side, I only have to 

2017-02-01 16:52:00.438	write half of a talk. 

2017-02-01 16:52:01.449	Awkward sciences -- silences are 

2017-02-01 16:52:07.44	not something I worry about. 

2017-02-01 16:52:08.44	Before I begin, I would like to 

2017-02-01 16:52:12.48	thank the festival for inviting 

2017-02-01 16:52:12.481	me to speak to you this 

2017-02-01 16:52:17.49	afternoon. 

2017-02-01 16:52:17.49	There are three things that you 

2017-02-01 16:52:17.491	need to know. 

2017-02-01 16:52:19.481	First, you are going to hear 

2017-02-01 16:52:22.483	biscuit and hedgehog a lot in 

2017-02-01 16:52:27.56	the next half an hour. 

2017-02-01 16:52:27.561	So nothing gets caught in 

2017-02-01 16:52:31.568	translation, when you hear 

2017-02-01 16:52:33.564	biscuit, think cookie. 

2017-02-01 16:52:35.566	Second, if I say something 

2017-02-01 16:52:43.61	funny, you are absolutely 

2017-02-01 16:52:44.605	allowed to laugh. 

2017-02-01 16:52:46.607	We will be at odds if we don't. 

2017-02-01 16:52:49.61	Several times a day, my ticks

2017-02-01 16:52:55.608	intensify. 

2017-02-01 16:52:55.608	These as to follow -- episodes

2017-02-01 16:53:01.769	look seizure-like and need 

2017-02-01 16:53:02.772	management. 

2017-02-01 16:53:03.77	If this happens, my support will 

2017-02-01 16:53:06.771	help me and I'm hoping that 

2017-02-01 16:53:09.771	Roxanne will take over. 

2017-02-01 16:53:09.772	Biscuit. 

2017-02-01 16:53:12.777	Or, Norman will take over. 

2017-02-01 16:53:15.772	They will do a dance. 

2017-02-01 16:53:19.77	I hope you prepared that. 

2017-02-01 16:53:22.915	This get. 

2017-02-01 16:53:24.833	-- biscuit. 

2017-02-01 16:53:26.809	Hedgehog. 

2017-02-01 16:53:27.81	I will give a brief description 

2017-02-01 16:53:34.813	of myself. 

2017-02-01 16:53:34.814	I'm a 30-something woman of 

2017-02-01 16:53:35.809	average build with a wheelchair. 

2017-02-01 16:53:38.81	Having Tourette's just me a body 

2017-02-01 16:53:43.855	that is constantly on the move. 

2017-02-01 16:53:44.853	I am hitting my chest. 

2017-02-01 16:53:47.852	It is happening now and now. 

2017-02-01 16:53:48.855	Do not worry. 

2017-02-01 16:53:50.853	I have gloves to stop my 

2017-02-01 16:53:54.909	knuckles from getting sore. 

2017-02-01 16:53:55.904	All of these slides I will be 

2017-02-01 16:53:58.926	showing our colorful and 

2017-02-01 16:54:03.909	hand-drawn cards. 

2017-02-01 16:54:06.906	Stop I will read each of these 

2017-02-01 16:54:09.936	out loud intern. 

2017-02-01 16:54:09.936	Creativity, visibility, and 

2017-02-01 16:54:13.935	opportunity. 

2017-02-01 16:54:14.936	A call to action. 

2017-02-01 16:54:16.938	I will share with you five ideas 

2017-02-01 16:54:24.004	that are useful for building 

2017-02-01 16:54:25.978	creative spaces. 

2017-02-01 16:54:25.979	First, I would like to tell you 

2017-02-01 16:54:29.988	more about my journey from 

2017-02-01 16:54:30.978	sufferer to superhero and why 

2017-02-01 16:54:35.024	celebrating difference matters. 

2017-02-01 16:54:36.023	In 2010, I cofounded

2017-02-01 16:54:42.066	Touretteshero after a 

2017-02-01 16:54:47.063	conversation that changed the 

2017-02-01 16:54:47.064	way I viewed my condition. 

2017-02-01 16:54:49.062	My friend described this as a 

2017-02-01 16:54:54.073	crazy language generation 

2017-02-01 16:54:58.063	machine and not doing something 

2017-02-01 16:54:58.064	with it would be wasteful. 

2017-02-01 16:55:01.061	This idea took root and I see my 

2017-02-01 16:55:05.061	ticks as my power and not a 

2017-02-01 16:55:09.109	problem. 

2017-02-01 16:55:09.11	My life was changed by a single 

2017-02-01 16:55:11.156	sentence and it taught me that 

2017-02-01 16:55:14.269	every conversation has the power 

2017-02-01 16:55:16.269	to create change. 

2017-02-01 16:55:18.269	At Touretteshero, we increase 

2017-02-01 16:55:26.271	understanding by sharing the

2017-02-01 16:55:30.279	creativity of the misunderstood 

2017-02-01 16:55:32.272	condition. 

2017-02-01 16:55:32.273	I believe that we all share the 

2017-02-01 16:55:34.317	power and responsibility for 

2017-02-01 16:55:37.311	inclusivity. 

2017-02-01 16:55:38.314	Legislation, resources, 

2017-02-01 16:55:42.381	knowledge, all have important

2017-02-01 16:55:46.315	roles to play. 

2017-02-01 16:55:48.314	We need to think, talk, and take 

2017-02-01 16:55:52.358	action together. 

2017-02-01 16:55:54.409	A report from 2014 of public 

2017-02-01 16:55:59.401	attitudes towards disability by 

2017-02-01 16:56:01.409	charity scope found that 67% of 

2017-02-01 16:56:07.434	British people felt 

2017-02-01 16:56:07.435	uncomfortable talking to a 

2017-02-01 16:56:09.476	disabled person. 

2017-02-01 16:56:12.476	Statistics like this have no 

2017-02-01 16:56:13.475	place in open and engaged 

2017-02-01 16:56:18.489	societies. 

2017-02-01 16:56:18.489	As professionals working within 

2017-02-01 16:56:22.486	the arts sector, you are 

2017-02-01 16:56:25.476	perfectly placed to make a 

2017-02-01 16:56:25.477	significant contribution to 

2017-02-01 16:56:28.519	catalyzing needed social change. 

2017-02-01 16:56:33.517	I want to share with you a 

2017-02-01 16:56:34.52	personal experience from my work 

2017-02-01 16:56:36.518	at a play project in Southland. 

2017-02-01 16:56:39.52	One weekend, I was lucky enough 

2017-02-01 16:56:44.521	to witness a moment that was 

2017-02-01 16:56:46.519	both unremarkable and almost too 

2017-02-01 16:56:51.561	beautiful for words. 

2017-02-01 16:56:51.562	It was a busy Saturday and I had 

2017-02-01 16:56:56.571	just come in through the gate. 

2017-02-01 16:56:57.561	All of the children -- children 

2017-02-01 16:57:02.584	of all ages were playing 

2017-02-01 16:57:03.561	everywhere. 

2017-02-01 16:57:03.562	In the general buzz, there was a 

2017-02-01 16:57:09.605	flurry of activity on the soccer 

2017-02-01 16:57:11.602	pitch that caught my attention. 

2017-02-01 16:57:12.599	Teenage boys greeted each other. 

2017-02-01 16:57:15.657	They enthusiastically through 

2017-02-01 16:57:19.651	their arms and grinned. 

2017-02-01 16:57:22.726	One of the boys had a soccer 

2017-02-01 16:57:24.723	ball and the other said, "a 

2017-02-01 16:57:26.769	quick penalty shoot out before 

2017-02-01 16:57:31.765	lunch."  

2017-02-01 16:57:32.768	Along with some other people, 

2017-02-01 16:57:36.767	they began to play. 

2017-02-01 16:57:36.767	This was an ordinary scene that 

2017-02-01 16:57:39.775	could have happened anywhere. 

2017-02-01 16:57:41.766	It is the ordinary that makes it 

2017-02-01 16:57:44.811	special. 

2017-02-01 16:57:47.811	One of the young men has an 

2017-02-01 16:57:50.809	intellectual disability and the 

2017-02-01 16:57:51.814	other does not. 

2017-02-01 16:57:52.81	They go to different schools and 

2017-02-01 16:57:53.811	probably would not have met, if 

2017-02-01 16:57:58.81	not for the inclusion project at 

2017-02-01 16:57:59.869	the playground. 

2017-02-01 16:57:59.869	This moment had seemed

2017-02-01 16:58:04.85	insignificant, until I heard

2017-02-01 16:58:07.848	Idris Elba addressing MP's about 

2017-02-01 16:58:14.85	the lack of diversity a few days 

2017-02-01 16:58:18.85	later. 

2017-02-01 16:58:18.851	He said there was a lack of 

2017-02-01 16:58:20.898	diversity in the TV world. 

2017-02-01 16:58:24.898	He said that people in the 

2017-02-01 16:58:26.899	television world are not the 

2017-02-01 16:58:27.9	same people as in the world. 

2017-02-01 16:58:28.908	That ordinary moment in the 

2017-02-01 16:58:34.033	playground is what my real world 

2017-02-01 16:58:35.962	looks like and it is what the 

2017-02-01 16:58:36.954	world looks like for many 

2017-02-01 16:58:36.954	children and young people around 

2017-02-01 16:58:39.951	the world. 

2017-02-01 16:58:39.951	Too often, it is not reflected 

2017-02-01 16:58:44.977	in our cultural spaces. 

2017-02-01 16:58:44.978	This speech was powerful because 

2017-02-01 16:58:50.977	it did not just focus on one 

2017-02-01 16:58:52.976	area. 

2017-02-01 16:58:52.977	He explained that diversity in 

2017-02-01 16:58:54.977	the modern world is more than 

2017-02-01 16:58:57.98	just skin color. 

2017-02-01 16:58:57.98	It is about gender, age, 

2017-02-01 16:59:04.976	disability, sexual orientation, 

2017-02-01 16:59:04.976	social background, and diversity 

2017-02-01 16:59:07.977	of thought. 

2017-02-01 16:59:08.975	He said, talent is everywhere. 

2017-02-01 16:59:11.99	Opportunity is not. 

2017-02-01 16:59:14.976	This gets right to the heart of 

2017-02-01 16:59:19.017	the issue. 

2017-02-01 16:59:19.017	If you are not white, male, or 

2017-02-01 16:59:24.017	non-disabled, you face barriers 

2017-02-01 16:59:29.018	in the creative sector and wider 

2017-02-01 16:59:31.017	society. 

2017-02-01 16:59:31.017	Without Jack, the lack of 

2017-02-01 16:59:35.063	diversity comes 

2017-02-01 16:59:37.065	self-perpetuating. 

2017-02-01 16:59:40.057	Stop if you do not see yourself 

2017-02-01 16:59:42.059	represented on the stage, you 

2017-02-01 16:59:44.059	are less likely to think that 

2017-02-01 16:59:46.067	performance is a possibility for 

2017-02-01 16:59:49.115	you. 

2017-02-01 16:59:49.116	If Drama schools are

2017-02-01 16:59:56.105	inaccessible and policymakers 

2017-02-01 16:59:56.106	continue to strip away -- it is 

2017-02-01 17:00:01.097	your mother, would you like to 

2017-02-01 17:00:04.102	go on a date? 

2017-02-01 17:00:04.103	Probably not. 

2017-02-01 17:00:07.1	This get. 

2017-02-01 17:00:11.11	Hedgehog. 

2017-02-01 17:00:11.11	Biscuit. 

2017-02-01 17:00:13.104	Biscuit. 

2017-02-01 17:00:14.102	Hedgehog. 

2017-02-01 17:00:16.146	If non-disabled actors, 

2017-02-01 17:00:22.147	directors, reducers, 

2017-02-01 17:00:25.153	programmers, do not experience

2017-02-01 17:00:29.16	this at the start of their 

2017-02-01 17:00:30.153	careers, how can they consider 

2017-02-01 17:00:33.149	that within their practice later 

2017-02-01 17:00:33.149	on. 

2017-02-01 17:00:33.15	It also leads to nondisabled 

2017-02-01 17:00:37.147	actors playing disabled roles 

2017-02-01 17:00:41.146	and being praised for how 

2017-02-01 17:00:42.149	closely they mimic disability. 

2017-02-01 17:00:44.148	Or, "crip up." 

2017-02-01 17:00:49.158	While I believe that positive 

2017-02-01 17:00:54.224	steps have been taken, now is 

2017-02-01 17:00:56.221	not a time to be complacent. 

2017-02-01 17:00:59.296	There are too many who do not 

2017-02-01 17:01:00.223	see themselves reflected on the 

2017-02-01 17:01:02.223	stage or screen. 

2017-02-01 17:01:05.222	This is bad for the industry and 

2017-02-01 17:01:06.222	for us all. 

2017-02-01 17:01:07.225	Biscuit. 

2017-02-01 17:01:11.266	Hedgehog. 

2017-02-01 17:01:11.267	A wealth of talent and 

2017-02-01 17:01:17.264	creativity is going to waste. 

2017-02-01 17:01:18.271	Seeing the same stories gets

2017-02-01 17:01:23.266	boring. 

2017-02-01 17:01:23.266	This represents a financial and 

2017-02-01 17:01:26.271	moral risk for the sector. 

2017-02-01 17:01:29.267	It is time for us to rescue -- 

2017-02-01 17:01:33.308	recognize the opportunities we 

2017-02-01 17:01:37.304	are missing when we do not 

2017-02-01 17:01:37.305	embrace diversity. 

2017-02-01 17:01:38.361	Stop consider the potential of 

2017-02-01 17:01:42.31	broader stories and find ways to 

2017-02-01 17:01:42.31	connect talent with opportunity 

2017-02-01 17:01:46.307	to lead to a dynamic creative 

2017-02-01 17:01:49.398	sector. 

2017-02-01 17:01:50.398	I want those I work with to know 

2017-02-01 17:01:59.394	that all of possibilities are 

2017-02-01 17:01:59.395	open to them and I want them to 

2017-02-01 17:02:03.448	see people who look, sound, move 

2017-02-01 17:02:04.451	like they do and are being 

2017-02-01 17:02:07.482	successful in all sorts of rol 

2017-02-01 17:02:10.478	es. 

2017-02-01 17:02:10.478	The boys on the soccer pitch 

2017-02-01 17:02:14.473	could not have met. 

2017-02-01 17:02:18.479	It is only through the increased 

2017-02-01 17:02:21.472	visibility of difference in our 

2017-02-01 17:02:22.474	cultural life and communities 

2017-02-01 17:02:24.521	that discrimination and 

2017-02-01 17:02:26.519	assumptions can be broken down 

2017-02-01 17:02:28.555	and the equality of opportunity 

2017-02-01 17:02:30.558	is achievable. 

2017-02-01 17:02:31.557	At a moment in our history when 

2017-02-01 17:02:36.554	so much is under threat, this is 

2017-02-01 17:02:37.558	more important than ever. 

2017-02-01 17:02:39.553	I would like to share with you 

2017-02-01 17:02:44.658	some ideas that have made a big 

2017-02-01 17:02:46.657	difference in how I think about 

2017-02-01 17:02:47.66	disability, my creative 

2017-02-01 17:02:51.65	practice, and my identity. 

2017-02-01 17:02:52.698	I am not disabled by my body. 

2017-02-01 17:02:57.729	I would like to start by talking 

2017-02-01 17:02:57.729	about the models we used to 

2017-02-01 17:03:01.71	conceptualize disability. 

2017-02-01 17:03:02.695	For a long time, the consensus 

2017-02-01 17:03:06.702	was that we followed a medical 

2017-02-01 17:03:10.722	or charity model. 

2017-02-01 17:03:11.723	You see a person as disabled 

2017-02-01 17:03:15.721	because the body or mind is 

2017-02-01 17:03:17.725	impaired and they are in need of 

2017-02-01 17:03:19.727	pity or cheer. 

2017-02-01 17:03:21.723	Both focus on what is wrong with 

2017-02-01 17:03:27.846	the person and not what the 

2017-02-01 17:03:28.855	person needs. 

2017-02-01 17:03:28.856	By contrast, the social model 

2017-02-01 17:03:32.845	says that disability is caused 

2017-02-01 17:03:37.855	by how society is organized. 

2017-02-01 17:03:37.855	For example, if I cannot get 

2017-02-01 17:03:40.848	into a building because it is 

2017-02-01 17:03:43.863	surrounded by steps. 

2017-02-01 17:03:45.847	Biscuits. 

2017-02-01 17:03:49.85	Biscuit. 

2017-02-01 17:03:49.85	Beans. 

2017-02-01 17:03:50.845	The medical model, the charity 

2017-02-01 17:03:55.854	model, it asks for money to help 

2017-02-01 17:03:58.847	me walk. 

2017-02-01 17:03:59.849	In contrast, the social model

2017-02-01 17:04:06.949	identifies the steps as the 

2017-02-01 17:04:06.949	disabling barrier. 

2017-02-01 17:04:09.944	People are nervous about calling 

2017-02-01 17:04:12.974	me disabled. 

2017-02-01 17:04:14.943	I don't see it that way. 

2017-02-01 17:04:16.943	It recognizes the barriers I

2017-02-01 17:04:25.974	face because of the collective 

2017-02-01 17:04:25.975	failure to consider difference. 

2017-02-01 17:04:26.97	Only if the barriers are 

2017-02-01 17:04:31.017	recognized can they be changed. 

2017-02-01 17:04:34.021	The social model may be familiar 

2017-02-01 17:04:38.055	to you, but I want to mention it

2017-02-01 17:04:41.056	, because of how pervasive the 

2017-02-01 17:04:42.053	models are around the world. 

2017-02-01 17:04:44.069	Understanding disability through 

2017-02-01 17:04:50.061	the social model has raised my 

2017-02-01 17:04:51.053	confidence and has been 

2017-02-01 17:04:53.059	instrumental about how I think 

2017-02-01 17:04:54.057	about my body and experiences 

2017-02-01 17:04:56.055	will stop it is the -- and 

2017-02-01 17:04:59.216	experiences. 

2017-02-01 17:05:00.144	Beans. 

2017-02-01 17:05:02.153	Don't headbutt the mic. 

2017-02-01 17:05:08.145	Disability is not subbing I 

2017-02-01 17:05:13.191	carry around with me. 

2017-02-01 17:05:13.192	It is not a permanent and 

2017-02-01 17:05:16.192	unchanging state. 

2017-02-01 17:05:19.192	The exciting thing about this is 

2017-02-01 17:05:23.222	that, by working together,

2017-02-01 17:05:23.222	 we 

2017-02-01 17:05:59.445	can create less disabling 

2017-02-01 17:05:59.446	spaces, systems, and attitudes. 

2017-02-01 17:05:59.446	Biscuit. 

2017-02-01 17:05:59.447	The next idea is adjustable 

2017-02-01 17:05:59.447	environments will stop 

2017-02-01 17:05:59.448	permission to adjust the 

2017-02-01 17:05:59.448	surroundings to meet my needs is 

2017-02-01 17:05:59.449	essential and transformative. 

2017-02-01 17:05:59.449	Being able to leave my 

2017-02-01 17:05:59.45	apartment seemed impossible. 

2017-02-01 17:05:59.45	When I realized I could change 

2017-02-01 17:05:59.451	my environment as and when