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I can't speak. Here's how I get people to listen | Jessica Irwin artwork

I can't speak. Here's how I get people to listen | Jessica Irwin

TED Talks Daily
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Jessica Irwin is many things: a photographer, artist, author, performer. She also happens to be nonverbal, born with cerebral palsy that affects the muscles she needs to talk. Speaking through a device that turns her typed words into speech, she gives a sharp, funny and urgent reminder that being unable to speak has nothing to do with intelligence — and shares a few easy ways anyone can better communicate with nonverbal people. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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