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She is a former senior fellow with the Ford Foundation and advisor to the world bank. She joins us tonight to discuss her life, work and new book, being human. She will be in conversation with our very good friend Pamela Edwards and abc news anchor of the morning addition. Duty and pam, the screen is yours. Andy, this new age of social distancing is great to see we can get it done. Duty, it was an honor to read your book. It is a running theme in the book, how often people tell you they should know they had no idea and im hopeful that people reading your book and joining in on the conversation tonight will be brought up to speed on what your fight has been about and all the changes you have made. In fact, thats where i want to start, to give people a perspective and i wanted you to compare and contrast what it was like when you are a young person pick you up in the book talk about your childhood in brooklyn. What it was like to be a person coming into the world then with a disability a
Think. That is wonderful with social distancing its great to see we can get it done and it was an honor truly to read your book it is a running theme people who should know say i had no idea people joining the conversation tonight on what your fight has been about and the changes you have made to give People Perspective compare and contrast what it was like as a young person coming into the world with a disability and what it is like now. On the one hand the difference is very significant because i had polio 1929 in brooklyn just the beginning of television and to recognize the Important Role so there were no lies that protected the rights of disabled people there werent that were protecting the rights of other minorities there werent that were protecting the rights of other minorities point it was unusual but people were looking at disability as a medical issue and not carrying it so there wasnt a lot of activity going on to look at discrimination as that componen component. So the be
Pamela edwardss, anchor of 6 abc action news morning edition. The screen is yours. Thats wonderful. Andy, in this new age of social distancing its great we can get it done and judy an honor to read your back. A running theme in the book how often people tell you, people who should know, say i had no idea. And im hopeful that people reading your book and joining in on the conversation tonight will be brought up to speed on what your fight has been about and all the changes you have made and in fact thats where i wanted to start to give people a little bit of a perspective. I wanted you to do a compare and contrast what it was like when you were a young person. You opened the back talk about your childhood in brooklyn. What isth it wag like to be a person come thing into world with a disability and what its like now, the differences you see. Guest well, on the one hadnt the differences are very, very significant because when i had polio in 1949 in brooklyn, there was just the beginning o