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(melodic echoey electronic semi ambient music)

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If you think about it, it doesn't make 
sense for a blind person to use a camera.

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(plastic pieces clicking against each other)

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But the iPhone has its features where 
it talks about the right edge, left edge,

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the VoiceOver actually says that.

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[iPhone VoiceOver]: 
One face near top edge.

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[iPhone VoiceOver]: 
Centered.

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The good thing about it is that you 
also have the recording features,

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and the things that are all 
there on the iPhone,

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where you just swipe and double tap.

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[iPhone voiceover]: 
Camera mode; video.

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[iPhone voiceover]: 
Near top left edge.

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So it's there, although  
you can't see it, but

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you have some idea of the 
parameters of the filming.

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(soft footsteps)

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(grass rustling)

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I think I was introduced to the 
concept of disability rights in 2011.  

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At first, I felt very overwhelmed because

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of course I've heard of human 
rights, but I was thinking,

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"Okay, isn't this common sense?"

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But I guess it's the gap between 
how people perceive you  

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as a person with a disability

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and your rights.

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You are you and you are blind, 
but your blindness is not the problem.

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The iPhone gives you more avenue

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to tell your story in a more 
profound way as a blind person 

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because of course sighted 
people do it every day.

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(a reverberant wash of hypnotically 
pulsating and watery synthesizers)

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We need to be our own voice.

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It's time that we put 
the stop on other people

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making decisions for us and 
speaking on our behalf.

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(waves crashing)

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There's a lot of stories from this side of 
the world that no one has heard about.

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(footsteps in grass)

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(child speaking excitedly)

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The 'nothing about us without us' mantra,

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for persons with disabilities, 
this is extremely important.

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We have to be included,

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regardless of the diversity in 
capacity, in language, in barriers.

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(plastic clicking)

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I want to tell the people not 
only in Samoa, but the world, 

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people with disabilities,
their dignity, you know,

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and their own rights.

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Stand strong and be strong.

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Telling stories is a powerful 
way of educating people. 

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We have to tell our stories, 
our lived experiences.

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We want to enjoy life and 
participate equally in society.

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(birds chirping)

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(projector clicks on and starts running)