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CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR EDWARDS
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Our biggest creative breakthroughs come
when people learn from, compete with, and
collaborate with other people.
Richard Florida
SOCIALTASK
CASE STUDY: SMALL & IN FLUX
DECLINE IN
DHH YOUTH
POST-SECONDARY
EDUCATION
NOT IN LABOR
FORCE
16.5%4.3%
26%
Holt, Judith, Sue Hotto, and Kevin Cole. “DEMOGRAPHIC ASPECTS OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Third Edition, 1994.” Research
Support & International Affa. Gallaudet University, 21 Mar. 2012. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. <https://research.gallaudet.edu/Demographics/factsheet.php>.
Allen, Thomas E. “Who Are the Deaf and Hard-of-hearing Students Leaving High School and Entering Postsecondary Education?” Research Support & International
AffairsG. Gallaudet University, 05 Dec. 2011. Web. 29 Apr. 2015. <https://Fresearch.gallaudet.edu/AnnualSurvey/whodeaf.php>.
75%CASE STUDY: MAINSTREAMED
WORKER COWORKER
BOSSSENNETT’S
SOCIAL
TRIANGLE
Sennett, Richard. Together: The rituals, pleasures and politics of cooperation. Yale University Press, 2012.
DEAF/HH ALLIES
CAREER NAVIGATORSMODIFIED
SOCIAL
TRIANGLE
APPLY
JOB LEADS
INTERVIEW
INSIDE
CONTACTS
TRAIN
MEETING
COLLEAGUES
WORK
COLLAB-
ORATION
PROMOTION
WORK-
RELATED
GOSSIP
SUPERVISE
EMPLOYEE
SENTIMENT
CAREER STAGES
HIRING WORKING ADVANCING
SOCIAL NEEDS
SELF
DEFINITION
DISCLOSURE RULES OF
ENGAGEMENT
NOTES
& TIMELINE
IDENTIFYING
ALLIES
CONVERSATION
FRAMEWORK
CAREER SERVICESWORKBOOKSCAREER BOOKS
SCORE
ASSOCIATION
(nonprofit)
COMMUNITIES
OF RECOVERY
(positive deviance)
WALK [YOUR CITY]
(tactile urbanism)
ZINES
(hand made, open distribution)
TOOLS AND STRATEGIES FOR DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING IN THE WORKPLACE
HACK
a strategy or technique adopted in
order to manage one’s daily activities
CRAFT
an activity involving skill
INDVIDUAL ASSESSMENT INTERDEPENDENCE
GUIDED DISCUSSION
FINDING ALLIES RULES OF ENGAGEMENTDEFINE & DISCLOSE
“It's very interesting and useful when we
discussed and share experiences together.
I learned something new from others like
how to deal with an interview.”
ASSUMPTION
ACTIVITIES
OBJECTIVES
Social systems turn impairments into disabilities.
Access to social communications requires social tools.
Web &
social media
Online
communities
Free & paid work-
books
Low-cost
workshops
Paid 1-on-1
coaching
Develop free-to-paid framework that supports interdependent accessibility.
Individual empowerment System interdependence
Facilitating 1-on-1 and group
interactions
Distributing workbook
and framework online
Impacting career
services tools
Develop workshop
distribution channel
Job coaching and
intersecting with
career consultants
Make use of emerging
behavior change tech
Relieve anxiety over access challenges through pre-planning
Support conversations allies and impaired
Increasing agency and job satisfaction for DHH in their careers.
INTENDED
SHORT TERM
OUTCOMES
INTENDED
LONG TERM
OUTCOMES
ASSUMPTION
THEORY
OF CHANGE
WORKSHOPS
ONE-ON-ONE COACHING
CAREER SERVICES
ONLINE
CRAFT HACK
PRESENT
Nobody goes for a walk without having
something that supports that walk,
something outside of ourselves.
Judith Butler
Examined Life: Judith Butler and Sunaura Taylor. Dir. Astra Taylor. Perf. Slavoj Zizek, Cornel West, Peter Singer, Judith Butler, and Kwame Anthony Appiah. Zeitgeist
Films, 2008. YouTube. Google, 6 Oct. 2010. Web. 26 Nov. 2014. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0HZaPkF6qE>.
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