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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Dr. Gillian Friedman, managing health\Neditor of Ability Magazine, a leading
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,publication addressing health, disability\Nand human potential.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'm Max Gail, a subscriber and\Nsometimes contributor to Ability Magazine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I also volunteer as a director for Ability\NAwareness, a non-profit organisation that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is partnered with Habit for Humanity to\Nbuild accessible homes and to build
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,awareness of the value of volunteering for\Npeople with disabilities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I've been a volunteer on the Ability\NHouse project a number of times, going
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to the first one in Birmingham,\NAlabama back in 1999.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Today there are 56 million people with\Nmental or physical disabilities in America
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Department of Housing and Urban\NDevelopment has identified people with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities, one of the principle\Npopulations experiencing worst-case
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,housing needs. Ability Awareness and\NHabitat for Humanity address this need
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through the Ability House project.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there are two features that make the\NAbility House project really unique, the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,first is that the program endorses\Nuniversal design - that's the strategy for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building environments that can be visited\Nby people of all ages and all abilities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second, it specifically involves\Nvolunteers with disabilities in all phases
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of construction. You know, to see or work\Nwith people with disabilities actually
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,building a house, well that'll wipe out\Nall the stereotypes and myths you might
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,have about people with disabilities.\NAnd it helps those volunteers to explore
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to demonstrate their abilities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The adage "it's better to give than to\Nreceive" is born out in health studies,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,showing that emotional wellbeing, physical\Nhealth and mental sharpness improve when
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people join activities where they can give\Nand receive encouragement and learn new
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,skills.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll test to that. Anyway, the following\Npresentation was shot at an Ability house
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,built in Baltimore, Mariyln. This was\Ndocumented by the Good Life television
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,network for an episode of their series\N'Volunteers for the Sake of Others'.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think you'll enjoy it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So many people wonder how a blind person\Ncan build a house or how a person who uses
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a wheelchair can come and build a house.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Volunteers, many with disabilities and\Nlittle knowledge of construction have set
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out to try and build a house in just\N8 days.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Most of them have never done any kind of\Nconstruction.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NARRATOR: Will wet weather dampen their\Nspirits?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We would rather have better weather but\Nwe've got a schedule to keep.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,NARRATOR: It will take all of the\Nvolunteers working together to complete
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this house in time.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everyone can come out and pick up a hammer\Nand we're all on equal ground.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Welcome to Good Life TV Network's\N'Volunteers for the Sake of Others'.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm Doris McMillan.\NPeople with disabilities are often
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marginalised by society. An impairment is\Noften seen as a major obstacle to living a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,normal life. Ability Awareness, a\Nnon-profit organisation combats this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,misconception by recruiting people who\Nhave disabilities to help construct homes,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,often for people who themselves have a\Ndisability.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This time-honoured tradition of\Nvolunteering allows those with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities to help someone in need.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Ability house project is a hallmark\Nprogram of Ability Awareness and was
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically started to increase awareness\Naround the issues surrounding people with
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,disabilities, to really bring people with \Ndisabilities out and show the community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their true skills and their talents, and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their potential as volunteers, as mentors\Nand as employees.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Volunteering benefits the provider of\Nservice, perhaps as much as it does the
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,recipient of service, and so when you have\Nsomeone who is commonly thought of as in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,need, there is a therapeutic benefit to\Nbe derived when those individuals can in
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fact be the providers of service.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here, Ability teams with the local chapter\Nof Habitat for Humanity to build a house
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a few special features.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Ability House is accessibly designed\Nhome, built for someone with a disability
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by volunteers, many of whom also have\Ndisabilities.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,VOLUNTEER: Ready? One, two, three!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The concept of universal design which\Nmeans people who have physical impairments
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are able to get in and out of it with no\Nbarriers and so I think this is a
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,worthwhile project.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a big stigma that blind people have\Nto sit and they can't do things and we see
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of people that come through our\Nprogram that have had people take care of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,them their whole lives and there's no\Nreason for that really.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So often people with disabilities, they\Naren't looked to as volunteers and every
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,single person has his or her individual\Nlevel of ability, and so it's just really
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a matter of finding out what that is and\Nutilising them to their fullest potential.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,MAN: Here now, feel that, see what we're\Ngonna do?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Red hats, experienced volunteers, work on\Nsecuring the roof while a group of blind
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,volunteers help with the house's exterior.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was given four individuals, and I took\Nthem aside, gave them a quick lesson on
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to operate a screw gun, all I had to\Ndo was point to where the screw needed to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go in, I'd say "follow my finger", they'd\Nfind my fingertip, put the screw there and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,screw it in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something really clicked with Fred. He was\Nthere working with the volunteers
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,patiently working with each one. He was\Ngiving of himself and he really sensed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what this is all about.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was totally amazed and impressed.\NTo call them disabled is no longer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adequate. They are definitely able-bodied\Nwith a minor inconvenience.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tom Owens has been blind since the age of\N11, but involved in carpentry all his life.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Technically I've been doing this stuff\Nsince I was about 3. I started working
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with my father when I was 3 years old,\Neverybody in my family has some kind of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trade type skill. And Romney's a great\Npartner. (Laughs) She likes high places.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think these guys are doing a great job,