WEBVTT 00:13.747 --> 00:15.048 When I go out, 00:15.048 --> 00:17.384 if I’m not taking rehabilitation bus 00:17.384 --> 00:18.885 I’d be extremely anxious. 00:19.452 --> 00:21.054 Because people walk on foot, 00:21.054 --> 00:21.821 they lift their feet high 00:22.022 --> 00:23.556 while wheels can only roll 00:23.757 --> 00:25.759 on the ground. 00:26.059 --> 00:28.895 So, we can feel the uneven ground the most. 00:30.663 --> 00:33.700 In fact, I usually choose to use wheelchair on main road. 00:33.933 --> 00:35.902 Because, when on pedestrian arcade 00:35.902 --> 00:37.203 or pedestrian walk 00:37.437 --> 00:39.572 there might be a drop at the end 00:40.040 --> 00:42.609 or stuff blocking the middle of the path. 00:42.609 --> 00:45.478 Or motorcycles would park closely 00:45.478 --> 00:46.146 so that I can’t pass. 00:46.646 --> 00:47.247 Therefore, every day 00:47.580 --> 00:49.616 going out is like putting myself in dangerous situations. 00:59.325 --> 01:00.794 When I was 24, 01:00.794 --> 01:02.962 I became paralyzed overnight. 01:03.196 --> 01:05.065 I started with back aches. 01:05.065 --> 01:07.667 The dull pain became acute pain. 01:07.834 --> 01:10.437 Then, I woke up unable to move my feet. 01:10.670 --> 01:11.304 So, 01:11.604 --> 01:12.939 it only took one night for me to become paralyzed. 01:13.540 --> 01:14.674 At that time, the doctors 01:14.674 --> 01:16.709 were giving me all treatment they could come up with 01:16.709 --> 01:17.944 to treat me. 01:18.278 --> 01:20.080 I had physical therapy. 01:23.917 --> 01:24.951 I couldn’t perform 01:24.951 --> 01:27.620 any of the movements 01:27.620 --> 01:29.189 that seem to be terribly easy. 01:29.489 --> 01:32.192 So, I lived in that kind of strong frustration 01:32.192 --> 01:33.893 in every second of my life. 01:35.161 --> 01:37.130 I lost the whole control of my life 01:37.297 --> 01:38.565 and the opportunity of going out. 01:38.565 --> 01:40.467 The scariest part was that my future was now lost. 01:41.835 --> 01:42.869 After falling sick, 01:42.869 --> 01:44.104 my friends encouraged me to 01:44.104 --> 01:45.338 establish a newsletter 01:45.638 --> 01:48.308 to record my everyday life 01:48.308 --> 01:49.476 to record my everyday life. 01:49.476 --> 01:50.477 And to share it with people. 01:50.877 --> 01:53.413 My reader thought that they were reading fictions. 01:53.746 --> 01:55.615 They often ask something like 01:55.915 --> 01:57.717 if the protagonist will be able to stand up one day. 01:58.785 --> 02:00.120 On that day where I published my book 02:00.120 --> 02:01.588 lots of readers came. 02:01.588 --> 02:02.755 They came to see 02:03.123 --> 02:04.524 if the story and the character are real. 02:05.125 --> 02:07.527 In fact, I finally managed to see myself, 02:07.527 --> 02:09.162 as a person with a disability 02:09.162 --> 02:10.597 on that day. 02:11.297 --> 02:13.900 Only then have I started to engage in different things. 02:16.069 --> 02:17.637 When I took that very first step, 02:17.637 --> 02:18.738 I actually have opportunities 02:18.738 --> 02:19.939 to access to different things. 02:19.939 --> 02:23.009 I feel that since I’ve made up my mind to live a life 02:23.309 --> 02:26.513 and to experience different things, 02:26.513 --> 02:28.047 I might just as well give it a try. 02:35.321 --> 02:37.524 When I first joined, 02:37.524 --> 02:38.291 the broadcasting network 02:38.291 --> 02:40.927 there weren’t any accessible facilities. 02:41.227 --> 02:43.229 There was no ramp to assist 02:43.229 --> 02:45.398 a wheelchair in entering the recording studio. 02:46.533 --> 02:48.234 In the beginning, you felt that 02:48.668 --> 02:49.903 there wasn’t such a big difference 02:49.903 --> 02:51.271 between accessible and non-accessible facilities. 02:51.571 --> 02:53.907 Ever since I started to partner with Hsiu Chih in programs 02:53.907 --> 02:55.909 I’ve found that accessible facilities matter. 02:56.176 --> 02:58.578 So, I went to tell 02:58.578 --> 02:59.279 our broadcasting network that 02:59.279 --> 03:01.214 we must improve gradually 03:01.214 --> 03:02.182 year by year. 03:03.082 --> 03:04.417 I want people to see 03:04.417 --> 03:05.919 different aspects of people with disabilities. 03:06.352 --> 03:08.054 Just like everyone else in this environment, 03:08.054 --> 03:09.556 we are 03:09.556 --> 03:10.190 we are 03:10.490 --> 03:13.226 living our lives in our own special way. 03:13.560 --> 03:15.128 I think listening to others 03:15.128 --> 03:16.796 and voicing out one’s needs 03:17.197 --> 03:18.998 will lead to understanding and awareness, 03:19.132 --> 03:21.568 which will be the first step of changing a society. 03:22.969 --> 03:24.204 There is one accessible toilet 03:24.204 --> 03:25.572 on the first floor. 03:26.139 --> 03:28.441 In fact, I think it might benefit more people. 03:28.441 --> 03:29.409 They might be people with disabilities 03:29.409 --> 03:32.478 who come to attend to business around here. 03:32.679 --> 03:34.347 This wasn’t an accessible toilet. 03:34.347 --> 03:36.449 They backfitted 3 toilets into 03:36.449 --> 03:37.850 accessible toilets all at once. 03:42.589 --> 03:43.957 I feel more relaxed 03:43.957 --> 03:45.091 when I know that I can use an accessible toilet. 03:45.091 --> 03:48.161 I become comfortable and at ease when hosting a program. 03:48.294 --> 03:49.629 And I start to bring coffee to work. 03:49.762 --> 03:52.365 I am no longer afraid of going to a toilet 03:52.599 --> 03:54.267 because I know it’s now a safe environment. 03:54.667 --> 03:56.102 It was also that year, 03:56.469 --> 03:58.004 I began to be shortlisted in the Golden Bell Awards. 03:59.539 --> 04:00.773 The first time I was nominated, 04:00.773 --> 04:01.274 the organizer 04:01.608 --> 04:03.543 put a wooden ramp 04:03.543 --> 04:05.411 in the first row of the auditorium. 04:05.511 --> 04:06.512 And they told me that 04:06.613 --> 04:07.981 if I won the prize 04:07.981 --> 04:09.983 they’d carry me to the stage from backstage. 04:10.316 --> 04:11.851 I told them that 04:11.851 --> 04:12.919 carrying me onto the stage 04:13.052 --> 04:14.087 wasn’t appropriate. 04:14.087 --> 04:15.888 And it was disrespectful to a nominee. 04:16.723 --> 04:18.625 I told them they should make some changes. 04:18.625 --> 04:21.427 So, there was a lift when I was nominated for the 3rd time. 04:22.662 --> 04:24.063 The prize goes to… 04:25.365 --> 04:26.699 Yu Hsiu Chih. 04:35.375 --> 04:38.177 I was the first person to use the lift. 04:38.211 --> 04:39.512 I was filled with emotion 04:39.512 --> 04:40.713 at that very moment. 04:40.713 --> 04:41.481 Half of the emotion 04:41.814 --> 04:43.082 comes from the fact that 04:43.082 --> 04:43.950 I have never stop 04:43.950 --> 04:45.485 communicating with organizers and other people that 04:45.485 --> 04:48.154 the importance of the accessible facilities. 04:48.655 --> 04:51.291 I’ve gone through a long road of fighting for human rights 04:51.491 --> 04:53.526 from off stage onto the stage. 05:07.674 --> 05:09.509 My hair salon used to have stairs. 05:09.776 --> 05:11.678 My hair salon used to have stairs. 05:11.678 --> 05:12.912 When Hsiu Chih comes, 05:12.912 --> 05:14.414 another person will have to help 05:14.781 --> 05:15.748 carry her 05:15.948 --> 05:17.717 so that she’ll be able to enter the salon. 05:17.850 --> 05:19.485 It was exactly at that time that 05:19.485 --> 05:20.920 I realized the needs of people with disabilities. 05:22.588 --> 05:25.191 For example, it’s nature that people want to look beautiful 05:25.191 --> 05:26.326 but due to inaccessible environments 05:26.326 --> 05:27.560 people with disabilities 05:27.560 --> 05:28.995 aren’t given the liberty 05:28.995 --> 05:30.229 to decide on their own. 05:30.229 --> 05:32.165 They don’t get to choose the style they want. 05:32.165 --> 05:34.634 Most of the times, the decisions are being made for them. 05:35.335 --> 05:36.636 Let’s go get your hair washed. 05:36.636 --> 05:37.170 Okay. 05:39.372 --> 05:41.641 Many hair salon 05:41.641 --> 05:42.909 has a beautiful shampoo chair 05:42.909 --> 05:45.445 situated in a beautiful room. 05:45.578 --> 05:46.212 But it’s narrow. 05:46.446 --> 05:47.914 A wheelchair can’t enter. 05:48.948 --> 05:51.584 The environment has been designed 05:52.018 --> 05:55.388 to tend to the needs of a certain group of people, 05:55.655 --> 05:57.190 but the time is changing and evolving. 05:57.523 --> 05:59.726 In fact, there are different groups of people 05:59.726 --> 06:01.160 who have always lived with us 06:01.160 --> 06:02.829 under the same environment. 06:05.398 --> 06:08.000 So, changing the environment 06:08.000 --> 06:09.602 doesn’t mean giving privilege to people with disabilities 06:09.602 --> 06:11.204 nor does it mean giving them some bonus services. 06:11.471 --> 06:12.672 In fact, accessible facilities 06:12.972 --> 06:14.774 or the change of environment 06:15.141 --> 06:16.209 are basic human rights. 06:16.376 --> 06:18.378 that enables anyone 06:18.378 --> 06:20.480 to live under an adequate standard of living. 06:21.647 --> 06:23.649 This is how roads should be like, don’t you think? 06:25.585 --> 06:26.853 It’s joyful. 06:29.589 --> 06:31.457 This is living the life!