"Elise was BEYOND awesome!"

- Jan Fox, 4x Emmy Award Winner

Elise presenting at TEDx

Elise Roy is a deaf human centered designer, former lawyer, and motivational speaker who works in the vanguard of the disruptive innovation movement. She is a passionate proponent of the notion that when we design for disability, we often develop solutions that are better than when we design for the norm. A highly skilled public speaker, she has given talks for companies and organizations all over the world including Microsoft, the NASA, the United Nations, Amazon, FedEx, Google I/o and the World Bank. Her TEDx talk, “When we Design for Disability, We All Benefit,” has over 1.3 million views. As a lawyer she worked on the Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at the United Nations. She is a published author and has consulted with and worked for various companies in the inclusive design space including Marriott, Google, Fannie Mae. She currently is a Principal UX Architect at Salesforce and serves on the National Board of Directors for World Institute for Disability and AIGA.

In this session you will hear from people who are working to make the world an easier place for those with disabilities to navigate, including Elise Roy, who will share her own personal story of how becoming deaf at the age of 10 became her greatest gift.

Elise is extremely dynamic and delivers a thought provoking presentation. You will not be disappointed.

- Rhonda Davis, National Science Foundation

 

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"Elise’s presentation was the highlight of our weekend"

-Helena Le Roux Ohm, Center for Discovery

 

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I loved the presentation! Very motivating. Very inspirational. A heartfelt message for all of us.

- Attendee
 

Awesome! I learned a lot on how I should teach to all abilities and students. You are an inspiration!

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“Elise Roy delivers a thought provoking presentation designed to make people think differently ... our attendees felt they learned something they could apply back at work.” 

Kathleen Budny, AIGA