Last week, during our conversation with Mark Oppenheimer, Dr. Hoby Wedler raised a point that stayed with us.

In the 1800s, the typewriter was developed in part to expand access to written communication for people who were visually impaired. Today, in 2026, AI allows many of us to speak our thoughts aloud without ever touching a keyboard.

But what about people who cannot speak — yet have rich thoughts, ideas, humor, emotions, and insight?

What would it look like to innovate with the same urgency and imagination for non-verbal communication? To create tools that are personalized, humane, and built around the way individuals naturally think and express themselves?

Inclusion is important. But, we also need to buffer people's areas of strength, so that they can achieve self-actualization.

Watch the conversation to learn more.