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That ’ s our vision and we ’ re just at the baby steps right now with a tremendous team of hard-working people . Lots of challenges exist because this field is very fragmented . There are different levels of legislation and different views about codes , today ' s standards may become tomorrow ' s handicaps , but this exists everywhere so the question is , can we move towards a more global standard in this field ? Can we consolidate the curriculum and designate people who do business in multiple nations and jurisdictions and give them tools and consistency ? Can we give consumers that same level of comfort ? Can we measure then start to create an index ? That ' s up to us . I think we could , but we ' ll see .
Do you think it ' s time for the next generation to be groomed to step in ?
Yes , by an ultimate marathon of social change . I think we do need something , a more sophisticated version of what I did , something to connect the world , to create a movement-based derivative . A combination of something that would capture attention and imagination with global participation , connectivity and sustainability to accelerate progress and capture the interest of the more socially conscious next generation
. . . why don ' t we actually get Elon Musk to help someone in a wheelchair go into space , leave their chair at the space station , circumnavigate the world multiple times a day , speaking digitally to billions of people about there being no barriers , and that the future of space is for everyone ? This will help to power up a conversation with the youth . . .
to bring them into the conversation . But within the conversation of diversity and inclusivity , it is still very easy to drop the issue of disability out of the conversation . So , to keep it in there we can inspire ideas that look at the ways barriers can be transformed . For instance , the Nepalese have been so involved in the service of helping people achieve glory on Mount Everest . Wouldn ’ t it be incredible to come together to create the opportunity for a Sherpa , who perhaps has had a spinal cord injury , to summit Mount Everest , leaving a legacy that will help change the world to show that there were no barriers on this earth that could not be crossed ? Right now , people may think that ' s completely impossible , but I believe it is possible . And you could say , why don ' t we actually get Elon Musk to help someone in a wheelchair go into space , leave their chair at the space station , circumnavigate the world multiple times a day , speaking digitally to billions of people about there being no barriers , and that the future of space is for everyone ? This will help to power up a conversation with the youth and every school on the planet , about what this really represents . The world needs imagination and we need to keep breaking barriers in a fundamental way .