What began as a simple collaboration in a school, ended up becoming one of the most exciting projects for our young people.
We wanted a one-off collaboration with an educational center to promote integration, but that first step gave us the energy to focus our attention on the strengths of those who make up our Domestic Training group: Manuel, with his ease and leadership skills; María, with her energy and unconditional love for each of the students at the center; Eva, with her constant smile that fills us with light every Wednesday; Belén, with her sweetness and her real power to draw us directly into reading; and Mario, with that joy, that desire to do and contribute.
Throughout all my years in contact with people with disabilities, as will happen to my colleagues at Aspademis, I have always had the feeling that they teach me, in many vital dimensions, their positivism, their management and handling of positive emotions, their strong and powerful self-concept, and a self-esteem that more than one of us would like to have.
As a result of that specific collaboration, as I said, the need, and at the same time the opportunity, arose to expose them to the difficult mission of transmitting those strengths that characterized them, of becoming transmitters of very valuable information.
We organized a team of five, with the option to expand, of course, and got to work: we had to create the theory adapted to each primary school grade and prepare the children, each one for their role. The most important thing was to know which role best suited each of them, in order to maximize their abilities.
And so filming began for “I WANT YOU TO FEEL LIKE ME”; the first session was enough to bet on the project.
We started with the sixth grade B class, led by "Seño Pilá," as everyone calls her. It was a special, endearing, and sensitive class; together they created a magic that each of us there could feel. Pilar and Julia can attest to that.
They are the communicators; they convey emotions, teach the importance of expression, and show us the positive side of disability. It's a two-way street: from the students of the school to our children, and from our children to the school. EVERYONE, absolutely everyone, learns.
This is just the beginning of something exciting; we'll gradually tell you about this experience.
Sending lots of encouragement and strength from Aspademis.
Together we can do anything!
