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In memory of Achille Ordine
She felt she was considered as a person.
She was granted the right to have fun.
Now she is proactive.
Like Stefania and Cristina, before they only felt angry.
Now they have realized that there is room for something else.
Although the anger will remain.
I am not a doctor and I cannot heal them.
What I'm doing will not heal their deseases nor their disorders.
Disorder will remain and that's why there are doctors.
Whose task is to solve it or limit it.
What we can do is to ensure a good quality of life to these people.
So that they will accept medical therapy as if it was an intrinsic need.
This allows them to be fulfilled as people.
To be men and women in society.
And to dynamically join society again.
This is the definition of the term 'education'.
Given by Italian educationalists now.
Presents
I discovered a hidden world.
Made of people who were injured in car accidents.
It is often very vague, they don't have a name.
You hear that some people died and some were injured.
Very often these people will stay in a coma.
For a month or more.
And when they wake up they do not recognize their body.
They are in a body that they do not identify.
Like the metaphor from the movie "The diving bell and the butterfly".
They find themselves in a diving bell...
But inside, they have a butterfly to let fly.
This butterfly is their mind, their needs, their desires.
It is good to share.
And feel free to speak with people that really understand you.
That are not saying things just to make you feel better.
Or to calm you down.
It is something structured and I know it is sincere.
I really like this initiative.
In particular I like the idea of having created a group.
So that we won't be left alone.
Honestly, I didn't expect all this.
I enjoyed this experience very much.
From a personal point of view.
But also from a therapeutic perspective...
I have to thank all the staff that followed me.
Because they literally made me stand up straight.
Thanks to them I can walk with my legs again.
Barbara has a strong personality, even today.
In fact she recovered twice.
After two traumas.
Despite what happened she is still a strong person.
Probably she needed to try to confront herself
With someone whose personality was as strong as hers.
Alberto and her began to understand each other easily.
She started using her right hand with him.
He gave her a drum, the one he has in his studio.
She used to see him playing with two hands.
At that time she didn't move her right hand.
But she put her hand on the drum.
And she tried to play.
He encouraged her in many ways.
But most of all, his personality was crucial.
And the fact that she felt that he was strong.
Stefania is having fun.
Although she communicates it with difficulty.
Because she is still very stubborn.
And she is also angry.
But I have noticed that she feels more and more at her ease.
She is realizing that she can even go on holiday!
That she can do something different.
I was looking at her before, when we were watching the movies.
Her expression, her gaze. She even turned to look at Cristina.
She looked at her while she was watching the movies.
I believe that something is already going on within her.
I'm sure that she will tell it to me.
I am very satisfied.
Here at Sestri�re is minus 11�C.
This is the outside swimming pool close to the one inside.
We had a fantastic day.
We are very lucky to be here.
Guys are swimming.
Some of them swim underwater.
Before I went out with Cristina to take pictures, at minus 11�C!
It's amazing!
These people cannot use the proper equipment for disabled.
Because they are not in control of the upper part of their body.
Nor they can ski on their legs.
Thanks to dual ski they can experience unique sensations.
At the beginning they should try something easy.
Easy ski slopes and low speed.
Then they ask you to increase the speed or try something more difficult.
Or they request to make a complete turn instead of making the half turn.
What they want is to go beyond the thrill.
They want to feel a real emotion inside.
At the beginning I had some doubts.
Because she doesn't like being cold.
And I thought she could not make it.
Unexpectedly, I was glad to be wrong!
I was touched by his sensitivity.
And the spontaneity of his approach.
This is important.
They can feel it.
Often we tend to treat them like mentally ill people.
But they are not.
They all have their potential abilities.
It is fantastic for them to be treated like one of us.
And it is important.
It's not only healing.
It's also bringing her back to the person she was before.
Today we had a written exercise and I had to write what she was saying.
There she has demonstrated...
To be aware of lacking in many things.
Before she was at the bar with Alberto who wanted to offer her a drink.
And she was all excited!
This is coming back to life.
Being disabled is not a malfunctioning of the person itself.
On the contrary, it is a malfunctioning of the environment.
Disability is the difficulty in the interaction
Between people and environment.
Hence, disability is an environmental problem.
It is not a problem of the single person.
If the environmental context is adapted to disabilities...
The perception of disability for a disabled...
Will be reduced.
If these people feel gratified...
And if they see that their needs are acknowledged...
They will have a different perception of their condition.
Of their disability.
In this way their handicap is modified.
Handicap is something you can modify.
Whereas disability cannot be modified.
But the point is how we percieve that.
How we percieve disabled people when we see them.
And how disabled perceive themselves through the others' eyes.
Born disabled have had the time to adapt themselves to that condition.
While those who become disabled...
Need an environment that knows what to do.
That already knows which are the needs.
I feel satisfied.
Almost satisfied.
I could do better.
I am sure I could be better.
Anyway...is that a yeah?
Yeah.