I’m Claudio,
But it’s not Claudio you just see.
In fact, I’m Claudio who holds what each of you carries:
The capacity of human life.
And this is what I will show you.
When I was a child, I was diagnosed with a rare condition,
A serious disease called myocardial infarction.
The condition causes damage to motor neurons.
This means that people lose their movement gradually
And their basic capacities.
Despite these difficulties,
My mother felt that school was an opportunity for me to make friends,
To meet with people and play with them.
But even with the possession of full cognitive capacity,
Ability to communicate,
I had difficulty integrating into schools.
But my mother did not give up.
I went to several schools until I found the school that would accept me
But I started interacting with my classmates
The teacher created a project called “Assistant Today”
Every day a child helps me to get to the tools,
Takes me to the school yard, and helps me in the games …
So at the time of our relaxation all the games were adapted
Including jumping rope, hopping, and chasing.
But the game I loved most was the chase,
Because my colleagues take my chair and join each other.
(Laughter)
Sometimes the chair hangs on uneven ground,
I fell to the ground.
I stay there and I feel pain
Like any other child in an adventure and enjoy.
After all, I went ahead with my studies and entered high school
She was admitted to a public school.
But on my first day the study room was on the second floor
There was no lift.
The Director said:
“Claudio, we’ll have to call your mother to pick you up,
Because your room is on the second floor and there is no way to transport you. “
But my colleagues did not.
They moved themselves,
The students on the second floor went down,
The students on the ground floor took the room upstairs.
Even on the ground floor there was a small drawer,
The manager said: “Claudino, do not worry
I have already asked the Education Department to put them down here. “
I graduated and did not reach that slope.
(Laughter)
But many colleagues helped me
To participate in all school activities including extracurricular activities.
I graduated from school,
At the end of high school,
I knew I could
Go to university.
When I told my family that I wanted to go to university,
It looked like a monster,
Is challenging,
Something I fear and I stopped them at first,
On the ratification that this is possible,
Especially for our weak physical situation.
So, to avoid scaring people,
I decided to split this beast into pieces.
That means, I thought
“What do I need to go to university”?
“Test the university admission test!”
“What do I need to enter the test”?
“Submission to him”.
So, the monster is no longer big.
Instead of saying, “Mom, I’ll go to university”
I said, “Mom, I’ll apply for a test”
This was not too scary.
But even demand was challenging,
Because my mother could not help me financially
Not even so.
So, I brought in cosmetic brochures
I introduced it to my friends, my neighbors, and my colleagues
With the profits, the registration fee was paid to the college entrance examination.
Tested.
When my name appears in the list of accepted,
I was very happy,
Especially because I am the only student of public schools
Who passed the test,
At the same time I was very worried
Because there is only a few hours left to join,
Or the vacancy will go to an alternative.
When the deadline expires,
A friend came to our house,
She said she saw my name on the list of those who were accepted
I was offered the registration fee,
My mother resisted approval
Because they will not be able to make monthly payments anyway.
And so on, my family had priorities
I said, “Oh, Mom, take it!”
(Laughter)
Step by Step
Boxie said, “Do not be rude”
But I did, and she accepted
So recorded
On the day I registered, I wrote a letter to the municipal council
Request transportation,
Because no buses were available.
The General Administration,
They found it easy to provide a means to take me home,
Instead of modifying all the buses in the city.
(Laughter)
So I got everything I wanted,
I joined, I have transportation,
I just had to enjoy the opportunity.
At the end of the first semester, the dean called my house.
He asked to meet my mother.
My mother closed the headset and said:
“Do you see what I did? Now I will be on the black list.”
(Laughter)
When we went to the university the conversation was very different
The Dean said:
“Lady Elisa, when your son was registered in our university,
We were very worried
From how we deal with a student with these limited capabilities.
So I asked the professors to ask him for as much as they could
So give up from the beginning
Or prove its efficiency to reach the end.
Because his chosen job requires many principles,
Dealing with humans, and had to show his competence.
So what surprised us was Elissa, whenever we asked Claudio
Its symmetry increased
The more our requirements are the same.
So, beyond all limits
And all the challenges imposed on him, we realized that he has great abilities.
The university wishes to offer him an educational grant.
Do you accept her, Lady Elisa? “
(Laughter)
Obviously my mother accepted the offer.
She was agitated,
I continued my studies.
In half the curriculum
I started to have difficulty writing.
My condition was getting worse, and I felt that the pen had increased its weight,
I can no longer move the book,
I learned that after a short time
I will lose the ability to write like other people.
I had to fix it.
I had to find a way to continue writing.
So I looked at technical devices for something to support me
But at that time, someone in my case writes,
The only available source was a stopper installed on the front
Or hold the pen with your mouth,
And with these decibels press the writing pad of the computer
To write.
But it was very slow and difficult for me.
Instead of thinking about things I can not do,
I realized that I could move the mouse,
A small mouse on a laptop
With it, I can use the computer with less effort
But no one writes with a mouse how to write with a mouse?
I needed a solution.
So, at break time, I go to the library,
I look at IT books,
Using my computer I realized
Using a computer calculator,
what did you realize?
If there is a program that makes me click the mouse button
The figure shows,
Why not have a program click on the button and show the characters?
This is the solution.
I had to create a program that clicked on it and showed the characters.
So I began to study myself on how to create computer programs
And developed the first program called “Fattah mouse”
This program contains all the writing board characters
But to increase the speed of my writing did not press each character separately,
Place clips for each character
For example, to type the word “Button”
If I use the disobedient method,
I will have to press detailed characters “B” “U” “T” “T” “O” “N”
With this program, I will only press “BUT” “TON”.
I put the discharge verb which means when I want to write lets go
Just press L and G
Punctuation marks,
And special symbols I use,
And pronouns.
Mouse gradually developed Ki,
I did not stop there.
But continued the study to develop it,
A new Key Mouse, with a new body and resources,
I became the subject of my MA thesis.
With this program, people who suffer from more severe conditions
They can write on the computer,
With one eye or trigger finger,
This program enables people to write.
At first I did not accept the labor market
But to enter the competition in the labor market,
I chose several volunteers and academics
To enrich your CV more.
So I chose volunteers and academics from several areas
I wanted to gather experience, to gather knowledge.
I wanted to integrate in places, and I did not accept my exclusion.
Every challenge I face,
Found in the technical source to overcome it
In personal relationships I tried to show my abilities
I learned the meaning of overcoming, and it depends on me
It does not depend on the size of the barriers.
Sometimes I think, that if my mother did not go
To find the school that will accept me,
If we do not face all the challenges,
Or even, if I have not developed my technique
To continue to write, perhaps today I did not hold a degree in psychology,
A mental health specialist,
Neuropsychology and non-exclusionary special education
I did not act professionally
In different clinics and hospitals as I did.
He did not become a columnist in various newspapers
In the field of education.
Today, I am the Chairman of the Council for the Rights of Persons with Special Needs.
And an evaluation expert in administrative coordination of basic education
In the City Education Department.
I am a secretary of global non-profit charitable organizations
For communications and information research
Who is looking for sources for people with special needs,
I did not become the first student at a federal university
Obtains a master’s degree in the highest degree.
So I tell you that I have faced challenges in advance,
I won in some steps,
And missed the pitfalls,
All this makes me believe
That our decisions, not our circumstances,
Which determines our destination.
In the near future, I want to complete my studies
For a PhD,
I want to be able to write “possible” in the history of “almost impossible”
(clap)
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