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Joao Vicente is a 7 year old boy living in Brazil. He has Cerebral Palsey. Joao’s Mum works with him every day and felt worried when he stated to ask about using a skateboard. Mum knew Joao would not be able to hold himself up on a skateboard and she tried to dissuade him from the idea, thinking it would be impossible; ”I tried for a long time to replace the desire for skateboarding with other tools. He rode on a tricycle but that’s not what he wanted.”
Stevan Pinto is a physiotherapist and Daniel Paniagua is a psychologist; together they started the Skate Anima project adapting skateboards so that children with disabilities could enjoy the sport. Joao’s mum says their work is “very powerful and beautiful; it’s necessary.”
The video of Joao skateboarding with his mum went viral.
Mum say; “Understand that places that don’t welcome everybody are disabled, ideas are disabled, not people.”
“May Joao’s smile wake up other people. Diversity is our strength.”
- Why does Joao want to skateboard?
- Why did Mum try to stop Joao talking about skateboarding?
- Why did she try to get Joao to use a tricycle instead? How do you think that made him and her feel?
- The Skate Amina project is “very powerful and beautiful; it’s necessary.” What does Mum mean?
- Why do you think the film of Joao skating went viral?
- What does that show about people around the world?
- “places that don’t welcome everybody are disabled, ideas are disabled, not people.” what does that mean?
- “May Joao’s smile wake up other people. Diversity is our strength.”
- What can we learn from Joao?
- What can we learn from Joao’s mother?
Why is this about No Outsiders?
No Outsiders: Everyone different, everyone welcome by Andrew Moffat
www.no-outsiders.com
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