Bionic future
Natural disasters such as recent earthquakes in Japan, Chile, Haiti and China, but also tragedies caused by mankind, such as wars and landmines, having a strong impact even after many years, road accidents, household accidents, accidents on worksite and serious diseases as cancer and diabetes each year cause a high number of cases of…
When imagination exceeds reality
Lester B. Pearson college United World College of the pacific May 23th, 2011 What you are about to read will seem like a fairytale rather than a true account of a day which I will hold in my heart for a long time to come. Pearson College is situated in a forest which seems like…
To mobility and indipendent living for disabled people
We have reached stage 5, after Israel, Slovenia and Argentina (the fourth stage in Mexico was, unfortunately, canceled by FINA due to poor safety of waters, and will be recovered upon later date). As scheduled, here comes Canada. Let me take this opportunity to thank the United World Board for wanting to share the core…
Sports as an escape from the dead end
Quoting Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, we can say that our society is dominated by the belief that the lives of disabled persons are apparently without meaning or purpose. Suspicion has always influenced the relationships between the disabled and the fully enabled ones, preventing the growth, the positive achievements and the realization of the dreams…