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Rio de Janeiro is hosting[br]the 2016 Paralympics.

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This is a city of wealth[br]and poverty.

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Famed for football and[br]plastic surgery.

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We're here to meet the people,

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Samba dancers, a television[br]presenter, Paralympians,

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a lawyer and an[br]ex gang member.

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And to find out what it's like[br]to live with a disability

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in one of the most beautiful[br]cities in the world.

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At Samba City the carnival floats[br]and costumes are all top secret.

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But we were allowed to film one of[br]the most famous dancers in Rio.

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These are the[br]Ambassadors of Joy.

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They're are the world's first and only [br]Samba school for people with disabilities

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For the last two years the 1,800[br]members of this group

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have led the carnival into the[br]Samba Drome.

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The Ambassadors are famous[br]throughout Rio.

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Vivianne is the lead dancer.

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Frenanda has been a reporter on Program Special for the last 8 years.

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Frenanada also holds the prestigious [br]role of Drum Section Queen

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for the Ambassadors of Joy.

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The 2016 Olympics and Paralympics[br]

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will be the first to take place[br]in Latin America.

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Over half a million visitors[br]are expected.

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Most events are being held[br]in an affluent district

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an hour's drive to the[br]south of Rio.

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When Carlos was a teenager [br]he traveled to Europe

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with only 40 dollars and[br]a soccer ball.

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He performed soccer tricks[br]on the streets of Zurich.

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Saving enough money to come back [br]and start his own transport company.

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Favelas are the ghetto areas

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home to over 11 million[br]people in Brazil.

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First built by ex slaves[br]in the 19th century

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they're often run by [br]drug gangs.

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Carlos comes from a[br]poor family

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but is lateral thinking[br]and hard work

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has kept him from a [br]life in the favela.

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At 22 he was shot in the back[br]in a robbery gone wrong.

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He was left paralysed.

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He survives on a small pension and [br]what little he earns from photography.

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At the same time he's putting his [br]youngest brother through school.

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He can sometimes sit here for [br]three hours before someone passes

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that can lift him [br]into his house.

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His photographs have been shown[br]in national and international exhibitions

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as well as appearing in magazines,[br]newspapers and books.

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Deborah became blind after taking[br]drugs for a pneumonia type condition.

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She continued to work from home[br]until two years ago

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when all of Brazil's legal [br]paperwork shifted online.

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With no accessibility for [br]her screen reader

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she hasn't been able [br]to work since

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and is now studying[br]Human Rights Law.

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Ten thousand Brazilians play football[br]professionally around the world.

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These players are all blind.

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They're vying for a spot on next [br]year's Paralympics Team.

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Blind football is five aside,

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everyone except the goalie must[br]have a visual impairment.

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They wear a mask to even[br]the playing field.

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The ball has a bell inside so [br]players can hear where it is.

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The manager stands behind the goal[br]giving cues to the athletes.