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Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.50,0:00:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes a village to raise a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.97,0:00:25.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they say.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.73,0:00:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Unless this child has special needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.46,0:00:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the limit of this beautiful\NAfrican proverb that's said so much today.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.62,0:00:39.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it comes to this special motherhood,\Nthis motherhood that nobody wants,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.60,0:00:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that nobody sees,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.80,0:00:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're all scared to talk about,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.35,0:00:46.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we cross an important line,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.46,0:00:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and on the other side of that line,\Nthe village falls apart.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.70,0:00:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,According to the UN, one billion people\Nin the world have some type of deficiency.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.83,0:00:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One billion out of 7.5 billion.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:00.50,0:01:02.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you know this?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.96,0:01:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I didn't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.95,0:01:08.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five years ago, I didn't know\Nmany of the things I know today,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.60,0:01:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the simple reason\Nthat I didn't need to know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.66,0:01:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never wanted to be a mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.38,0:01:18.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never thought I was capable\Nof raising another human being,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.27,0:01:21.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being responsible for teaching them\Nall that I, myself, didn't know.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.54,0:01:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never thought I was good enough\Nfor the godlike position of mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.76,0:01:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But life doesn't come easily for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.68,0:01:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was 22 years old, had no desire,\Nand I was pregnant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.97,0:01:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt my life's most powerful\Nconnection begin.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.47,0:01:42.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During pregnancy, my partner\Nand I exchanged many thoughts.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.25,0:01:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had many doubts\Nabout who our child would be.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.84,0:01:50.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We debated everything, all the taboos\Nthat we found along the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.91,0:01:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We talked about affection,\Ndonation, surrender.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.43,0:01:58.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We talked about an equal\Nand feminist education.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.95,0:02:04.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thought about how to approach issues\Nlike sexuality, race, and privilege.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.15,0:02:09.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thought, too, about what we'd do
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.15,0:02:12.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if this boy who was arriving in the world
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.25,0:02:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wanted to be a circus performer,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.91,0:02:17.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or had a different \Npolitical opinion than ours,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.99,0:02:20.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or liked country music.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.70,0:02:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We thought about diversity,\Nbut not comprehensively.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.19,0:02:31.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We never thought a different challenge\Nwas about to happen to us,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.87,0:02:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that would arrive so soon,\Nand that we'd almost lose João.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.99,0:02:40.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always wanted to be sure\Nmy son would have love and space,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.09,0:02:43.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I didn't know what was to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.59,0:02:47.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, when João was 20 months old -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.59,0:02:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by then he was sunshine, my sunshine,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.99,0:02:55.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he ran everywhere, talked plenty,\Nand was always up to something -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.32,0:02:58.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his body collapsed, out of the blue.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.83,0:03:04.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A very serious and violent illness,\Nthat today we know about,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.09,0:03:06.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,caught us off guard and unprepared.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.24,0:03:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Sunday, we were in the park,\Njumping on a trampoline and having fun.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.86,0:03:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On Monday, we were entering the hospital,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.54,0:03:17.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we would spend\N71 days before leaving.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.97,0:03:23.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I still remember how it felt\Nbeing taken to the intensive care unit,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.62,0:03:28.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, at that moment, knowing\Nour lives would never be the same.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.94,0:03:33.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,João was diagnosed with a rare disease,\Nand he suffered a major stroke.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.65,0:03:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's difficult to talk about it even today
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.55,0:03:49.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because these are unexpected things
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.86,0:03:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that happen in our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.76,0:03:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The diagnosis seemed like science fiction.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.16,0:03:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The name of the illness is SHUa,\Nand I'd never heard of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.23,0:03:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an often fatal\Nand extremely rare disease
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.96,0:04:03.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, up until 10 years ago,\Nhad a 100% mortality rate.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.98,0:04:07.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what was happening\Nto my son: He was dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.64,0:04:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,During the 71 days, on many\Nof those 71 days, he was dying.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.00,0:04:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because of this, when he survived,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.23,0:04:19.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the repercussions of the stroke\Nwere the part of the problem
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.07,0:04:21.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was ready to face.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.08,0:04:26.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's how we entered the totally\Nunknown world of special needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.53,0:04:32.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and João became part of this huge\Nminority of 1 billion people.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.95,0:04:36.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This was how the wheelchair\Nbecame his way of navigating the world,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.53,0:04:41.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how I learned to read looks\Nand gestures, and to rely less on words.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.88,0:04:45.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The months when we came\Nback home were devastating.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.88,0:04:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,João couldn't control his body anymore -
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.42,0:04:52.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he couldn't sit, couldn't talk,\Ncouldn't eat, couldn't walk.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.95,0:04:56.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The improvements\Nwere small and slow coming.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.17,0:05:00.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Time had another rhythm,\Nand I had to relearn how to dance.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:01.48,0:05:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It really hit home for me\Ngoing to the school,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.23,0:05:08.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when, in a parent meeting\Nto explain João's entrance into the class,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.48,0:05:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a mother ignored my presence,\Nturned to the teacher, and said,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.17,0:05:16.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"My son is still too small\Nto have to live with this problem."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.09,0:05:19.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And "this problem" was João.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:20.59,0:05:23.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At two years of age,\Nmy son stopped being a boy
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.31,0:05:24.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and turned into a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:25.13,0:05:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He understood what it's like\Nto be unwanted too soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.27,0:05:35.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day, a doctor told me,\N"The brain is sacred.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.01,0:05:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's still a whole life ahead,\Nthousands of possibilities."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.16,0:05:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amidst so many pessimistic diagnoses,\Nour fears and insecurities,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:45.55,0:05:48.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and such a hard reencounter with society,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:48.38,0:05:51.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know where we got\Nso much strength from,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:51.80,0:05:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I know one thing\Nabout words spoken with affection -
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.42,0:06:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they have the power\Nto echo inside us forever.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:01.34,0:06:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so five years went by.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.74,0:06:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five years of intense\Nrehabilitation treatments
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.99,0:06:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that demanded much effort,\Nmuch study, and much courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.60,0:06:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Five years of watching João try,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.79,0:06:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at his own pace,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.04,0:06:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to begin communicating\Nwith his own body again
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.82,0:06:21.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and to overcome all the barriers
Dialogue: 0,0:06:21.45,0:06:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they said, for him, would be impossible.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.65,0:06:26.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He learned again to sit.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.73,0:06:30.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He freed his little hands again -\Nhands, today, that love to draw.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.42,0:06:33.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He found again the pathway of words -
Dialogue: 0,0:06:33.96,0:06:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words that are still few today\Nbut that changed our world.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:37.89,0:06:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Each month, he was able\Nto stand a few milliseconds more.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:42.23,0:06:44.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went into first grade\Nat the usual time.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.75,0:06:49.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this loving, courageous,\Nand very intelligent boy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.85,0:06:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,makes everything seem easy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:52.02,0:06:53.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when it really isn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.81,0:06:57.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He makes it seem easy\Nbecause João has a very natural way
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.29,0:07:00.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of letting the pain come\Nand not embracing it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.12,0:07:03.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he has the most honest joy\NI've ever known.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.97,0:07:07.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's his modus operandi\Nto choose to be in the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.81,0:07:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time that someone\Ndescribes João's case as a miracle,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:11.48,0:07:17.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember that this miracle was,\Nand still is, made from much sweat.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.35,0:07:18.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I speak, softly in his ear,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.65,0:07:21.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to tell him how proud I am\Nof the boy that he's become.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:23.77,0:07:25.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some months back,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.03,0:07:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started studying\Nto write a book about inclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.54,0:07:33.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started to interview other mothers\Nand professionals in the area, educators.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.96,0:07:38.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in these interviews, an issue came up,\Nover and over, that bothers me -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.67,0:07:41.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the solitude of mothers\Nwho are called "special."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.26,0:07:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not that I hadn't experienced\Nthis solitude before, quite the contrary.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:46.18,0:07:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think that we feel it so much\Nthat we get used to it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.73,0:07:51.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I was ignoring it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.63,0:07:55.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That old thing of sweeping\Nour problems under the carpet
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.27,0:07:56.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thinking about them later,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.70,0:07:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in some other time,\Nwho knows, maybe tomorrow.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.80,0:08:02.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It takes an entire village\Nto raise a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.46,0:08:05.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in our cases, most of the time,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.27,0:08:08.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what we have are friends\Nwho don't want to get close,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.50,0:08:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,family members who are afraid\Nand don't want to get involved,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.46,0:08:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,uncles who will never take this child\Nfor a Saturday afternoon walk,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.21,0:08:20.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mothers of classmates\Nwho don't make sleepover invitations,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.96,0:08:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,birthday invitations that don't come,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.26,0:08:26.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,grandparents who say they're too old,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.91,0:08:30.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fathers who are present but not much -\Nand fathers who go away.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.62,0:08:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looking closely, the truth\Nis that, many times,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:34.87,0:08:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the mother is the entire\Nvillage for this child,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.34,0:08:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she'll try to do it all\Nwith all her strength.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.56,0:08:46.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She'll make demands upon herself\Nand attempt to perform all those roles -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.02,0:08:49.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and she'll invariably fail.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.44,0:08:51.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has no chance.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:52.86,0:08:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once, I received an invitation\Nfor João to attend
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.16,0:08:57.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a birthday party for one\Nof his classmates, a pajama party,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:57.93,0:09:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the kind where they have little tents\Nwhere children sleep at the party.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.11,0:09:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I froze ...
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.71,0:09:05.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because I already knew that, for my son,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.81,0:09:07.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,invitations are different.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.69,0:09:10.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I delayed days before\Nresponding to the mother,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:11.26,0:09:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,letting the confirmation deadline pass.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.44,0:09:17.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then two days before the party,\NI looked her up.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.90,0:09:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I sent her a message,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.31,0:09:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Listen, I'll ... I think\Nthat I'll bring João,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.70,0:09:26.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least so he can spend\Nthree short hours with his classmates,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.04,0:09:28.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that he can be with the friends\Nin a celebration moment,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.94,0:09:30.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and later, I'll come pick him up.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:30.56,0:09:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He won't spend the night, OK?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:33.01,0:09:35.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She responded to me,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:35.20,0:09:38.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you agree, I'd like to try\Nletting him spend the night."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.56,0:09:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was shocked because I\Ndidn't expect this response.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.40,0:09:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How many mothers\Nin her place would be willing?
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.72,0:09:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We decided together to try.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:50.19,0:09:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And João didn't come home that Saturday.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.73,0:09:57.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said that he really enjoyed it;\Nhe was happy, and very rowdy.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:58.24,0:10:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She said he ate lots of hot dogs,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:00.39,0:10:02.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that, for fun,\Nhe knocked down various tents,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.12,0:10:07.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he rolled into secret meetings\Nof girls without being asked,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:08.61,0:10:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he was the last one to sleep ...
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.58,0:10:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happy.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.20,0:10:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That night, I felt like a normal mother.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.42,0:10:20.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Glued to my cell phone,\NI was awake the whole night,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.94,0:10:25.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,wondering if some natural phenomenon\Nhad silenced my cell phone,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:25.82,0:10:27.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it was normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:27.85,0:10:29.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This day taught me many things:
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.48,0:10:33.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the normality of my own son,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:33.16,0:10:36.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how fears can keep us\Nfrom having important experiences,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:37.01,0:10:39.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about how my courage\Nand the courage of others,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.22,0:10:42.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that, when they meet, can be so powerful,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:42.26,0:10:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about having a support network
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.05,0:10:46.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,willing to help.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:47.40,0:10:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inclusion seems to be a difficult word.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:51.06,0:10:54.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a big movement that fits big spheres
Dialogue: 0,0:10:55.13,0:10:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's taught in complicated books.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.46,0:11:00.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the truth is that change\Nfits in the hands of us all -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:01.13,0:11:03.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the choice of small friendly gestures,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.97,0:11:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our empathy for others,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.14,0:11:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the opening up to diversity as a whole.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.06,0:11:12.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to change our point of view
Dialogue: 0,0:11:12.34,0:11:15.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and understand that places\Ncan be deficient,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.71,0:11:17.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ideas can be deficient,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:17.52,0:11:20.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,marketing, planning,\Nand design can be deficient.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.20,0:11:22.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But not people.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:22.87,0:11:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that we can overcome\Nobvious barriers driven by affection.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:29.84,0:11:31.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Sigh)
Dialogue: 0,0:11:31.80,0:11:34.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People ask me, "Where do I start?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.09,0:11:36.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Did you look at your sidewalk today?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.100,0:11:41.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Would you be able to cross it\Nif you were in a wheelchair?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:42.88,0:11:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't use the special parking places -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.33,0:11:48.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not for five minutes,\Nnot for five seconds.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:48.44,0:11:50.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't made for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:51.03,0:11:53.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were made\Nfor 1 billion people, remember?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.95,0:11:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask at your child's school\Nabout their position regarding inclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.99,0:12:01.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A school that isn't able to consider
Dialogue: 0,0:12:01.58,0:12:04.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the glaring differences of my son,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:04.25,0:12:07.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,won't have the sensibility to look\Nat the more subtle differences of yours.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.06,0:12:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My invitation goes further.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.83,0:12:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be a village, be a support network.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.97,0:12:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know that friend\Nwho has a child with cerebral palsy?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.75,0:12:19.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Call her up today.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.39,0:12:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ask how she is and be willing to listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.19,0:12:26.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seems simple, but it rarely happens to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.75,0:12:30.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or that mother from your child's class\Nwhose child has a rare disease?
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.41,0:12:31.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Invite them to the playground.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:31.95,0:12:35.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Put the child on your lap,\Ntry to look like it's normal.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.36,0:12:37.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sometimes, it's not so bad.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.20,0:12:39.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's only different.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.35,0:12:42.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inclusion isn't a favor.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.33,0:12:45.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a process of improving\Nthe world for everyone.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.73,0:12:49.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's understanding diversity\Nas a strength, not a weakness.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.65,0:12:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's looking for solutions for teaching,\Nfor traffic, and for living together
Dialogue: 0,0:13:00.48,0:13:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that embrace everyone as they are.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.100,0:13:08.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Respect that underestimates\Nisn't respect, it's pity.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.22,0:13:13.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Inclusion, for me, is looking\Nfor others' differences
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.06,0:13:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and respecting their differences,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.53,0:13:17.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking equal to equal.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:18.11,0:13:20.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've overcome many barriers in our story.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.34,0:13:25.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've overcome many\Nthat dehumanized João,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.16,0:13:27.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that took him out\Nof his little box of perfection,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.55,0:13:30.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of beauty and acceptability.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:30.30,0:13:33.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to reduce him to a wheelchair\Nor to a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:33.47,0:13:39.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By the way, please,\Nnever reduce a person to a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.35,0:13:43.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You are taking the risk\Nthat this person may believe it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.18,0:13:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the other hand, in contrast,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:45.95,0:13:49.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these same barriers made us grow a lot.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.64,0:13:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we were dehumanized,\Nwe became much more humane.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.61,0:13:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I received such hard looks,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.61,0:13:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could look at others with more candor.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.65,0:14:03.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we overcame improbable\Nand impossible barriers,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.16,0:14:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could find genuine happiness\Nbecause I didn't need to hide the pain.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:09.19,0:14:11.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We feel fragile when we need to ask,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.52,0:14:14.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the truth is every mother\Nneeds a support network.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:16.16,0:14:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it takes a whole village\Nto raise a child.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.23,0:14:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every child.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.01,0:14:24.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Even that child who says\N"I love you" with just a look.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.84,0:14:28.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to share something\Nwith you now, to finish up.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.40,0:14:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's been five months since João\Nwas able to call me Mom again -
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.77,0:14:34.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mama, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:34.81,0:14:37.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I spent a lot of time\Nwithout this word, without this place.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.40,0:14:41.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And now we're on a trip,\None of our many trips,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:41.85,0:14:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he gave me this gift\Nthat I want to share with you.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:45.65,0:14:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Video)
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.60,0:14:48.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lau Patrón: I ...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.55,0:14:50.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,João: I...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.21,0:14:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LP: lo ...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:52.31,0:14:53.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,J: lo ...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.41,0:14:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LP: ve...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:54.44,0:14:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,J: ve...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.69,0:14:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,LP: you...
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.71,0:14:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,J: Ma.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:58.11,0:14:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Kisses)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:00.86,0:15:02.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(On stage) LP: We are the diversity.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.14,0:15:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be the village. Be the support network.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.11,0:15:07.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.30,0:15:09.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.43,0:15:11.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Cheers)