Gorry C

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“Lola” her artistic name; she gets upset when people call her by her birth name wants to be an artist. At every cultural activity, she jumps on stage, takes the microphone, and sings and dances. It makes her mother anxious but she and the other children love it.
Thanks to support from doctors and teachers, laws protecting people with disabilities, and the special education system, Hugo graduated with a technical degree in Library Sciences and today works at a Havana dance company.
Darío was 4 1/2 when he started at the Dora Alonso school. He still used diapers, he couldn’t speak or communicate. I didn’t believe they could help him; I didn’t trust anything or anyone. Now he’s transitioning to a regular school and I’m scared, but with help from specialists and other parents, I can face it…I’m counting on my love and understanding to see us through.

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1. Cubans with disabilities are protected under Chapter VI of the Cuban Constitution (1992, revised 2002), Chapter VIII of the Penal Code, and Article 2 of the Labor Code. Furthermore, Cuba is signatory to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (2000); UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2007); and UN Universal Declaration on Human Rights (2008), three international instruments recognizing the rights of people with disabilities.

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