Actually...
the problems they have to face mainly involve discrimination.
This discrimination exists at various levels
but the most relevant
[Lead Investigator of 'Madrid Without Barriers']
has to do with the way society still perceive disabilities
and disabled people.
Six universities are participating in this project, but
the UC3M Institute of Human Rights is leading it.
What we do is focus on the Community of Madrid
and the aspects that we consider
that favours inclusion of disabled people.
This affects a range of issues such as mobility,
education,
leisure and participation.
Among the activities and methodologies
that we apply in our research,
we provide what we call Legal Clinics.
It is a teaching method
that allow us
to receive real cases,
real reports and real situations of possible discrimination
to deal with it.
In Spain, and also in the Community of Madrid,
we have regulations, very advanced indeed.
What we need the most,
apart from modifying some of that regulations,
is to make the society aware and sensitive
and help them understand that people
with intellectual disabilities
are people as capable as anybody.
Maybe what they need is just some support
and to be capable of create those supports.
In collaboration with
Government of Spain. Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness
Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology
The Madrimasd Knowledge Foundation.
Community of Madrid.
Carlos III University of Madrid Department of Communication and Culture.
Campus of International Excellence. Creating Knowledge.