Inazio Nieva is Social integration, activist and one of the bulletins The most powerful in the field of disability in social networks. With a direct and brave speech without filters, this Youth Pescai with PARALISIS brain It puts on the table everything that still does not want to look at it: he bullying It was silent, and the parents that weaken and lack the real opportunities for persons with disabilities.
Fool More than 100,000 followers between Tiktok and InstagramInazio travels through educational centers and scenarios in order to transform mentalities. In this interview with 20 minutesHe talks about their experiences, the need to rethink the education and work system, urge to stop the presence of people with disabilities only for “testimony” and start doing this to make decisions.
You continue a lot about disability in networks and media. What gave you this general expression?
For me, communication was a way to put the sound of what happened to me. I think it is in this society, it seems that what was not identified is orally that it does not exist. But of course it exists. Cases such as Santander, which have become viral, occur every day in many educational centers. What is happening is that there are not always pictures. I have suffered several years of bullying, with different types of violence. Talking about it helped me, but she also worked to clarify. I did not come because I am sorry, but to show how this society is organized. In order to include it, I must also contribute to this inclusion.
I said he was integral with you, but not included. What is the difference?
Integration puts everyone in the same chapter, but without providing enough resources. If you enter a semester without tools, you will never be able to develop your abilities. On the other hand, the inclusion means providing the necessary support so that everyone can advance their own skills. This, in educational, does not always happen. Especially people with them Disability The intellectual is the ones who suffer more than others.
Do you also see it in daily life, as in the courtyard of schools?
Yes. You can share a space, but do not depend on you to play. Look only to the school yard: 70 or 80 % of the area is occupied by children who play football. What about those who cannot or do not want to play football? Usually, it is excluded. And we are not only talking about disability, but about any difference.
What did you feel when you see pictures of the harassment in Santander?
It was a group of emotions. On the one hand, I felt a reflection. I also lived situations that did not reach networks, but my professors. It was an armed scandal, but they took a long time to work. Because even there are no photos or material tests, a protocol is not activated. In my case, until there were no clear pictures, there was no file. How do we need to see the belief? Fortunately, in the other of the schools in which I studied, they were to open the protocol and support myself as a student, although we had to wait to start the protocol, because the inspection was not allowed to open until you get fee tests.
What failed in these protocols?
There are protocols, but they do not apply. Or it applies badly. Often, the centers do not activate them for fear of destroying their reputation. Or because everything must be justified before educational inspection. When applied, it is limited to expelling the aggressors for three or five days. But then you return to the classroom and share the semester with them. It is brutal.
I suffered from depression at the age of 13. What message will you provide to a teenager with disabilities that you feel excluded?
This is not alone. They told me that life was long and that it came out, but I did not believe it. I thought he would end alone, without friends, until he lived on the street. Often, what helps, although it should not be, is to leave the educational center. Environmental change. But this failed in the system. We cannot continue to allow the victim to leave.
And the aggressors?
Many are also victims. They lack support, attention and care. They behave like this for many reasons. But in the end, the system failed for everyone. According to a study, 8 out of 10 people suffer from a bile disability. He is a disturbing personality.
What role did your family environment play at that time?
It was essential. I can reach special treatments and get constant support. But not all families. This makes a big difference. Sometimes, there are even teachers who deny the student’s disability. This hurts more than any insult.
How was the process of accepting your disability?
Adolescence is already complicated by itself. If you are also wondering if you have friends or partner or if you can work, this is very hard. I got my handicap as an excuse, because they made me see this way. But this does not help you or the rest.
One of your battle horses is parental. because?
Because it is violence, even if it is unconscious. When someone treats you with a convergence, it is assumed that it deserves more than you. Sometimes they tell me that I am a hero to live with disability. But I don’t want them to tell me that. I want to celebrate, work, flirt, a normal life. And if I have a partner and want to have children, then why can’t I be able to do so?
Do you think we are talking enough about sexual life, relationships, paternity and motherhood when we talk about disability?
no. There is great silence. At a recent conference on youth and impotence, parenting was mentioned. It seems as if it was not present for us. But there are many modifications. We do not take a child just like someone else, but we can raise well. You have to talk about this without a click.
How do people interact with your content in networks?
With great emotion. Sometimes, I have no time to read all messages, but I keep these students or families that come at the end of the workshop to tell you their story. This is the most valuable. If you reach one person, this is really worth it.
Do you remember any video in particular?
One about the number of times I saw a person with disabilities. Viral gold. I think that was because many people did not stop thinking about it. Social life is also an insert.
I participated in the movie “Debro Body”. Do you want to repeat?
Yes, it was a very good experience. I was allowed to join several aspects. But what he explains is that I want to show disability from humor and nature, and not from compassion.
Do you have a short or medium -term project?
Keep working on me, as a social integration, and keep my activity in networks. I have nothing closed, but I would like to continue to grow in this line.
With any group working in your day daily as a social integration?
With people with serious mental illness. I work as a facilitator. This is the most invisible group ever.
If you are responsible for the Ministry of Disability, what are the three measures you take?
First: Listen. You cannot legislate without the account of those who live these facts. After that, in education, the protocols should be guaranteed well, teachers training and media status. At work, think about protected environments. Many people with disabilities work 40 hours for the salaries of 200 euros. Is this inclusion or is it exploitation? You have to rethink the model. But above all, all measures are transmitted. Not every ministry can be useful.
We need to stop talking about disability on December 3. The inclusion begins when we start talking about our lives as something every day. This is every day.
