<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669</id><updated>2012-01-27T17:15:09.378-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Per un mondo senza barriere</title><subtitle type='html'>www.salvatorecimmino.it</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>204</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-6352485383552834803</id><published>2012-01-26T02:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T02:52:52.408-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sostenere l’ altro finchè non è capace di starsene da solo</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5IhAmzEhDA8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-6352485383552834803?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/6352485383552834803/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=6352485383552834803' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/6352485383552834803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/6352485383552834803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2012/01/sostenere-l-altro-finche-non-e-capace.html' title='Sostenere l’ altro finchè non è capace di starsene da solo'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/5IhAmzEhDA8/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-4395070700166337449</id><published>2012-01-26T02:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T02:46:00.609-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A nuoto nei mari del globo, La tappa del fare</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4QRshz9p0eI/TyEu11i24vI/AAAAAAAACow/JgQw-M3pKq8/s1600/GOMA.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701890105668985586" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4QRshz9p0eI/TyEu11i24vI/AAAAAAAACow/JgQw-M3pKq8/s320/GOMA.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOMA, sede del Governatorato. Padre Louis NZABANITA, Salvatore CIMMINO, Governatore Julien Paluku KAHONGYA, Padre Generale Raffaele Mandolesi, Padre Paolo Di Nardo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La RDC, (Repubblica Democratica del Congo), sede della prossima tappa de “A nuoto nei mari del globo”, (23 – 30 aprile, regione del Nord-Kivu, da Kiumba, isola di Idwji a Goma, 40 Km), se disponesse dei mezzi necessari per sfruttare il proprio sottosuolo ricco di gas, petrolio, diamanti, oro, coltan, ( colombo e tantalite ), e cassiterite, (il 70% dell’ intero pianeta) – e grazie ad una posizione geografica ideale, sarebbe con ogni probabilità uno dei paesi più ricchi e accoglienti al mondo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al contrario, come in quasi tutti i paesi del continente nero, il colonialismo prima e le sciagure provocate dalle guerre e dalla natura poi, hanno impedito che questo meraviglioso paese crescesse e si sviluppasse nella pace e nella democrazia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oggi la RDC è uno dei paesi più poveri della Terra, e la presenza sul territorio di organizzazioni laiche e religiose, insieme all’impegno delle autorità locali, non è sufficiente a rispondere con efficacia alle richieste di aiuto provenienti dalla popolazione che vive, purtroppo, in condizioni disumane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Infatti i servizi come la sanità, la mobilità, l’istruzione e la sicurezza sono del tutto inaccessibili se non per pochi gruppi. In una società precaria come questa la corruzione e la delinquenza organizzata dilagano a dismisura gravando ancora di più sull’inerme popolazione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Durante la mia permanenza a Goma, per organizzare la prossima tappa, sono stato ospitato, assistito e supportato con affetto e competenza da Padre Paolo Di Nardo, da quasi 30 anni nella RDC come missionario dei Caracciolini, che tra un incontro e l’altro con le autorità civili e militari mi ha descritto le enormi e scandalose difficoltà che la popolazione è costretta ad affrontare, realtà che ho potuto constatare di persona visitando il Centro Protesi e il Centro di Igiene Mentale di Goma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La mancanza dei più elementari mezzi di sopravvivenza si ripercuote tragicamente sulla popolazione: l’80 per cento delle famiglie non può permettersi di mandare i figli a scuola, l’analfabetismo dilaga; patologie lievi, come una semplice influenza, si trasformano quasi sempre in una patologia grave per l’assoluta povertà che impedisce l’accesso ai farmaci; la situazione si aggrava ulteriormente per le persone con disabilità: l’handicap è vissuto come una vergogna dalle famiglie – tanto che i bambini che nascono con malformazioni vengono abbandonati notte tempo – e le strade non asfaltate, piene di buche, edifici non a norma, assistenza quasi del tutto inesistente costituiscono fattori assolutamente negativi che vanno ad aggiungersi ad un’esistenza già di per sé faticosa. Il tema della totale assenza di sicurezza è un ulteriore aggravio che grava su un sistema in cui solo i ricchi godono delle ricchezze offerte da questa terra, ricchezze che contrabbandano con grande convenienza personale senza nulla lasciare a beneficio dell’intera collettività.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mi appello a quelle realtà che operano nel mondo dell’assistenza e della riabilitazione protesica perché facciano un passo avanti, cooperino e contribuiscano al cambiamento di questa triste realtà. Migliorare e garantire le condizioni sanitarie d’eccellenza e la cura dei bambini e degli adulti ammalati e con disabilità è un dovere del mondo occidentale.&lt;br /&gt;Il sistema sanitario pubblico congolese si trova oggi in condizioni estremamente precarie dal punto di vista strutturale e finanziario e non è in condizione di far fronte alle necessità di prevenzione, di assistenza e di cura per gran parte della popolazione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sono anni che l’OMS denuncia questa grave realtà, ecco perché è necessario e urgente rafforzare le capacità d’intervento e di sostegno in favore di queste popolazioni indifese, in modo da scongiurare il loro abbandono da parte della comunità mondiale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le realtà presenti sul territorio – penso ai Caracciolini che ho conosciuto nel loro impegno quotidiano, a Padre Paolo, sempre entusiasta, mai stanco, ai giovani preti disponibili e votati ad una missione di accoglienza e sostegno davvero rari e quasi sconosciuti al mondo occidentale, a Veronique, coraggiosa e competente fisioterapista e, naturalmente, al Vescovo Kaboy Ruboneka che veramente incarna i precetti cristiani con piglio e convinta determinazione – vanno, io credo, aiutate in questo importante percorso di solidarietà.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voglio sperare che al mio ritorno a Goma, il prossimo 15 aprile, porterò buone notizie ai bambini, agli adolescenti e agli adulti assistiti dal Centro Protesi e dal Centro di Igiene mentale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Spero di avere tantissimi regali da donare ai bambini ospiti dell’orfanotrofio di Padre Paolo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-4395070700166337449?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/4395070700166337449/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=4395070700166337449' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/4395070700166337449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/4395070700166337449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2012/01/nuoto-nei-mari-del-globo-la-tappa-del.html' title='A nuoto nei mari del globo, La tappa del fare'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4QRshz9p0eI/TyEu11i24vI/AAAAAAAACow/JgQw-M3pKq8/s72-c/GOMA.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-2564780313886539817</id><published>2012-01-26T02:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-26T02:43:02.457-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Swimming in the seas of the globe, The action step</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UD8DKEPcK74/TyEtz6s1HaI/AAAAAAAACok/YqhnF-4z9JI/s1600/GOMA.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701888973181623714" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UD8DKEPcK74/TyEtz6s1HaI/AAAAAAAACok/YqhnF-4z9JI/s320/GOMA.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;GOMA, The seat of the governorate. Padre Louis NZABANITA, Salvatore CIMMINO, Governatore Julien Paluku KAHONGYA, Padre Generale Raffaele MANDOLESI, Padre Paolo DI NARDO&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) will be the venue of the next stage of “Swimming in the seas of the globe” – April 23-30, region of North Kivu, from Kiumba (on Idwji island) to Goma, 40 km. If this country had the means to exploit its rich resources – gas, oil, diamonds, gold, coltan (colombo and tantalite), and cassiterite (70% of the whole global supply) – due to its perfect geographical location, it would probably be one of the richest and welcoming places the world. On the contrary, as for almost all countries on the African continent, catastrophies caused by colonial wars and by nature, have prevented this wonderful nation to grow and develop in peace and democracy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, the DRC is one of the poorest countries on Earth, and the presence in the territory of secular and religious organizations, along with the commitment of local authorities, is not effective enough to respond to the requests for help from people who live, unfortunately, in inhumane conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, services such as healthcare, mobility, education and security are completely inaccessible except by a few groups. In a so precarious society, corruption and organized crime are rampant and horrendously afflict the helpless people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During my stay in Goma, where I went to arrange the next stage, I was hosted, aided and supported with love and skill by Father Paolo Di Nardo,a missionary in the DRC with the Caracciolini for almost 30 years, who during a meeting with the other civil and military authorities, described the enormous and scandalous hardship that the population is forced to face, which I could actually witness myself when visiting the Prosthesis Centre and the Centre of Mental Health in Goma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The lack of the most basic means of survival tragically affects the population: 80 per cent of households can not afford to send their children to school, illiteracy is rampant, minor illnesses, such as a simple flu, almost always end up into a serious diseases, due to the absolute poverty that prevents access to medicines; the situation is even worse for people with disabilities: this condition is experienced by families as a shame – so much so that children born with birth defects are abandoned at night time – unpaved roads full of potholes, buildings without any provision for disability, almost non-existent assistance are absolutely negative factors that add to an existence that is in itself already exhausting. Finally, the total lack of security is an additional burden on a system where only the rich enjoy the benefits offered by this land, where huge wealth is smuggled away for personal convenience, leaving nothing to benefit the entire community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I make an appeal to those companies that operate in the fields of prosthetic rehabilitation and assistance, so that they will step forward to cooperate and help change this sad reality. To improve and ensure a excellent health standards and to take care of children and adults with disabilities and illnesses is a precise duty of the Western world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Congolese public health system is now in extremely precarious conditions, in terms of structural and financial resources, and is not in a position to meet the need for prevention, care and treatment for the majority of the population.For years, the WHO denounced this grave reality, and it is therefore necessary and urgent to strengthen their means of intervention and support for these helpless people, so as to prevent their abandonment by the world community.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are positive forces in the area , like the Caracciolini, tireless in their daily commitment , like Father Paul, whom I witnessed being always enthusiastic, to the younger priests who always make themselves available and are devoted to support their welcoming mission in ways that are very rare and almost unknown in the Western world. Or like Veronique, a brave and competent physiotherapist and, of course, Bishop Kaboy Ruboneka, who truly embodies the Christian precepts with unwavering determination. I believe they all need help in this important path of solidarity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope that my return to Goma on 15 April, will bring good news to children, teenagers and adults assisted by the Hearing Center and the Center of Mental Hygiene, together with many gifts to give to the children living in Father Pauls’s orphanage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Warm regards&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-2564780313886539817?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/2564780313886539817/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=2564780313886539817' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2564780313886539817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2564780313886539817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2012/01/swimming-in-seas-of-globe-action-step.html' title='Swimming in the seas of the globe, The action step'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UD8DKEPcK74/TyEtz6s1HaI/AAAAAAAACok/YqhnF-4z9JI/s72-c/GOMA.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-8203442391993064825</id><published>2011-12-20T07:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T07:09:08.679-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New technologies for new abilities. Research to aid the disabled</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9etIiLYmQuk/TvCk3Iiip1I/AAAAAAAACoY/aVgAIuBSw14/s1600/Prof.-Hugh-Herr1-300x225%255B1%255D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688227596461057874" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9etIiLYmQuk/TvCk3Iiip1I/AAAAAAAACoY/aVgAIuBSw14/s320/Prof.-Hugh-Herr1-300x225%255B1%255D.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MIT, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Il prof. Hugh HERR con Salvatore CIMMINO&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I began my battle in the name of the integration of persons with disabilities, I couldn’t imagine, even remotely, to be able to achieve something so important: to bring my project to a world-class center of excellence such as the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I left Rome with the idea to share my vision and my thoughts on the issue of disability: I think we can tear down the barriers of mistrust and exclusion by getting to know better those who are forced to live daily with their discomfort, through a deeper knowledge of their needs, but also of their expectations and dreams, to make sure their disability is not the only driver of their life and future.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the eve of this trip I had confessed to the people who are closest to me, that this was the most difficult stage to complete, because this time it was about defeating the obstacles of nature, but about sharing a very ambitious plan: to make new technologies accessible to the huge disabled population all over the planet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This would mean creating a synergy between the most important players in their respective spheres of competence, to achieve a common goal. Not an easy task if we consider that these are people who, with their personal achievements, have marked the recent history of our planet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The MIT was represented by Hugh Herr, Associate Professor, Media Arts and Sciences, Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology Director of the Biomechatronics Group and Prof. Ken Goldman, Head of Industrial Liaison Program and Corporate Relations, while Selex Galileo’s representatives were Michael Lenton, Group Business Development Director and John Innes, Land and Naval Development.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before going any further, let me mention the mentors of this meeting: Alberto Sarti, CTO and Strategy Director at Selex Galileo and Ken Goldman, a wonderful person, with whom I proudly established a beautiful and sincere friendship during its preparation..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The meeting, as you can imagine, had been planned for some months, given Prof. Herr’s intense academic agenda. He nevertheless introduced himself with great simplicity, making me feel at ease and calming my anxiety.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I was really impressed, as everybody else, by his presentation, where he showed his achievements in the construction of prosthetic legs, which further confirm the purpose of this meeting: to reach the necessary economies of scale for the development and the production of these advanced implants in different versions, depending on the potential of the target markets, which are both the third world – prof.Herr has embarked on a program specifically for industrial amputees of Sierra Leone – and the more technologically advanced countries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The results are really exciting both in scientific and functional terms and, if applied, they would lead to a remarkable improvement in the quality of life of amputees. The cost for the completion of the research programs is around 2-3 million dollars, as confirmed by the Professor Herr imself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I promised myself and promised him that, as far as I’m concerned, I will make all my resources available so that his research can become an accessible and usable reality.&lt;br /&gt;My contribution, as always, will be through swimming: in September of next year I will swim in the Bay of Boston a stage of “Swimming in the seas of the globe”, and I hope that on this occasion we will be able to finalize a cooperation agreement between the MIT and Selex Galileo, one of crucial importance to improve the life of all amputees.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My dream is that other major institutions will join the MIT and Selex Galileo and contribute with their competences, to begin a process that originates from the industry, which can determine a substantial improvement in the lives of disabled people and kickstart a path of real integration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to share my enthusiasm with Intermatica, a leading satellite communications provider and with the Province of Rome, who have become part of the project since the stage in New Zealand; with Stefano Testini who has embraced my cause by taking care of the PR, and with Vico Fabbris, the world-famous artist whose idea of making a stopover in Boston was a seal on this ambitious project.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And, last but not least, only to emphasize her fundamental contribution, a special thank you to Mirta De Benedictis, Group Communications Director, who made my journey possible, and who has shared my dreams of integration and equality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Merry Christmas and happy new year&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-8203442391993064825?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/8203442391993064825/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=8203442391993064825' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8203442391993064825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8203442391993064825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/12/new-technologies-for-new-abilities.html' title='New technologies for new abilities. Research to aid the disabled'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9etIiLYmQuk/TvCk3Iiip1I/AAAAAAAACoY/aVgAIuBSw14/s72-c/Prof.-Hugh-Herr1-300x225%255B1%255D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-8178125344079292242</id><published>2011-12-20T07:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-20T07:06:43.487-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Nuove tecnologie per nuove abilità. La ricerca al servizio dei disabili</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NCJdjuCWmXI/TvCkUkvTcnI/AAAAAAAACoM/bKmd8pjj0Js/s1600/Prof.-Hugh-Herr1-300x225%255B1%255D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5688227002735358578" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NCJdjuCWmXI/TvCkUkvTcnI/AAAAAAAACoM/bKmd8pjj0Js/s320/Prof.-Hugh-Herr1-300x225%255B1%255D.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;MIT, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). Il Prof. Hugh HERR con Salvatore CIMMINO&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quando ebbe inizio la mia battaglia in nome dell’integrazione delle persone con disabilità non pensavo, neanche lontanamente, di poter raggiungere un risultato tanto importante: portare il mio progetto in un centro di eccellenza di caratura mondiale come il MIT, (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ero partito da Roma con l’idea di condividere la mia visione, il mio pensiero sulla questione disabilità: credo sia possibile abbattere le barriere della diffidenza e dell’emarginazione attraverso la conoscenza di chi è costretto a convivere quotidianamente con il disagio, approfondendo le sue esigenze ma anche le sue aspettative e i suoi sogni per aiutarlo a non fare del suo handicap l’unico e determinante artefice del proprio futuro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alla vigilia di questo viaggio avevo confidato alle persone che mi stanno più vicino che questa era la tappa più difficile da percorrere, perché non si trattava di sconfiggere i capricci della natura ma di far condividere un disegno molto ambizioso: rendere accessibile le nuove tecnologie all’enorme popolazione disabile che abita il nostro pianeta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo voleva significare creare una sinergia delle realtà più importanti nelle rispettive sfere di competenza, per il raggiungimento di un obiettivo comune, cosa non facile se pensiamo che si tratta di soggetti che per storia e successi conseguiti negli anni hanno caratterizzato la storia del nostro pianeta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il MIT e la Selex Galileo rappresentate rispettivamente dal Prof. Hugh Herr, Associate Professor, Media Arts and Sciences, MIT-Harvard Division of Health Sciences e Technology Director of the Biomechatronics Group; dal Prof. Ken Goldman, Manager of Industrial Liaison Program and Corporate Relations; da Michael Lenton, Group Business Development Director e John Innes, Land e Naval Development.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prima di proseguire vorrei ricordare gli artefici di quest’incontro: Alberto Sarti, CTO e Strategy Director di Selex Galileo e Ken Goldman, splendida persona con la quale, durante la preparazione di questo appuntamento è nato una bellissimo e sincero rapporto di amicizia, di cui vado estremamente orgoglioso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’incontro, come si può immaginare, era stato programmato già da qualche mese, dati gli impegni accademici del prof. Herr che, si è presentato in tutta la sua sobrietà mettendomi a mio agio e mettendo fine alla mia ansia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho assistito, e insieme agli altri ne sono rimasto davvero colpito, alla presentazione del Prof. Herr che, grazie anche all’utilizzo di immagini, ha illustrato i traguardi raggiunti nella costruzione di protesi di arti inferiori, risultati che incoraggiano le motivazioni per le quali è nato quest’ incontro: assicurare le necessarie economie di scala per lo sviluppo e l’eventuale produzione di queste protesi così avanzate in differenti versioni, dipendenti dai potenziali dei mercati interessati, che sono sia quelli del terzo mondo – il prof. Herr si sta dedicando ad un programma industriale specifico per gli amputati della Sierra Leone – sia quelli dei paesi tecnologicamente all’ avanguardia.&lt;br /&gt;I risultati sono davvero entusiasmanti sia in termini scientifici che in termini di funzionalità e, se applicati, porterebbero ad un miglioramento straordinario della qualità della vita degli amputati. I costi per la realizzazione di questi studi si aggirano, come confermato dallo stesso Prof. Herr, intorno ai 2-3 milioni di dollari.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ebbene, mi sono promesso e gli ho promesso che, per quanto mi compete, metterò a disposizione tutte le mie risorse perché le sue ricerche possano diventare una realtà accessibile e fruibile.&lt;br /&gt;Il mio contributo, come sempre, passerà attraverso il nuoto: a settembre del prossimo anno nella Baia di Boston si svolgerà una tappa di “A nuoto nei mari del globo”, e mi auguro che in quell’occasione si possa concretizzare una collaborazione tra il MIT e la Selex determinante per la condizione di vita degli amputati.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il mio sogno è che anche altre realtà importanti, oltre al MIT e la Selex Galileo, vorranno unire le proprie competenze per avviare un processo che, partendo dall’industria, determini un vero progresso nelle condizioni di vita dei disabili e avvii un percorso di reale integrazione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vorrei condividere il mio entusiasmo con Intermatica, società leader nelle comunicazioni satellitari e con la Provincia di Roma che, dalla tappa in Nuova Zelanda in poi sono entrate a far parte del progetto, con Stefano Testini che ha abbracciato la mia causa curandone la comunicazione e, dulcis in fundo, con Vico Fabbris, artista di fama mondiale grazie al quale è nata l’idea di fare di Boston una tappa ideale a suggello questo ambizioso progetto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ringrazio per ultima, ma solo per sottolinearne l’apporto fondamentale, Mirta De Benedictis, Group Communication Director, che mi ha permesso il viaggio condividendo, fattivamente, i miei sogni di integrazione e uguaglianza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buon Natale e un felice anno nuovo&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-8178125344079292242?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/8178125344079292242/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=8178125344079292242' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8178125344079292242'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8178125344079292242'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/12/nuove-tecnologie-per-nuove-abilita-la.html' title='Nuove tecnologie per nuove abilità. La ricerca al servizio dei disabili'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NCJdjuCWmXI/TvCkUkvTcnI/AAAAAAAACoM/bKmd8pjj0Js/s72-c/Prof.-Hugh-Herr1-300x225%255B1%255D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-2037979152137542179</id><published>2011-11-07T05:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T06:08:51.922-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Che abbiano la vita e l’ abbiano in abbondanza</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W3HRxMzv4OQ/Trfkm3emBDI/AAAAAAAACn0/Ol7s1G3eU1I/s1600/CC-Aniene_3-novembre-2011_c1-300x225.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672253612074861618" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W3HRxMzv4OQ/Trfkm3emBDI/AAAAAAAACn0/Ol7s1G3eU1I/s320/CC-Aniene_3-novembre-2011_c1-300x225.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ERTwDZuSc7Y/TrfkizYHs-I/AAAAAAAACno/fP5ig49KjhQ/s1600/CC-Aniene_3-novembre-2011_a1-300x225.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Salvatore Cimmino, Padre Raffaele Mandolesi e il Vescovo di Goma Theophile Kaboy Ruboneka&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Innanzitutto voglio esprimere la mia soddisfazione, e anche l’orgoglio, per essere qui in mezzo a voi e per l’affetto che, ancora una volta, avete voluto dimostrarmi.&lt;br /&gt;Il sostegno che ricevo in giro per il mondo mi permette di lavorare con convinzione e entusiasmo.&lt;br /&gt;Sono questi momenti, di partecipazione, di condivisione che contribuiscono in larga misura alla costruzione di una società più consapevole, più attenta, più sensibile e più accogliente nei confronti delle persone con disabilità.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sono onorato e profondamente emozionato di avere qui con noi oggi Monsignor Theophile Kaboy Ruboneka, Vescovo di Goma, capoluogo del Nord-Kivu, nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo.&lt;br /&gt;Durante la celebrazione che segnò il passaggio della sua guida pastorale alla diocesi, auspicò: “Che il Nord-Kivu cessi di essere la provincia della guerra, delle violenze sessuali, del disonore, e diventi il granaio del Congo dei grandi laghi, il granaio dell’Africa centrale”.&lt;br /&gt;Scelse come motto episcopale: “Che abbiano la vita e l’abbiano in abbondanza”.&lt;br /&gt;Le grandi sfide della storia possono essere vinte solo con l’impegno di tutti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’importanza di conoscere e far conoscere il mondo dei cosiddetti “poveri” può arricchire più di quanto si possa immaginare.&lt;br /&gt;Gli scambi con le popolazioni del sud del mondo, con le loro culture e le loro aspettative, aprono un orizzonte di arricchimento culturale a noi che possediamo tante cose.&lt;br /&gt;Capiamo finalmente che non sono le cose, ma la comunione con le persone a dare gioia e significato alle nostre esistenze spesso rinchiuse nell’individualismo.&lt;br /&gt;La prossima sarà la tappa del “fare”, ho scelto la Repubblica Democratica del Congo perché questo paese è stato penalizzato da due guerre “importate” dall’esterno e che hanno causato la morte di quattro milioni di persone, di centinaia di migliaia di persone mutilate, e una situazione economica tra le più povere e instabili della Terra.&lt;br /&gt;La proposta progettuale di questa tappa si prefigge l’obiettivo di migliorare le condizioni sanitarie dei bambini e degli adolescenti con disabilità di Goma attraverso la cura e l’assistenza nella riabilitazione, nella scolarizzazione e nella formazione professionale.&lt;br /&gt;Certamente è un progetto molto ambizioso, ma ciò nonostante mi impegnerò con tutte le mie forze, con le mie umili possibilità perché si realizzi.&lt;br /&gt;Migliorare e garantire le condizioni sanitarie d’eccellenza e la cura dei bambini e degli adolescenti con disabilità del centro disabili di Goma è un dovere del mondo occidentale.&lt;br /&gt;Il sistema sanitario pubblico congolese si trova oggi in condizioni estremamente precarie dal punto di vista strutturale e finanziario e non è in condizione di far fronte alle necessità di prevenzione, di assistenza e di cura per gran parte della popolazione.&lt;br /&gt;Secondo la banca mondiale, in Repubblica Democratica del Congo, il 90% della popolazione, ha scarso o nessun accesso alle cure sanitarie e la distanza dalle strutture esistenti, rende in molti casi,estremamente difficili l’ accesso adeguato alle cure e all’ assistenza.&lt;br /&gt;Ecco perché è necessario e urgente rafforzare le capacità di intervento e di sostegno in favore dei bambini e degli adolescenti con disabilità assistiti, in modo da scongiurare il loro abbandono da parte dei familiari.&lt;br /&gt;Infatti uno dei problemi più gravi è di natura culturale: là dove nasce un bambino e/o diviene per cause successive disabile, la famiglia lo nasconde e/o l’ abbandona per la vergogna. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-98Z3MjeuZKc/TrfkNhGUsfI/AAAAAAAACnQ/EhZ-F084378/s1600/CC-Aniene_3-novembre-2011_a1-300x225.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672253176570753522" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-98Z3MjeuZKc/TrfkNhGUsfI/AAAAAAAACnQ/EhZ-F084378/s320/CC-Aniene_3-novembre-2011_a1-300x225.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Salvatore Cimmino, Michael Lenton, il Vescovo Theophile Kaboy Ruboneka, Padre Raffaele Mandolesi e Suor Serena&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Un disabile ha diritto di ricevere massimo rispetto e considerazione, ha diritto pieno alla stessa dignità di tutti gli esseri umani.&lt;br /&gt;Molto spesso una persona disabile sviluppa un’umanità più ricca, una consapevolezza di sé e del mondo che lo circonda più profonda, un atteggiamento verso la vita più equo, più appropriato.&lt;br /&gt;Ray Charles sosteneva che le cose ci sono date affinché le trasformiamo in qualcosa di prezioso, Lui divenne cieco da bambino ma questo non gli impedì, anzi lo aiutò a diventare uno dei più grandi musicisti di sempre. Diceva: la musica ce l’ho nel sangue, ma l’energia e la gioia sono state lo strumento con cui ho suonato una vita meravigliosa. Ray non è stato un caso isolato: artisti, scienziati, politici hanno convissuto e continuano a convivere con la disabilità che non gli ha impedito di realizzare i loro sogni.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In conclusione, mi appello a quelle realtà che operano nel mondo dell’assistenza e della riabilitazione protesica, perché facciano un passo avanti, cooperino e contribuiscano alla trasformazione della sofferenza di tanti bambini e adolescenti con disabilità del Centro protesi di Goma, in gioia di vivere. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Con Affetto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Saslvatore Cimmino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-2037979152137542179?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/2037979152137542179/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=2037979152137542179' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2037979152137542179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2037979152137542179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/11/salvatore-cimmino-padre-raffaele.html' title='Che abbiano la vita e l’ abbiano in abbondanza'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W3HRxMzv4OQ/Trfkm3emBDI/AAAAAAAACn0/Ol7s1G3eU1I/s72-c/CC-Aniene_3-novembre-2011_c1-300x225.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-472270125483732329</id><published>2011-11-07T05:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T05:58:02.462-08:00</updated><title type='text'>That they may have life and have it abundantly</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LuqQ6nUotsY/Trfh-YqHssI/AAAAAAAACm4/rShsm9yC14s/s1600/CC-Aniene_3-novembre-2011_c1-300x225.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672250717583684290" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LuqQ6nUotsY/Trfh-YqHssI/AAAAAAAACm4/rShsm9yC14s/s320/CC-Aniene_3-novembre-2011_c1-300x225.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.salvatorecimmino.it/?attachment_id=930" rel="attachment wp-att-930"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Salvatore Cimmino, Padre Raffaele Mandolesi e, il Vescovo Theophile Kaboy Ruboneka&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First of all I want to express my joy and pride for being here among you and for the affection that, once again, you have chosen to show me. The support I receive around the world allows me to work with determination and enthusiasm. These moments of participation and sharing contribute greatly to building a society which is more aware, more alert, more sensitive and welcoming to people with disabilities.&lt;br /&gt;I am deeply honored and excited to welcome here with us today Theophile Kaboy Ruboneka, Bishop of Goma, capital of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo.&lt;br /&gt;During the celebration that marked the transition to his pastoral leadership to the diocese, his introductory statement called for: “The North-Kivu ceases to be the province of war, sexual violence, shame, and becomes the granary of the Congo, of the Great Lakes, of all of Central Africa. He chose as his episcopal motto: “That they may have life and have it abundantly.” The great challenges of history can be overcome only with everyone’s commitment.&lt;br /&gt;The importance of increasing and spreading the knowledge of the world of the so-called “poor” can enrich ourselves more than you can imagine. Interacting with the people of the South, with their cultures and their expectations, opens up an entire horizon of cultural wealth to us who have so many things. We understand now that it’s not what we own, but sharing it with other people, that gives us joy and meaning to our lives, often locked into individualism. The next step will be on the ground, and I chose the Democratic Republic of Congo because this country was affected by two “imported” wars that have caused the death of four million people, hundreds of thousands of mutilated victims, and an economic situation among the poorest and most unstable in the entire Earth. The proposed goal of this stage of my world tour is to improve the health of the disabled children and adolescents of Goma through care and assistance in rehabilitation, education and vocational training. It certainly is a very ambitious project, but nevertheless I will go forward with all my strength and humility, because it can happen.&lt;br /&gt;It is a duty of the western world to improve and ensure excellent health conditions and care of children and adolescents with disabilities in the Goma center for the disabled. The Congolese public health system is now in extremely precarious conditions both in structural and financial terms and is not in a position to meet the need for prevention, care and treatment for the majority of the population. According to the World Bank, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 10% of the population has little or no access to health care and lives at a distance from existing structures which, in many cases, makes it extremely difficult to access the appropriate care and support. That’s why it is necessary and urgent to strengthen the intervention and support capabilities for children and adolescents with disabilities, in order to prevent their abandonment by family members. In fact one of the biggest problems is of a cultural nature: when a disabled child is born or becomes disabled at a later stage, the family hides or abandons him in shame. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wzAWr3nysHQ/TrfiGKvgvRI/AAAAAAAACnE/DO58sTXnK1E/s1600/CC-Aniene_3-novembre-2011_a1-300x225.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672250851287153938" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wzAWr3nysHQ/TrfiGKvgvRI/AAAAAAAACnE/DO58sTXnK1E/s320/CC-Aniene_3-novembre-2011_a1-300x225.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Salvatore Cimmino, Michael Lenton, Vescovo Theophile Kaboy Ruboneka, Padre Raffaele Mandolesi e Suor Serena&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Every disabled person deserves to receive the highest degree of respect and consideration, and is entitled to the full dignity of all human beings. Very often a person with a disability develops a richer humanity, a deeper awareness of himself and of the world around him and a more fair and appropriate attitude toward life. Ray Charles claimed that all things are given to us in order to transform them into something more valuable. He became blind as a child but this did not prevent him – on the contrary it even helped him – to become one of the greatest musicians ever. He said: the music is in my blood, but my energy and my joy were the instruments I played my wonderful life with. Ray was not an isolated case: many artists, scientists and politicians have lived and continue to live with disabilities which have not prevented them from realizing their dreams.&lt;br /&gt;In the end, I make an appeal to those companies that operate in the world of health care and prosthetic rehabilitation, to make a step forward, to cooperate and to contribute to turning the painful lives of so many children and adolescents with disabilities of the prosthesis center in Goma, into lifes of joy. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Kia Ora&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-472270125483732329?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/472270125483732329/comments/default' 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( Pictures from New Zealand )'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/G76oz9ZPBGU/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-8806813262580566765</id><published>2011-10-31T06:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-31T06:46:40.956-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ai confini della realtà</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qupNbjkr73c/Tq6mr7zeOoI/AAAAAAAACms/HTAJMV6L7m4/s1600/2011-Oct-06_00742-300x200.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qupNbjkr73c/Tq6mr7zeOoI/AAAAAAAACms/HTAJMV6L7m4/s320/2011-Oct-06_00742-300x200.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669652254624201346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Kirwan &amp; Salvatore Cimmino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ciò che state per leggere vi immergerà in una favola, o meglio, vi ricordate la serie televisiva “Ai confini con la realtà”? Dove i protagonisti erano catapultati loro malgrado, come in un sogno?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al mio arrivo in Nuova Zelanda, all’aeroporto di Wellington, mi attendeva una donna che, in seguito, si è rivelata un angelo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da quel momento, come un angelo, si è presa cura di me come una mamma si prende cura del suo bambino, come una donna si prende cura del suo uomo e come un angelo mi ha sostenuto con gioia in ogni momento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quest’angelo si chiama Miriam, Miriam Vender, è una Focolarina, fa parte del movimento dei Focolari, nato nel 1943, durante la II guerra mondiale, dalla Fede di Chiara Lubich, la quale dopo l’ incontro con una donna che aveva appena perso quattro figli a causa di un violentissimo bombardamento che colpì la città di Trento, la portò a desiderare di condividere il dolore dell’ umanità.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oggi i seguaci di Chiara Lubich sono presenti in tutti i paesi della terra, dove predicano i valori della solidarietà e dell’accoglienza, dell’amore e della fratellanza, della tolleranza e dell’uguaglianza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miriam mi ha catapultato in un mondo fatato, fatto di persone che mi hanno adottato e trasmesso sicurezza, messo a mio agio affinché mi potessi concentrare per costruire una tappa difficile e da quel momento in poi è stato un crescendo di emozioni e commozione attraverso incontri carichi di affetto, solidarietà e condivisione, disponibilità e vicinanza, succedutisi ad un ritmo incessante: la prima persona che mi è venuta incontro è stata Antonio Cacace, (Cavaliere del Lavoro e proprietario della “Bella Italia”, dove è impiegata Miriam, un Bar-Risporante-Shop, divenuto la base operativa dell’organizzazione dell’intera tappa), con la sua famiglia:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Luisa, sua moglie, e i tre adorabili figli: Luigi, Anna e Liberato, che mi hanno dimostrato subito un affetto incommensurabile: mi hanno aperto la porta della loro casa, mi hanno aperto i loro cuori come si fa con un fratello, hanno sostenuto e creduto nel mio progetto.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Straordinario anche l’incontro con Toni Mollo, un pescatore come mio nonno, con il quale condivido un passato comune, povero materialmente ma ricco di gioia e serenità. Mi ha voluto regalare, ed io l’ho accettata con affetto, la maglia degli All Blacks firmata da tutti i giocatori e il loro allenatore. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sostegno e interesse li ho ricevuti, pieni, anche da persone appartenenti al mondo della sanità e della riabilitazione: il direttore del New zealand Artificial Limb Board di Wellington, Ray Binet, che si è dimostrato favorevole e disponibile a sostenere e contribuire al buon esito del mio progetto fin da subito, dalla prossima tappa in Africa e con il quale ho condiviso la necessità e l’urgenza di migliorare la qualità della vita delle persone con disabilità.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da esponenti del mondo accademico, l’economista e scrittore Harry Mills, con il quale ho condiviso il discorso sull’importanza fondamentale rappresentata dall’integrazione delle persone disabili nella società, condizione che contribuisce ad arricchirla e ad accrescerla sia in termini umani che economici.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da persone del mondo istituzionale, il sindaco della città di Wellington, Mrs Wade-Brown, grazie alla quale ho ricevuto sostegno e consenso oltre che dall’intera città, anche dall’intero paese: il mio progetto “A nuoto nei mari del globo, per un mondo senza barriere e senza frontiere” ha avuto un riscontro mediatico non solo nazionale: Al mio ritorno, sul volo che mi portava a Auckland, sono stato ricevuto dalle assistenti di volo quasi come fossi una star in quanto il successo della traversata dello Stretto di Cook è stato riportato in prima pagina dal “Dominion Post”, primo giornale di Wellington, e illustrato con alcuni servizi dalla televisione. Non vi nascondo che tanta attenzione, pur facendomi un grande piacere, mi ha contemporaneamente enormemente imbarazzato!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con il sindaco abbiamo convenuto che una città, una nazione, una società che non investano equamente sull’intera popolazione risulterà tutt’altro che accogliente e tollerante, accessibile e giusta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vi ricordate che all’inizio del mio racconto facevo riferimento ad una favola? Ad un sogno? Alla serie televisiva “Ai confini della realtà”?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quando oramai eravamo rassegnati alle condizioni meteo marine, pessime al punto tale che avevo già inviato una mail all’agenzia di viaggi di Roma “New Zealand”, per  posticipare il volo di ritorno di almeno una settimana, ecco che arriva, la sera del 9 ottobre, una telefonata di Phlilip Rush a Miriam, che gli comunica che la mattina seguente si partiva: se vi dico che ero felice e terrorizzato al tempo stesso, vi prego di credermi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il 10 ottobre, di mattina, con Miriam ci siamo recati allo yacht club di Mona, e dopo esserci imbarcati sulla barca di Philip, siamo partiti per quest’avventura. Eravamo in sei: Philip Rush con la sua compagna, una deliziosa Maori, Hanna Wolzha, Bryon Anderson e Chris Mc Callun, rispettivamente pilota e copilota della barca, e naturalmente Miriam ed io.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saranno state le 7h30 quando ci siamo mossi per raggiungere il luogo della partenza: Makara Coast.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Prima di andare avanti con il racconto, per farvi rendere conto delle difficoltà estreme che stavo per fronteggiare, vi devo svelare le preoccupazioni di Philip riportate a Miriam: è sicuro? Se la sente? È consapevole delle difficoltà? Della temperatura dell’acqua molto bassa? Del fatto che rischia l’ipotermia? Non c’è dubbio che nutrisse, e anche giustamente, dei forti dubbi sul successo della traversata.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Miriam da parte sua gli rispose con quelle che sono le mie motivazioni: la determinazione nel voler, a tutti i costi, contribuire a costruire un nuovo ponte per dare la speranza, alle tante persone con disabilità, di raggiungere una vita indipendente: istruzione, lavoro, famiglia, in una parola un mondo a misura di tutti, per questo non mi avrebbe fermato nessuno, neanche l’ipotermia!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dopo circa un’ora siamo arrivati a Makara Coast, luogo della partenza di quella che sarà ricordata da tutti i Neozelandesi come l’ impresa storica di un nuotatore disabile: il primo ad averla tentata e conclusa nel periodo invernale australe, la prima persona disabile che ha tentato e concluso la traversata a nuoto dello Stretto di Cook.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saranno state le 9h00 quando mi sono calato in acqua, il primo impatto è stato tremendo: mi sono bruciato il viso al contatto con l’acqua: era gelata!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In quel momento è come se si fosse accesa una fiamma in me: quel bruciore al viso mi ha incattivito: anziché paura mi ha dato forza e determinazione nell’inseguire con veemenza il mio obiettivo: il successo di questa tappa avrebbe contribuito in maniera determinante a realizzare uno dei miei sogni: un centro protesi, che si rispetti, nella città di Goma, per rispondere alle esigenze e soprattutto alle preghiere di tanti bambini, ragazzi, uomini e donne amputate: una vita con meno sofferenze, con meno lacrime, con qualche sorriso, con uno sprazzo di gioia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La prossima tappa, infatti, sarà in Africa, nella Repubblica Democratica del Congo, nella regione del lago di Kivu, al confine con il Burundi e il Ruanda, dove tenterò di unire con un ponte virtuale di 40 km, l’ isola di Idjwi a Goma City.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ogni tanto il freddo mi svegliava dalla mia determinazione, le correnti fredde invadevano il mio corpo e accendevano qualcosa nella mia testa, come se il cuore si fosse trasferito nella mia testa, facendo tremare le pareti del mio cranio, ma poi passava, poi si ripresentava.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ogni  venti minuti mi fermavo per bere integratori sciolti in acqua calda, era un sollievo, Miriam diceva delle cose , ma non la sentivo. Solo una volta l’ho sentita: senti freddo? Gli ho risposto  quasi con cattiveria: non me lo chiedere più, porta male!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ma io sentivo freddo, mi pervadeva tutto il corpo, ammetterlo però avrebbe significato la resa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ogni tanto alzavo la testa, l’isola del Sud si avvicinava, ma era ancora lontana.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Allora cercavo nuove energie mentali che mi dessero più forza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Poi ho iniziato ad avere dei flash: davanti ai miei occhi comparivano i visi, con sguardi che emanavano fiducia e coraggio, di Antonio, Luisa, dei loro figli, di Miriam, Vanessa, Roberto, Sharon, suo marito che non ho mai incontrato, John Kirwan, mi sembrava di sentire le loro voci, le loro preghiere che mi sostenevano: non potevo deluderli, sentivo la voce di Alessandro, mio figlio, di Stefania, mia moglie, allora spingevo ancora di più: l’ Isola del Sud iniziava a colorarsi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho iniziato a sentire dei fischi: stavo sognando? Il freddo stava avendo la meglio? Invece li sentivo per davvero, era Philip che m’incoraggiava in prossimità della meta mentre Miriam mi fa segno che mancano cinque km all’arrivo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mi sono sentito un leone, sembrava che fossi entrato in acqua solo da pochi minuti: volavo! Sentivo davvero la sensazione di volare!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’Isola del Sud non era più un miraggio: esisteva!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Potevano mancare due km, faccio l’ultima sosta, la ventiquattresima, riparto con tutte le mie forze, mi dicevo: dai, sei arrivato, quando sento il mare che mi si rivolta contro: si agita, mi spinge indietro, soffro come mai avevo sofferto fino a quel momento, non arrivavo mai, eppure la parete era a portata di mano, riuscivo a scorgere le onde infrangersi contro ma non arrivavo, il mare mi spingeva indietro, poi finalmente, dopo tanto penare, dopo tanta sofferenza, dopo 8h e 18 minuti riesco a toccare la parete di Perano Head, vicino Tory Channel.&lt;br /&gt;In un istante si materializzano i miei sogni, sono felice, piango di gioia, Iddio ha ascoltato le mie preghiere, ce l’ho fatta!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sento che questo miracolo contribuirà a regalare sorrisi, speranza e fiducia a tanti bambini e ragazzi africani.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grazie Miriam, grazie Antonio e a tutta la tua famiglia, grazie all’intera comunità italiana in Nuova Zelanda, grazie al movimento dei Focolari, grazie all’Ambasciata italiana, grazie a Donato Scioscioli, grazie a John Kirwan, a Sharon, ai media che hanno voluto promulgare il mio messaggio, grazie a Wellington e al suo Sindaco, grazie a tutta la Nuova Zelanda per avermi accolto come un figlio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grazie alla Provincia di Roma, a Patrizia Prestipino, a Intermatica, a Claudio Castellani, a Simona, a Stefano Testini, a Filippo Tassara, alla famiglia del Circolo Canottieri Aniene, a mia moglie e mio figlio, per il vostro sostegno, la vostra vicinanza, il vostro ascolto: se un giorno le persone con disabilità raggiungeranno la tanto agognata vita indipendente, sarà anche per il vostro sostegno.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-8806813262580566765?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/8806813262580566765/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=8806813262580566765' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8806813262580566765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8806813262580566765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/10/ai-confini-della-realta.html' title='Ai confini della realtà'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qupNbjkr73c/Tq6mr7zeOoI/AAAAAAAACms/HTAJMV6L7m4/s72-c/2011-Oct-06_00742-300x200.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-178419436159874296</id><published>2011-10-31T06:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-10-31T06:37:31.808-07:00</updated><title type='text'>In the twilight zone</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b3c9rpbrejM/Tq6kNZ3U36I/AAAAAAAACmg/Nda4_O7j_ZI/s1600/2011-Oct-06_00742-300x200.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b3c9rpbrejM/Tq6kNZ3U36I/AAAAAAAACmg/Nda4_O7j_ZI/s320/2011-Oct-06_00742-300x200.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669649531094228898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;John Kirwan &amp; Salvatore Cimmino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What you are about to read will project you inside a fairy tale, or rather, do you remember the television series “The Twilight Zone”? Where the protagonists were thrown against their will, as in a dream?&lt;br /&gt;Upon my arrival in New Zealand, at Wellington Airport, I found a woman waiting for me, who eventually turned out to be an angel.&lt;br /&gt;From that moment onwards, like an angel, she took care of me as a mother cares for her child, as a woman takes care of her man and just like an angel she supported me with joy in every moment.&lt;br /&gt;This angel’s name is Miriam. Miriam Vender is a Focolarine, a member of the Focolari Movement, founded in 1943 during World War II, out of the Faith of Chiara Lubich. After she met a woman who had just lost four children after a violent bombing that struck the city of Trento, she felt she had to share the pain of the entire humanity.&lt;br /&gt;Today the followers of Chiara Lubich are present in all countries on earth, where they preach the values ​​of solidarity and hospitality, love and brotherhood, tolerance and equality.&lt;br /&gt;Miriam catapulted me into a fairy world, where people have adopted me and given me confidence, have made me feel at ease, so I could focus on my challenge, and from that moment onwards it was a crescendo of emotions through loads of affection, solidarity and sharing, availability and proximity, one meeting after the other: the first person whom I met was Antonio Cacace (Knight of Labour and owner of “Beautiful Italy” – where Miriam works – a Bar/Restaurant/Shop, which became our headquarters), and his family: Luisa, his wife, and three adorable children: Luigi, Anna, and Liberato, who have shown me immense affection: they have opened their house and their hearts as you would with a brother, and they have supported and believed in my project.&lt;br /&gt;Another extraordinary encounter was the one with Toni Mollo, a fisherman like my grandfather, with whom I share a common past, materially poor but rich in joy and serenity. He gave me the All Blacks uniform signed by all the players and their coach, and I accepted it with much joy.&lt;br /&gt;I have received full support and interest by everyone, including people belonging to the health and rehabilitation sectors: like the director of the New Zealand Artificial Limb Board of Wellington, Ray Binet, who was enthusiastic and willing to support and contribute to the success of my project right away from the next stage in Africa, and with whom I shared the necessity and urgency of improving the quality of life of people with disabilities.&lt;br /&gt;The same from academic, economist and writer Harry Mills, with whom I shared a conversation about the fundamental importance of the integration of disabled people in society, which helps to enrich it and improve it in both human and economic terms.&lt;br /&gt;And by the authorities, first and foremost by the Mayor of the city of Wellington, Mrs. Wade-Brown, from whom I have received both support and approval, together with the entire city, and even the whole country: my “Swimming the Seas of the Globe, for a world without fences and without borders” project not only had a national media coverage: upon my return, when I took the flight to Auckland, I was welcomed by the flight attendants almost like a star, after my successful crossing of the Cook Strait had been reported on the first page of the “Dominion Post”, the leading newspaper in Wellington, as well as on national television. I cannot hide the fact that so much attention on myself, while being a great pleasure, has also greatly embarrassed me!&lt;br /&gt;With the Mayor we have agreed on the fact that a city, a nation, a society that does not invest equally on its entire population will be anything but tolerant and welcoming, accessible and fair.&lt;br /&gt;Remember that at the beginning of my story I mentioned a story, a dream, like in the television series “The Twilight Zone”?&lt;br /&gt;At one point we were so depressed by the sea and weather conditions: they were so awful that I had already sent an email to the “New Zealand” travel agency in Rome, to postpone the return flight by at least a week. Yet on the evening of October 9th there came a phone call from Phillip Rush to Miriam, to inform her that the next morning we would leave. If I confess that I was happy and scared at the same time, please believe me.&lt;br /&gt;On the morning of the 10th of October, we went with Miriam to the yacht club in Mona, and after we boarded Philip’s boat, we left for this adventure. We were a team of six: Philip Rush with his lovely Maori partner, Hanna Wolzha, Bryon Anderson and Chris Mc Calluna, respectively pilot and copilot of the boat, and of course Miriam and I.&lt;br /&gt;It was about 7:30 a.m. when we moved to reach the place of departure: Makara Coast.&lt;br /&gt;Before going ahead with the story, in order to make you realize the extreme conditions that I was facing, I must reveal the concerns Philip shared with Miriam: is he sure? Does he feel comfortable? Is he aware of the difficulties? Of the very low water temperature? Of the risk of hypothermia? Certainly, and rightly so, he had strong doubts on the success of the crossing.&lt;br /&gt;Miriam answered back with my motives: the determination, at all costs, to help build a new bridge and give hope to many people with disabilities so that they can achieve and independent life: education, work, family, in one sentence, a world where everyone fits in. Nobody and nothing could stop me, not even hypothermia!&lt;br /&gt;After about an hour we arrived at Makara Coast, the place of departure of what will be remembered by all New Zealanders as the historic achievement of a disabled swimmer, the first having tried to challenge the Southern Hemisphere’s winter, the first disabled person to attempt and complete the crossing of the Cook Strait.&lt;br /&gt;It was about 9:00 a.m. when I dived, the first impact was terrifying: I burned my face with the water for how it was freezing cold!&lt;br /&gt;Just then, as if a flame had lit inside of me, that burning face almost made me vicious: instead of fear it gave me the strength and determination to vehemently pursue my goal: the success of this crossing would have made a decisive contribution to the realization of one of my dreams: a functional prosthesis center in the city of Goma, to meet the needs and especially the prayers of so many children, boys, men and women who are amputees: a life with less suffering, less tears, and more smiles and more flashes of joy.&lt;br /&gt;The next stage will be in Africa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, in the region of Lake Kivu at the border with Burundi and Rwanda, where I will try to unite the island of Idjwi and Goma City with a virtual bridge 40 kilometers long.&lt;br /&gt;Many times the cold woke me up from my determination, with the freezing currents invading my body and lighting something in my brain, as if my heart had moved inside my head, making my skull tremble, and it would come and go.&lt;br /&gt;Every twenty minutes I stopped to drink some supplements dissolved in hot water, it was a relief, and Miriam talked to me but I could not listen. Only once I heard her: do you feel cold? I told her almost with malice: don’t ask me again, it will bring more bad luck!&lt;br /&gt;I did feel the cold, however, it was inside my whole body, but admitting it would have meant surrendering.&lt;br /&gt;Every time I raised my head, the Southern Island was approaching, but it was still far away.&lt;br /&gt;Then I tried to give myself new energy and more mental strength.&lt;br /&gt;Suddenly before my eyes, like flashes, started to appear the faces of Antonio, Luisa, their children, Miriam, Vanessa, Roberto, Sharon, her husband, who I never met, John Kirwan, with their eyes that gave me confidence and courage. I thought I heard their voices, their prayers, that supported me. I could not disappoint them, I heard the voice of Alessandro, my son and of Stefania, my wife, who pushed me even further: the Southern Island began to appear in color.&lt;br /&gt;I started to hear the people cheering me: was I dreaming? Was the cold taking over my senses? Instead I was really hearing them, with Philip who encouraged me for the goal was close, and Miriam who told me I was only five kilometers away from the arrival.&lt;br /&gt;I felt like a lion, it seemed that I had entered the water only a few minutes earlier. I was flying! I really felt like I was flying!&lt;br /&gt;The Southern Island was no longer an illusion: it was there!&lt;br /&gt;It could have been two kilometers from land, It was my last stop, the twenty-fourth, I pushed forward with all my strength. I would tell myself: come on, you made it, when I suddenly felt the sea turning against me: shaking me, pushing me back, I suffered like never before until that moment. I couldn’t make it, yet land was at hand, I could see the waves crashing against it but couldn’t reach it, the sea would push me back. Then finally, after so much effort and so much pain, after 8 hours and 18 minutes, I touched the wall of Perano Head, near Tory Channel.&lt;br /&gt;In an instant my dreams had materialized, I was happy, I cried with joy, God had listened to my prayers, I made it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel that this miracle will help to give smiles, hope and confidence to so many children in Africa.&lt;br /&gt;Thank you Miriam, thank you Antonio and your whole family, thanks to the entire Italian community in New Zealand, thanks to the Focolari Movement, thanks to the Italian Embassy, ​​thanks to Donato Scioscioli, thanks to John Kirwan, Sharon, thanks to the media that have forwarded my message, thanks to Wellington and its Mayor, thank you New Zealand for welcoming me like a son.&lt;br /&gt;Thanks to the Province of Rome, to Patrizia Prestipino, to Intermatica, to Claudio Castellani, to Simona, to Stefano Testini, to Filippo Tassara, to the family of Circolo Canottieri Aniene, to my family, to my wife and to my son, for supporting, for being so close, for listening to me. If one day all people with disabilities achieve an independent life, it will be for the contribution of you all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kia Ora&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-178419436159874296?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/178419436159874296/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=178419436159874296' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/178419436159874296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/178419436159874296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/10/in-twilight-zone.html' title='In the twilight zone'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-b3c9rpbrejM/Tq6kNZ3U36I/AAAAAAAACmg/Nda4_O7j_ZI/s72-c/2011-Oct-06_00742-300x200.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1315276061775411777</id><published>2011-09-27T02:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T02:37:57.170-07:00</updated><title type='text'>L’uguaglianza sarà forse un diritto, ma nessuna potenza umana saprà convertirlo in un fatto.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_VVXrMU6nfs/ToGZRydrYuI/AAAAAAAAClo/-dl__f8YlHg/s1600/Provincia-di-Roma_Presentazione-A-nuoto-nei-mari-del-globo-per-un-mondo-senza-barriere-e-senza-frontiere1-300x225.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656971137837130466" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_VVXrMU6nfs/ToGZRydrYuI/AAAAAAAAClo/-dl__f8YlHg/s320/Provincia-di-Roma_Presentazione-A-nuoto-nei-mari-del-globo-per-un-mondo-senza-barriere-e-senza-frontiere1-300x225.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PROVINCIA di ROMA - Conferenza Stampa, 26 settembre 2011&lt;br /&gt;Da sinistra: Stefano Testini, Salvatore Cimmino, Claudio Castellani,&lt;br /&gt;Marco Giunio De Santis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sono alla vigilia di una tappa molto impegnativa, sia dal punto di vista climatico che dal punto di vista organizzativo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il prossimo 30 settembre, grazie all’entusiasmo travolgente e alla collaborazione di John Kirwan, persona stupenda e particolarmente sensibile al tema della disabilità, partirò per la Nuova Zelanda, un viaggio molto lungo: impiegherò infatti due giorni per arrivare a Wellington, passando per Londra, Seoul e Auckland. Lì tenterò di attraversare lo Stretto di Cook, in condizioni meteo marine certamente non facili poiché la temperatura del mare – e anche quella esterna – con molta probabilità non supererà i 7 gradi celsius.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cerco di essere ottimista pensando che in fin dei conti in Canada, il maggio scorso, ho trovato le stesse condizioni: effettivamente nuotando da Victoria, Fleming Beach, fino a Pedder Bay, sede del Pearson College posso tranquillamente affermare di essere morto dal freddo! Eppure il ricordo che porto nel cuore, di quei giorni e delle splendide persone che ho incontrato, ancora mi accompagna e mi sostiene in quanto sto per affrontare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questa tappa giunge in un momento molto duro per gli equilibri internazionali: anche i paesi più sviluppati del mondo stanno attraversando una crisi economica e sociale forse grave quanto e forse più di quella del 1929.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Come allora, anche oggi, a pagarne le conseguenze più gravi sono le parti deboli della società, perché la crisi si riversa su persone anziane, bambini, lavoratori dipendenti e persone con disabilità e le loro famiglie. I tagli al welfare si traducono in risorse sempre più limitate da destinare al lavoro, alla sanità, all’istruzione. La disoccupazione in Italia ha raggiunto cifre da record e tra i disoccupati l’80% è rappresentato da persone con disabilità. I tagli all’istruzione hanno comportato forte compromissione dell’attività di sostegno e di recupero nelle scuole, con gravi disagi nei confronti dei ragazzi disabili e anche la situazione della sanità pubblica non versa in condizioni migliori.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anche in questa situazione di crisi continuo a sperare nella percorribilità di una strada che porti all’indipendenza della persona con disabilità: solo attraverso il lavoro si può svolgere appieno il ruolo di cittadino; solo attraverso l’occupazione si possono scoprire nuovi talenti per costruire una società migliore; solo attraverso il lavoro le persone con disabilità possono sostenere se stessi e le loro famiglie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In questi tempi di crisi economica, mentre in alcuni paesi si sta tagliando la spesa sociale, è ancor più necessario elaborare e attuare programmi che riguardino l’inserimento lavorativo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In conclusione, includere i bambini, i ragazzi disabili nella scuola e nello sport sicuramente servirà a sconfiggere la diffidenza e, immancabilmente, contribuirà a una crescita rivolta ai valori dell’accoglienza e della solidarietà.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Includere le persone disabili nel mondo del lavoro, sicuramente gli darà la possibilità di partecipare come protagonisti nella vita del Paese, nello stesso tempo migliorerà le condizioni di lavoro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Includerci nella società, abbattendo le barriere fisiche e morali, sicuramente ci avvantaggerà, ma immancabilmente ne beneficeranno tutti, le mamme, i bambini gli anziani.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1315276061775411777?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1315276061775411777/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1315276061775411777' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1315276061775411777'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1315276061775411777'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/09/luguaglianza-sara-forse-un-diritto-ma.html' title='L’uguaglianza sarà forse un diritto, ma nessuna potenza umana saprà convertirlo in un fatto.'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_VVXrMU6nfs/ToGZRydrYuI/AAAAAAAAClo/-dl__f8YlHg/s72-c/Provincia-di-Roma_Presentazione-A-nuoto-nei-mari-del-globo-per-un-mondo-senza-barriere-e-senza-frontiere1-300x225.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1173534879518555774</id><published>2011-09-27T02:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-27T02:34:56.043-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Equality is a right, perhaps, but no human power will convert it into a fact.</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZThVW_1o4-M/ToGYE7jo9qI/AAAAAAAAClg/rQ4zZDnIopk/s1600/Provincia-di-Roma_Presentazione-A-nuoto-nei-mari-del-globo-per-un-mondo-senza-barriere-e-senza-frontiere1-300x225.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 225px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5656969817428129442" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZThVW_1o4-M/ToGYE7jo9qI/AAAAAAAAClg/rQ4zZDnIopk/s320/Provincia-di-Roma_Presentazione-A-nuoto-nei-mari-del-globo-per-un-mondo-senza-barriere-e-senza-frontiere1-300x225.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PROVINCIA di ROMA - Press Conference, September 26th 2011&lt;br /&gt;From left: Stefano Testini, Salvatore Cimmino, Claudio Castellani, Marco Giunio De Santis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is the eve of a very challenging task, both on the level of climate and on the organizational one. Upcoming 30th September, thanks to John Kirwan’s involving enthusiasm and collaboration, and his marvelous sensitivity towards the topic of disabilities, I will flee to New Zealand. The journey is very long: in fact, I will take two days to get to Wellington, via London, Seoul and Auckland. There I will try to cross the Cook Strait, in highly uneasy sea conditions, as the water temperature, and the external one too, is unlikely to exceed 7 degrees Celsius.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am trying to feel positive thinking about Canada last May where I found the same conditions: actually, swimming from Victoria, Fleming Beach, to Pedder Bay where Pearson College is, I felt cold to death! Yet, the memory I hold tightly in my heart goes back to those days and splendid people I met, supporting me in what I am about to face.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This stage comes in a very tough moment for international affairs: even the most developed countries worldwide are facing a financial and social crisis just as, or even greater, than the one in 1929.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As it was back then, nowadays the toughest consequences weigh upon society’s weakest people, as the crisis strikes elderly people, children, employees, and disabled people and their families. Welfare cut offs mean increasingly limited resources aimed at work, healthcare, and education. Unemployment in Italy has reached its highest peak, and among unemployed people 80% is represented by disabled people. Education cut offs have led to huge difficulties for guidance support and recovery in schools, leading to serious unease for disabled youngsters, in addition to the uneasy conditions of public healthcare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even in such crisis we continue to hope to trek along a road that leads to the independence of disabled people: only by working, we can fully play the role of citizens; only through employment we can discover new talents to build a better society; only by working, disabled people can support themselves and their families.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In these times of economic crisis, while social expenses are being cut in some countries, it is even more necessary to develop and implement programs concerning job placement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In conclusion, including children, disabled youngsters in schools and in sports activities will surely help overcome mistrust and, inevitably, will contribute to growth including the values ​​of hospitality and solidarity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By employing disabled people, they will have the possibility to participate as protagonists to our country’s life, and at the same time this will improve employment conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Including us in society, pulling down physical and moral barriers, will certainly favor us, but will unfailingly benefit everyone, mothers, children, and elderly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best wishes,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1173534879518555774?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1173534879518555774/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1173534879518555774' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1173534879518555774'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1173534879518555774'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/09/equality-is-right-perhaps-but-no-human.html' title='Equality is a right, perhaps, but no human power will convert it into a fact.'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZThVW_1o4-M/ToGYE7jo9qI/AAAAAAAAClg/rQ4zZDnIopk/s72-c/Provincia-di-Roma_Presentazione-A-nuoto-nei-mari-del-globo-per-un-mondo-senza-barriere-e-senza-frontiere1-300x225.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-644874779145056440</id><published>2011-09-02T02:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-02T02:32:12.035-07:00</updated><title type='text'>6th edition - I swim for Gianca</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FFAfStpda58/TmCiJjnKm4I/AAAAAAAAClY/yHV_soSc0gE/s1600/Camogli1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 215px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647692217784638338" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FFAfStpda58/TmCiJjnKm4I/AAAAAAAAClY/yHV_soSc0gE/s320/Camogli1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Camogli, ( Genoa ) August 6th 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The fairy tale I’m going to tell you is set in the beautiful Gulf of Tigullio where, on the 6th of August, we held the sixth edition of “I swim for Giancarlo.” We swam for over ten kilometers in order to raise funds for research and for people who suffered from spinal injuries when playing rugby and other sports in Italy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From Portofino to Camogli, passing through the beautiful waters of the Marine Protected Area. Ten thousand meters with amateurs and champions of both the past and today, with testimonials as exceptional as Giancarlo Volpato, Gianca for all of us, a reference point for willpower and desire to live, and founder of the event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This 2011 edition will be remembered for the important milestone of doubling the number of participants since the first one, and in terms of fundraising. We have achieved 70,000 Euros, which will allow us to continue supporting current projects and scientific research that is approaching ever successful results. Another accomplishment was to donate a Fiat Doblò van, equipped to carry disabled people, to another great athlete: Cosimo Alessandro, also a victim of a sports accident like Giancarlo. Cosimo has founded the association “Friends of Cosimo”, which strives to raise awareness and disseminate safety-related issues in the world of rugby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T5tkD_zNIyg/TmCiDKQmxJI/AAAAAAAAClQ/gGhJzB_DtVE/s1600/Camogli2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647692107899913362" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-T5tkD_zNIyg/TmCiDKQmxJI/AAAAAAAAClQ/gGhJzB_DtVE/s320/Camogli2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From left: G. Di Venanzo, J. Kirwan. T. Gelisio, G. Cacciamano, V. Abete&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This edition will also be remembered for the extraordinary participation of the Japanese national rugby team, led by coach John Kirwan, who is our main supporter. With his help, in October I will live another magic experience: I’m about to travel to New Zealand, where I will swim across the Cook Strait, but this is an another story that I will tell you later on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I began writing by calling this story a fairy tale, because once again I was lucky to share a magical moment with wonderful people, who taught me that nothing is impossible. This is a world where sport is a synonym of solidarity, where brave people live their lives helping others, working every day to overcome the suffering and exclusion and building an inclusive society, where disability is not a limit and integration is by default.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cheers&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-644874779145056440?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/644874779145056440/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=644874779145056440' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/644874779145056440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/644874779145056440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/09/6th-edition-i-swim-for-gianca.html' title='6th edition - I swim for Gianca'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FFAfStpda58/TmCiJjnKm4I/AAAAAAAAClY/yHV_soSc0gE/s72-c/Camogli1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-5394999964271317991</id><published>2011-09-02T02:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-09-02T02:28:27.749-07:00</updated><title type='text'>6^ edizione - Io nuoto per Gianca</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5O2_uYC0mCc/TmCfC_F0duI/AAAAAAAAClI/b5W61zmGg3E/s1600/Camogli1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 215px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647688806367000290" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5O2_uYC0mCc/TmCfC_F0duI/AAAAAAAAClI/b5W61zmGg3E/s320/Camogli1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Camogli, ( Genova ) 6 agosto 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La favola che sto per raccontarvi è ambientata nella splendida cornice del golfo del Tigulio dove, lo scorso 6 agosto, si è svolta la sesta edizione di “ Io nuoto per Gianca”.&lt;br /&gt;Una nuotata di oltre diecimila metri con lo scopo benefico di raccogliere fondi a favore della ricerca e di persone vittime di traumi da gioco alla colonna vertebrale del mondo rugbistico italiano e sportivo in generale.&lt;br /&gt;Da Portofino a Camogli, passando attraverso le splendide acque dell’ Area Marina Protetta. Diecimila metri percorsi da amatori e da campioni di ieri e di oggi, testimonial eccezionali come eccezionale è Giancarlo Volpato, Gianca per tutti noi, punto di riferimento per forza di volontà e voglia di vivere, nonché ideatore della manifestazione.&lt;br /&gt;Questa edizione del 2011 sarà ricordata per l’ importante traguardo raggiunto sia per il numero di partecipanti, siamo raddoppiati rispetto alla prima edizione, sia in termini di raccolta fondi: abbiamo raggiunto quota 70.000 euro, cifra che che permetterà di continuare a sostenere i progetti in corso ed una ricerca scientifica che si avvicina sempre più a risultati importanti e che ha inoltre permesso di donare un Fiat Doblò attrezzato per il trasporto disabili ad un altro grande atleta, Cosimo Alessandro che, come Giancarlo Volpato, è rimasto vittima di un’ incidente di gioco. Cosimo ha fondato l’associazione “Amici di Cosimo” che si batte per sensibilizzare e diffondere le tematiche legate alla sicurezza nel mondo del rugby.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V3puSDmkVoc/TmCe_Mq2KRI/AAAAAAAAClA/avQ8eq28QmA/s1600/Camogli2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5647688741292484882" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V3puSDmkVoc/TmCe_Mq2KRI/AAAAAAAAClA/avQ8eq28QmA/s320/Camogli2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Da sinistra: G. Di Venanzo, J. Kirwan, T. Gelisio, S. Cimmino, G. Cacciamano, V. Abete&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questa edizione sarà ricordata anche per la partecipazione straordinaria della nazionale giapponese di rugby capitanata dall’allenatore e nostro trascinatore John Kirwan.&lt;br /&gt;Grazie a John, il prossimo ottobre vivrò un’ altra magia: sto per partire per la Nuova Zelanda dove attraverserò a nuoto lo Stretto di Cook, questa è un’ altra favola che vi racconterò più avanti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho iniziato questo racconto definendolo una favola perché ancora una volta ho avuto la fortuna di condividere con persone meravigliose un momento magico che ci ha insegnato che niente è impossibile. Questo è un mondo dove sport fa rima con solidarietà, fatto di persone coraggiose che mettono la propria vita al servizio del prossimo, lavorando quotidianamente per sconfiggere la sofferenza e l’emarginazione e costruire una società a misura di tutti, dove la disabilità non rappresenta un limite e l’integrazione non è un optional.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-5394999964271317991?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/5394999964271317991/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=5394999964271317991' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5394999964271317991'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5394999964271317991'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/09/6-edizione-io-nuoto-per-gianca.html' title='6^ edizione - Io nuoto per Gianca'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5O2_uYC0mCc/TmCfC_F0duI/AAAAAAAAClI/b5W61zmGg3E/s72-c/Camogli1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-8900176648768884697</id><published>2011-07-27T01:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-27T01:14:56.107-07:00</updated><title type='text'>V Tappa, A nuoto nei mari del globo - CANADA, Victoria BC</title><content type='html'>&lt;iframe height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/TckwNxMMxiU?fs=1" frameborder="0" width="480" allowfullscreen=""&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-8900176648768884697?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/8900176648768884697/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=8900176648768884697' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8900176648768884697'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8900176648768884697'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/07/cimmino-canada-2.html' title='V Tappa, A nuoto nei mari del globo - CANADA, Victoria BC'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/TckwNxMMxiU/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-7747051204404938053</id><published>2011-07-26T05:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-26T05:59:16.104-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cosa vuol dire avere Fede</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c5onuK4qpYA/Ti65-z4b8HI/AAAAAAAACko/d2gG-7f5Zqc/s1600/SCIMMINO.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 206px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633644672617017458" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c5onuK4qpYA/Ti65-z4b8HI/AAAAAAAACko/d2gG-7f5Zqc/s320/SCIMMINO.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Foto di Peter Dench.&lt;br /&gt;Un occasione di riscatto e un' opportunità per vivere dopo tanta sofferenza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Esistono almeno due tipi di fede: una è la fede religiosa, ma non intendo esaminare il credo religioso perché questi è sacro e degno di rispetto indipendentemente dal fatto che lo si condivida o meno; l’altra è la fede in se stessi, nei propri ideali e nella sacralità della vita. Ecco, questa è la fede di cui voglio parlarvi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fede: dal latino fidem. L’atto del credere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fede vuol dire saper amare chi non può amarti. Fede vuol dire saper accettare chi non sa accettarti. Fede vuol dire dimenticare per non essere dimenticato. Fede vuol dire guardarsi nel cuore ogni giorno. Se qualcuno sorride mentre provi a costruirti un mondo di fede non dare retta alle sue parole: sii fedele con te stesso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Credere in te stesso vuol dire essere convinto della verità che tu stesso rappresenti. Nessuno può sapere quanta verità c’è in te, più di te stesso. Nessuno può cambiare quello che provi, quello che pensi, se tu non lo vuoi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Credere in te stesso significa avere fiducia in quello che fai, in quello che dici, in quello che sogni. Avere fiducia è amare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Più tu avrai fiducia in ciò che fai, più crescerà in te la voglia di fare bene e meglio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Credere in te stesso è ritenere possibile che quello che fai è la cosa giusta.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Credere in te stesso significa avere fede in quello che provi. La fede è qualcosa che nasce dal cuore. Nessuno può regalarti la fede. Soltanto tu puoi costruirtene una a tua misura. La fede va oltre i risultati; va al di là degli obiettivi; non conosce limiti e non si ferma davanti alle paure. Avere fede è di per sé un miracolo che va custodito, protetto, perfezionato.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un uomo che ha fede in quel che fa riesce a oltrepassare i limiti delle difficoltà; quando c’è fede anche i momenti avversi diventeranno piccole problematiche da superare con pazienza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Khalil Gibran, poeta, pittore e filosofo libanese, diceva: “La fede è conoscenza del cuore e oltrepassa il potere della dimostrazione.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Negli ultimi anni ho imparato ad avere fede, a credere in un progetto che è divenuto nel tempo la pietra miliare della mia vita e movente del mio credo: un mondo senza barriere e senza frontiere, dove le persone con disabilità non conosceranno ostacoli alla propria crescita, alla propria libertà, e alla propria dignità.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il nuoto, il nuoto di fondo in particolare, una disciplina che della passione e del sacrificio fa un fondamento portante, è il protagonista assoluto di questo progetto: tento di costruire un ponte che unisca il mondo delle persone disabili al mondo delle persone cosiddette “normali”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I prossimi ponti che mi appresto a costruire saranno ancora più ambiziosi di quelli precedenti, (il Canale della Manica, lo Stretto di Gibilterra, lo Stretto di Öresund, il Mare di Galilea, Santa Fè Coronda nel Paranà, Pedder Bay in Canada, Scilla Cariddi ), lo stretto di Cook, lago di Kivu, da Kiumba isola di Idwj a Goma, Moreton Bay in Australia, per concludere il giro del mondo a New York per disegnare a nuoto il periplo dell’ Isola di Manhattan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Certamente saranno dei ponti molto dispendiosi, ma io credo nelle persone, credo nel loro amore per la vita!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo progetto vuole sfiorare con mano leggera le storie di persone che vivono il disagio della disabilità, le difficoltà dell’assistenza, l’impegno totale delle famiglie, la speranza di un evento risolutivo o almeno migliorativo delle loro condizioni di vita.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Carissimi Compagni di viaggio, buone vacanze.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-7747051204404938053?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/7747051204404938053/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=7747051204404938053' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/7747051204404938053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/7747051204404938053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/07/cosa-vuol-dire-avere-fede.html' title='Cosa vuol dire avere Fede'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-c5onuK4qpYA/Ti65-z4b8HI/AAAAAAAACko/d2gG-7f5Zqc/s72-c/SCIMMINO.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-8462493011043716608</id><published>2011-07-26T05:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-26T05:56:47.911-07:00</updated><title type='text'>What Faith means</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_XWlFq5awjc/Ti65WTq0UXI/AAAAAAAACkg/eY-6QDMqvRU/s1600/SCIMMINO.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 206px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5633643976775192946" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_XWlFq5awjc/Ti65WTq0UXI/AAAAAAAACkg/eY-6QDMqvRU/s320/SCIMMINO.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Photo by Peter Dench.&lt;br /&gt;An opportunity for redemption and a 'chance to live after so much suffering.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are at least two kinds of faith: one is religious faith, but I will not examine religious beliefs because they are sacred and worthy of respect regardless of whether or not one shares them or not; and the other is faith in oneself, in one’s ideals and in the sanctity of life. This is the faith I wish to talk about.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faith: from Latin fidem. The act of believing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faith means knowing how to love those who cannot love you. Faith means knowing how to accept people who cannot accept you. Faith means to forget in order not to be forgotten. Faith means to look in one’s heart every day. If people smile as you try to build a world of faith, do not bother their words: be faithful to yourself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Believing in yourself means to be convinced of the truth that you represent. No one but yourself can know how much truth there is inside you. No one can change what you feel, what you think, if you do not want so.&lt;br /&gt;Believing in yourself means trusting what you do, say, and dream. Having faith means to love.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The more you believe in what you do, the more the wish to do better will rise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Believing in yourself means to believe that what you are doing is the right thing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Believing in yourself means to trust your feelings. Faith comes from the heart. Nobody can give you faith. Only you can build one your size. Faith goes beyond results; it goes beyond objectives; it knows no limits, and does not stop before fears. Having faith is a miracle that needs to be kept safe, protected, enhanced.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A man who has faith in what he does can overcome the boundaries of hardship; when there is faith, even the hardest moments will become small problems to overcome with patience.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Khalil Gibran, poet, painter, and philosopher from Lebanon, said: “Faith is the knowledge of the heart, and goes beyond the power of demonstration.”&lt;br /&gt;In recent years I have learnt to have faith, and to believe in a project that has become over time the keystone of my life and its drive: a world without barriers and without borders, where disabled people will know no obstacles to their growth, freedom, and dignity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Swimming, and deep-water swimming in particular: a discipline built on passion and sacrifice. This sport is the absolute protagonist of this project. I wish to build a bridge that links disabled people to so said “normal” ones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bridges I will soon build will be even more ambitious than the previous ones, (the English Channel, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Strait of Oresund, the Sea of ​​Galilee, Santa Fè Coronda Paranà, Pedder Bay in Canada, Scylla Charybdis), the Strait of Cook, Lake Kivu, from the island of Kiumba Idwj to Goma, Moreton Bay in Australia, to conclude the tour round the world in New York to swim-line around the Island of Manhattan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Certainly, these bridges are very expensive, but I believe in people, and I believe in their love for life!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This project aims to slightly stroke the stories of people who experience the discomfort of disability, the difficulties of care, the total commitment of families, the hopefulness of a resolving event, or at least of one which can improve their living conditions.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear fellow travellers, I wish you happy holidays.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-8462493011043716608?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/8462493011043716608/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=8462493011043716608' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8462493011043716608'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8462493011043716608'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/07/what-faith-means.html' title='What Faith means'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_XWlFq5awjc/Ti65WTq0UXI/AAAAAAAACkg/eY-6QDMqvRU/s72-c/SCIMMINO.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-4566563079929667733</id><published>2011-06-14T02:50:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T02:51:27.244-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Futuro bionico</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-brXerXkwljQ/TfcvBb7_rEI/AAAAAAAACkY/N2R_0aPtOmg/s1600/Bionic%2Bleg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 208px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618010761893751874" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-brXerXkwljQ/TfcvBb7_rEI/AAAAAAAACkY/N2R_0aPtOmg/s320/Bionic%2Bleg.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Catastrofi naturali come i recenti terremoti in Giappone, Cile, Haiti e Cina, ma anche tragedie provocate dall’uomo, si pensi alle guerre e alle mine, che colpiscono anche a distanza di anni, incidenti stradali, incidenti casalinghi, infortuni sul lavoro e patologie gravi come il cancro e il diabete provocano ogni anno innumerevoli casi di amputazione degli arti inferiori.&lt;br /&gt;Cresce quindi la necessità di un intervento politico mondiale, che garantisca il pieno rispetto della dignità umana e i diritti di libertà e di autonomia della persona handicappata e insieme ne promuova la piena integrazione nella famiglia, nella scuola, nel lavoro e nella società.&lt;br /&gt;Nel nostro Paese sarebbe fondamentale modificare il Nomenclatore Tariffario delle protesi e degli ausili, il documento che elenca gli ausili e i presidi tecnologici forniti dal Servizio Sanitario Nazionale alle persone con Disabilità. Il Tariffario, datato 1992, non tiene conto dei risultati che la tecnologia ha raggiunto in questi ultimi 20 anni e quindi non è in grado di garantire ai disabili quegli evidenti benefici derivati dal progresso della ricerca scientifica, a differenza di quanto avviene invece per il prontuario farmaceutico che, come è ovvio, viene costantemente aggiornato.&lt;br /&gt;È importantissimo sostenere la ricerca scientifica anche nel campo protesico, per migliorare la qualità della vita di tutti quei pazienti che necessitano di un dispositivo a sostituzione dell’arto mancante. Allo stato attuale i risultati ottenuti sono molto incoraggianti e proprio per questo non è il momento di arrendersi.&lt;br /&gt;Basti pensare, per esempio, al caso di un progetto sperimentale finanziato dall’ esercito degli Stati Uniti che migliora la condizione di chi abbia perso gli arti inferiori attraverso una tecnologia che comprende i segnali nervosi dei muscoli rimasti del paziente e li traduce in movimento robotizzato.&lt;br /&gt;Lo scorso 20 aprile nella rivista The Journal of the american medical association finanziato dalle forze armate degli Stati Uniti d’ America, è stato pubblicato un progetto che ha lo scopo di migliorare le vecchie protesi agli arti inferiori con parti bioniche.&lt;br /&gt;“ Recentemente abbiamo studiato il controllo neutrale delle braccia artificiali utilizzando la tecnica della reinnervazione muscolare”: è quanto scrive Levi Hargrove, ricercatore presso la Rehabilitation institute di Chicago. “Tuttavia, gli amputati agli arti inferiori sono più numerosi rispetto agli amputati degli arti superiori. Per questo abbiamo esteso la nostra ricerca per gli amputati delle gambe”.&lt;br /&gt;La tecnica di reinnervazione muscolare consiste nell’utilizzare i nervi rimasti intatti dopo un’amputazione per controllare i movimenti della protesi tentando di comprendere gli stimoli provenienti dal cervello. Dunque attraverso l’elettromiografia si inviano i segnali elettrici prodotti dai muscoli ad un software in grado di riconoscerli e di manovrare di conseguenza la gamba bionica.&lt;br /&gt;La sperimentazione in corso vede la partecipazione di quattro amputati transfemorali e quattro non amputati con risultati tanto positivi quanto inaspettati: tutti i volontari sono capaci di controllare il ginocchio e la caviglia di un avatar utilizzato al computer per le simulazioni partendo dalle informazioni neurali della coscia. Gli amputati hanno raggiunto il 91% di precisione dei movimenti e i non amputati l’89%.&lt;br /&gt;Per dirla con le parole di Hardgrove: “C’ è molto lavoro ancora da fare, ma il futuro di un controllo più avanzato delle protesi appare luminoso”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-4566563079929667733?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/4566563079929667733/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=4566563079929667733' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/4566563079929667733'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/4566563079929667733'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/06/futuro-bionico.html' title='Futuro bionico'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-brXerXkwljQ/TfcvBb7_rEI/AAAAAAAACkY/N2R_0aPtOmg/s72-c/Bionic%2Bleg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1568439537298961315</id><published>2011-06-14T02:44:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-06-14T02:49:16.194-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bionic future</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G7dTkzSjqLQ/TfcuMmNmXsI/AAAAAAAACkQ/811R7Ar_TSU/s1600/Bionic%2Bleg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 208px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618009854118878914" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G7dTkzSjqLQ/TfcuMmNmXsI/AAAAAAAACkQ/811R7Ar_TSU/s320/Bionic%2Bleg.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Natural disasters such as recent earthquakes in Japan, Chile, Haiti and China, but also tragedies caused by mankind, such as wars and landmines, having a strong impact even after many years, road accidents, household accidents, accidents on worksite and serious diseases as cancer and diabetes each year cause a high number of cases of lower limb amputation.&lt;br /&gt;There is an increasing need for political intervention aimed to guarantee full respect for human dignity and rights of freedom and autonomy of the disabled person and promotes full integration in the family, in school, at work and in society. In our country, it would be opportune changing the Nomenclature of prostheses and aid, the document that lists the devices and technological devices provided by the National Healthcare Service to people with disabilities; it dates back to 1992, and in 20 years technology has achieved important results. Therefore, it is unfair that the Nomenclature of prostheses and aid in our country, forgotten by all, despite today’s technological progress able of offering a clear benefit is in contrast to the pharmaceutical formulary which is regularly updated following the evolution of research.&lt;br /&gt;Also, we should improve technology related to prosthesis that can restore hope and opportunity to lead a normal life for the victims of serious injuries. Research is advancing greatly, trying to make devices increasingly available and efficient, enabling performances at least in part similar to those of the lost limb.&lt;br /&gt;This is, for example, the case of a pilot project funded by the U.S. army that improves the condition of those who have lost their legs through technology that contains the nerves of the remaining muscles, and enables them a robotic movement.&lt;br /&gt;Last 20 April, the magazine The Journal of the American Medical Association, funded by the U.S.A. Army, published a project that aims at improving the old prostheses in the lower limbs with bionic parts.&lt;br /&gt;” We have recently studied the neutral control of artificial arms using the technique of muscle re-innervation” : this is what Levi Hargrove writes as a researcher at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. “However, lower limb amputees are more numerous than upper limb amputees. So we’ve extended our research for leg amputees.”&lt;br /&gt;The muscle re-innervation technique is based on using the nerves remained intact after amputation to control the movements of the prosthesis trying to understand the stimuli from the brain. Therefore, electrical signals from muscles are sent through electromyography to a software that can recognize them and thus maneuver the bionic leg.&lt;br /&gt;The experimentation in progress involves four transfemoral amputees and four non-amputees, leading to both positive and unexpected results: all volunteers are able to control the knee and the ankle of an avatar used on a computer for the simulations starting from the neural information of the thigh. Amputees have achieved 91% accuracy of movements and non-amputees, 89%.&lt;br /&gt;Quoting the words of Hardgrove: “There is a lot of work to be done, but the future of a more advanced prosthesis control is bright.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1568439537298961315?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1568439537298961315/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1568439537298961315' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1568439537298961315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1568439537298961315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/06/bionic-future.html' title='Bionic future'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G7dTkzSjqLQ/TfcuMmNmXsI/AAAAAAAACkQ/811R7Ar_TSU/s72-c/Bionic%2Bleg.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-5882019487061614267</id><published>2011-05-27T05:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T05:33:25.329-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Quando la fantasia supera la realtà</title><content type='html'>Lester B. Pearson College United World College of the Pacific&lt;br /&gt;23 maggio 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LWAhmwAh-rY/Td-ZuXDZmUI/AAAAAAAACkE/YXsanxj2UME/s1600/DSC_51691-257x300%255B1%255D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 257px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611372682468235586" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LWAhmwAh-rY/Td-ZuXDZmUI/AAAAAAAACkE/YXsanxj2UME/s320/DSC_51691-257x300%255B1%255D.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quello che state per leggere vi sembrerà una favola anziché la cronaca di una giornata che porterò nel mio cuore molto a lungo: il Pearson College e’ ubicato in una foresta che sembra essere uscita dalla fantasia di Charles Perrault, con alberi maestosi, sentieri magici, scoiattoli, cervi e meravigliosi uccelli che la popolano, piante e fiori che non avevo mai visto prima. La stessa casetta in cui sono ospitato, sembra essere uscita da una fiaba, si trova al fianco di un ponticello su un ruscello dove ogni mattina, com’è successo anche la mattina della traversata, quando sono uscito per avviarmi al molo per imbarcarmi per raggiungere Fleming Beach, un cerbiatto odorava qualcosa sull’ uscio di casa, e per niente spaventato ha continuato a farlo nonostante la mia presenza. Per un momento ho pensato (ho sognato?) che fosse un troll venuto ad augurarmi buona fortuna e poi, a pochi centimetri, sul tappetino ho trovato un foglio di carta piegato con una piuma di Uccello, l’ ho preso, l’ ho aperto: era un messaggio in francese, mi ha commosso, mi si augurava bonne chance.&lt;br /&gt;Sul molo ho trovato Chris Blondeau, il responsabile delle operazioni, il rettore David Hawley con sua moglie Leisa e gli studenti Augusta, detta Gugu, perché I compagni di collegio trovano difficoltà a pronunciare il suo nome, Mattia, Raed, Mark e Sahar. Dopo le dovute raccomandazioni sullo svolgimento della traversata e le foto di rito siamo partiti alla volta di Victoria, verso Fleming Beach luogo della partenza.&lt;br /&gt;Il tempo non era un granché: cielo cupo, grigio e un venticello fresco. Il mare non prometteva niente di buono come poi si è rivelato durate la nuotata.&lt;br /&gt;Arrivati a Fleming Beach, ho iniziato a prepararmi con Gugu che mi aiutava a spargermi la lanolina e il grasso di balena su tutto il corpo, c’e’ voluto molto più tempo del solito poiché la temperatura dell’ acqua era sugli 8 gradi Celsius mentre la temperatura esterna non superava i 14. Infatti, la squadra capitanata da Chris per tutto il tempo della traversata non solo è stata infastidita dal freddo ma si è anche bagnata dato che il mare per un buon tratto era mosso.&lt;br /&gt;Siamo partiti alle 8h40, nei primi minuti non riuscivo ad appoggiare la faccia sull’ acqua per quanto era fredda, poi come in tutte le traversate mi sono isolato dal mondo esterno, non vedevo altro che lo zodiac guidato da Chris e Mattia che riprendeva con la videocamera la nuotata, scortandomi senza distrarsi per un attimo dato le difficilissime condizioni meteo marine.&lt;br /&gt;Molto probabilmente è stata l’ esperienza più difficile che abbia mai vissuto, questa volta non ero sicuro di farcela: il freddo, il vento che mi soffiava contro, il mare mosso. Anche Chris mi ha rivelato alla fine, mentre mi rivestivo, che, date le condizioni, pensava che non ce l’avrei fatta.&lt;br /&gt;Come tutte le più belle favole, mi verrebbe da dire “miracolo”, siamo arrivati all’ ingresso della baia che conduce al molo da dove eravamo partiti la mattina.&lt;br /&gt;A quel punto mancavano ancora circa 3 kilometri, l’ acqua era sempre gelida ma un fioco raggio di sole e il mare divenuto una tavola mi hanno incoraggiato non poco. Mentre andavo avanti verso il traguardo sono stato riportato alla realtà dalle grida di gioia degli studenti arrivati al mio fianco con le loro barche, ho riconosciuto David felice che riprendeva il tutto con il suo telefono ultra moderno. Mi sono commosso e mi dicevo quanto amo questi ragazzi: I sentimenti, I valori, la gioia di vivere mi hanno permesso di completare quella che è stata, lasciatemelo dire, un impresa epica!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;( 20 km in 4 ore e 50 minuti ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Al molo ho potuto finalmente salutare tutto il collegio che mi ha riservato un’accoglienza calorosissima e gioiosa!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-5882019487061614267?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/5882019487061614267/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=5882019487061614267' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5882019487061614267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5882019487061614267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/05/quando-la-fantasia-supera-la-realta.html' title='Quando la fantasia supera la realtà'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LWAhmwAh-rY/Td-ZuXDZmUI/AAAAAAAACkE/YXsanxj2UME/s72-c/DSC_51691-257x300%255B1%255D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-2543396411472738219</id><published>2011-05-27T05:21:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-27T05:29:15.329-07:00</updated><title type='text'>When imagination exceeds reality</title><content type='html'>Lester B. Pearson college United World College of the pacific&lt;br /&gt;May 23th, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-79YxWMQYqdI/Td-X8yb3OGI/AAAAAAAACj8/Q8D9_75zxL8/s1600/DSC_51691-257x300%255B1%255D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 257px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611370731313510498" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-79YxWMQYqdI/Td-X8yb3OGI/AAAAAAAACj8/Q8D9_75zxL8/s320/DSC_51691-257x300%255B1%255D.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What you are about to read will seem like a fairytale rather than a true account of a day which I will hold in my heart for a long time to come. Pearson College is situated in a forest which seems like a fantasy of Charles Perrault, with majestic trees, magical pathways, populated by squirrels, deer and marvellous birds and plants and flowers I had never seen before. The college building also seems to be from a storybook. It is next to a little bridge which crosses a brook where, as happened most mornings, including the morning of the crossing, when I came out to go to the landing stage to embark for the journey to Fleming Beach, a deer was sniffing something on the doorstep and totally unconcerned by my presence, continued to do so. For a moment I thought (was I dreaming?) that it was a troll come to wish me good luck and then a short distance further on, a few centimetres away, on the door mat I found a sheet of paper folded with a bird feather. I took it and opened it. It was a moving letter in French, wishing me “bonne chance”.&lt;br /&gt;On the landing stage I met Chris Blondeau, the director of operations, David Hawley, the rector with his wife Leisa and the students, Augusta (Gugu because her college friends find it hard to pronounce her name) Matthia, Raed, Mark and Sahar. After all the advice on the crossing and the team photographs, we left for Victoria towards Fleming Beach, the starting point.&lt;br /&gt;The weather wasn’t much good. Cloudy and grey with a cold wind. The sea didn’t promise anything good as I found out during the swim.&lt;br /&gt;Once we reached Fleming Beach, I started to get ready with Gugu who helped me to spread lanolin and whale grease over my body. It took longer than usual as the temperature of the water was 8° Celsius whilst outside it wasn’t more than 14°.&lt;br /&gt;The team, captained by Chris, were troubled throughout the crossing by the cold and soaked by the rough seas.&lt;br /&gt;We set off at 08.40. For the first few minutes, I couldn’t put my face in the water it was so cold, but as with all the crossings, I isolated myself from the world, seeing nothing but the zodiac driven by Chris and Mattia who filmed the swim, faultlessly escorting me despite the difficult conditions.&lt;br /&gt;I think this was the most difficult challenge I have ever faced. This time I really didn’t think I could make it due to the cold, the head wind and the rough sea. Even Chris (as he admitted at the end whilst I was dressing) revealed that he thought that I wouldn’t make it.&lt;br /&gt;As in all the best fairy tales, I feel I can use the word “Miracle” when we finally reached the bay that led to the landing stage we left from in the morning. At that point, there were only 3km to go, the water was still icy, but a faint ray of sun shone and the sea became a mirror which encouraged me a great deal. Whilst I headed for the finish line I was brought back to reality by the cries of encouragement from the students who came by my side in their boats. I recognized David, happy that he was filming everything with his ultra modern telephone. I was incredibly moved and thought how much I loved these kids. Feelings, values, the joy of living helped me to finish what was, let me say it, an epic undertaking!&lt;br /&gt;20 km in 4 hours and 50 minutes).&lt;br /&gt;I was finally able to dock to greet all the college that gave me very warm welcome and joyful!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All the best&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-2543396411472738219?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/2543396411472738219/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=2543396411472738219' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2543396411472738219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2543396411472738219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/05/when-imagination-exceeds-reality.html' title='When imagination exceeds reality'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-79YxWMQYqdI/Td-X8yb3OGI/AAAAAAAACj8/Q8D9_75zxL8/s72-c/DSC_51691-257x300%255B1%255D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1463790538982094102</id><published>2011-05-17T01:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-17T01:28:33.149-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Per la mobilità e una Vita indipendente per le persone disabili</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bsLoKshheuQ/TdIxcIP8sWI/AAAAAAAACj0/pvUBjsgOPNA/s1600/V-tappa_Canada.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 203px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bsLoKshheuQ/TdIxcIP8sWI/AAAAAAAACj0/pvUBjsgOPNA/s320/V-tappa_Canada.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607598845350162786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Siamo giunti alla V tappa; dopo Israele, Slovenia e Argentina, (la IV tappa prevista in Messico purtroppo è stata annullata dalla FINA a causa della scarsa sicurezza delle acque, e sarà recuperata a data da destinarsi) ecco, come da programma, il Canada.&lt;br /&gt;Voglio cogliere l’occasione per ringraziare il Collegio del Mondo Unito per aver voluto condividere i valori portanti del mio progetto e soprattutto per la realizzazione di quella che sarà – mi auguro – una tappa di cui porteremo memoria a lungo, sia dal punto di vista strettamente sociale, dal momento che il Canada, e in particolare il Collegio, da sempre adottano una politica di inclusione ed integrazione dei popoli con una attenzione particolare rivolta alle persone con disabilità. Sia dal punto di vista strettamente sportivo, poiché le condizioni meteo marine non saranno delle più facili: basti pensare alla temperatura dell’acqua che in questo periodo si aggira intorno agli 8 gradi Celsius, e a quella esterna che si prevede non superi i 17 gradi (in fondo non siamo tanto lontani dal confine con l’ Alaska!). Si tratta quindi di una traversata di 20 km condizionata da mille difficoltà e solo riuscire ad arrivare al traguardo rappresenterà – lasciatemi esagerare – un’impresa epica!&lt;br /&gt;Certamente tante persone si chiederanno il motivo per cui mi ostino ad affrontare difficoltà sempre crescenti, invece di accontentarmi di qualche nuotata qua e là, tanto per tenermi in allenamento. Chi mi conosce bene già conosce la risposta: lo faccio sperando, nel mio piccolo e aggiungendomi ai tanti che s’impegnano quotidianamente su questo fronte, che torni utile per ricordare al mondo, al mio paese in particolare, i disagi che ancora oggi si frappongono tra la società e le persone con disabilità.&lt;br /&gt;Per questo vorrei titolare questa tappa alla mobilità e alla vita indipendente invitando quegli Stati che non hanno ancora ratificato la Convenzione dell’ONU sui Diritti delle persone con disabilità, a farlo quanto prima e chiedendo agli altri di creare i presupposti per una partecipazione paritaria:&lt;br /&gt;- aumentare la consapevolezza della società e delle stesse persone con disabilità riguardo i loro diritti;&lt;br /&gt;- garantire un’assistenza medica efficace per le persone con disabilità;&lt;br /&gt;- predisporre servizi di riabilitazione per le persone con disabilità, in modo che queste possano raggiungere e mantenere il loro livello ottimale di indipendenza e funzionalità;&lt;br /&gt;- provvedere allo sviluppo e al funzionamento di servizi di sostegno, perché le persone con disabilità possano migliorare il livello di indipendenza e perché possano esercitare i loro diritti, ed infine a raccordare tali servizi alle esigenze delle persone.&lt;br /&gt;Desidero salutarvi ricordando l’affetto, l’ascolto e la vicinanza di quanti mi sostengono: senza la loro fiducia non sarei riuscito a realizzare questo meraviglioso progetto, a nuoto nei mari del globo, per un mondo senza barriere e senza frontiere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1463790538982094102?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1463790538982094102/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1463790538982094102' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1463790538982094102'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1463790538982094102'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/05/per-la-mobilita-e-una-vita-indipendente.html' title='Per la mobilità e una Vita indipendente per le persone disabili'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bsLoKshheuQ/TdIxcIP8sWI/AAAAAAAACj0/pvUBjsgOPNA/s72-c/V-tappa_Canada.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1681002678312732433</id><published>2011-05-17T01:15:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-17T01:26:41.841-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To mobility and indipendent living for disabled people</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BzEPiVNuiso/TdIwo1zX_JI/AAAAAAAACjs/J4D_KcWhzhQ/s1600/V-tappa_Canada.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 203px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5607597964225150098" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BzEPiVNuiso/TdIwo1zX_JI/AAAAAAAACjs/J4D_KcWhzhQ/s320/V-tappa_Canada.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have reached stage 5, after Israel, Slovenia and Argentina (the fourth stage in Mexico was, unfortunately, canceled by FINA due to poor safety of waters, and will be recovered upon later date). As scheduled, here comes Canada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me take this opportunity to thank the United World Board for wanting to share the core values of my project and especially for the realization of what will – hopefully – be a stage which we will hold in our minds in the long-term, both from a social point of view, since Canada, and in particular the Board, has always adopted a policy of inclusion and integration of people with a specific attention towards people with disabilities, and from the point of view of sports, as the weather and sea conditions will not be the easiest ones: just think of the water temperature around 8 degrees Celsius in this period, and the external temperature that is expected to be 17 degrees at most (basically we are not so far from Alaska!). It is therefore a crossing of 20 km affected by many difficulties, and only being able of reaching the finish line will be – let me exaggerate – an epic adventure!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Certainly many people will wonder why I stubbornly face increasing difficulty, rather than settle for some swimming here and there, just to keep trained. Those who know me well already know the answer: I do so hoping, on my behalf and in addition to the many others who daily strive for this, that it is useful to remind the world, and my country in particular, the hardships that still stand in the way between society and disabled people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For this, I would like to dedicate this stage to mobility and independent living by inviting those States that have not yet ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons to do so as soon as possible and asking others to create the conditions for equal participation:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- to raise awareness of society and of disabled people about their own rights;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- to ensure effective medical assistance for disabled people;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- to provide rehabilitation services for disabled people so that they can reach and maintain their optimum level of independence and functionality;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- to ensure the development and operation of support services for disabled people, in order for them to improve their level of independence and to enable them to fully apply their rights, and finally to link those services to people’s needs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to greet you recalling the love, support, and the proximity of those who support me: without their trust, I would not have been able to develop this wonderful project, swimming in the seas worldwide, for a world without barriers and without frontiers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1681002678312732433?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1681002678312732433/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' 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url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BzEPiVNuiso/TdIwo1zX_JI/AAAAAAAACjs/J4D_KcWhzhQ/s72-c/V-tappa_Canada.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1896084209265103554</id><published>2011-05-17T01:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-17T01:16:22.809-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To mobility and indipendent living for disabled people</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1896084209265103554?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1896084209265103554/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1896084209265103554' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1896084209265103554'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1896084209265103554'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/05/to-mobility-and-indipendent-living-for.html' title='To mobility and indipendent living for disabled people'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-2699780379588940288</id><published>2011-05-02T03:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T03:24:20.494-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cari Compagni di viaggio</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Nm7PRPDVT0/Tb6GHQLV1rI/AAAAAAAACjc/9xuDGGwKDcc/s1600/32-300x200%255B1%255D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602062445655217842" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Nm7PRPDVT0/Tb6GHQLV1rI/AAAAAAAACjc/9xuDGGwKDcc/s320/32-300x200%255B1%255D.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;devo comunicarvi, con grande dispiacere, che la Fina ha deciso di annullare la Sumidero Canyon 2011, prevista in Messico il prossimo 7 maggio. La decisione è stata assunta a seguito all’analisi delle acque, per tutelare la salute degli atleti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Naturalmente questa decisione rappresenta per me una grande delusione, anche se ne capisco e rispetto appieno le motivazioni; anche in questa circostanza ho ricevuto l’appoggio convinto e solidale di tantissime persone che voglio, quindi, comunque ringraziare. Inizio naturalmente dall’ambasciatore italiano in Messico, S. E. Roberto Spinelli che aveva organizzato, insieme ai suoi straordinari collaboratori, a latere della competizione, un incontro ufficiale con la comunità italiana. Ringrazio davvero con affetto Gianni Vinciguerra, che con piena disponibilità, insieme all’Istituto Italiano di Cultura ha risolto moltissimi problemi organizzativi facendosi tramite con l’organizzazione del Sumidero. E ringrazio anche con il cuore Josè Gutierrez, dell’Istituto dello sport in Chiapas e coordinatore tecnico dell’evento: a tutte queste persone, alle loro espressioni di solidarietà, va la mia più piena e sentita riconoscenza. Mi auguro davvero di poter andare in Messico quanto prima, per incontrarli e abbracciarli di persona.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A tutti voi dò appuntamento in Canada, per la prossima tappa del progetto “a nuoto nei mari del globo, per un mondo senza barriere e senza frontiere”: dove sarò ospite del Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific e dove nuoterò, il 22 maggio prossimo, nell’ oceano pacifico dalla bellissima Oak Bay Island alla sede del Collegio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vi saluto con affetto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-2699780379588940288?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/2699780379588940288/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=2699780379588940288' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2699780379588940288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2699780379588940288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/05/cari-compagni-di-viaggio.html' title='Cari Compagni di viaggio'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2Nm7PRPDVT0/Tb6GHQLV1rI/AAAAAAAACjc/9xuDGGwKDcc/s72-c/32-300x200%255B1%255D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-6349879164655526103</id><published>2011-05-02T03:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-05-02T03:21:43.945-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dear Fellows traveller</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R1KD91RzVYw/Tb6FU5BjmNI/AAAAAAAACjU/bHb57oFpmZM/s1600/32-300x200%255B1%255D.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602061580446701778" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R1KD91RzVYw/Tb6FU5BjmNI/AAAAAAAACjU/bHb57oFpmZM/s320/32-300x200%255B1%255D.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ m very sorry to communicate to you that the FINA has decided to cancel the Sumidero Canyon 2011 competition, planned for the 7th of May in Mexico.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The decision has been taken to protect the athletes health as the tests made on the canyon water has given not good results.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You all can imagine how disappointing this decision is for me, even if I understand and accept the reason why it has been taken.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again in this circumstance, I have received the support of lots of people that I wish to thank very much for their help.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In particular, the Italian Ambassador in Mexico, S.E. Roberto Spinelli, who had organized, together with his extraordinary co-workers, an official meeting with the Italian community in country; Mr Gianni Vinciguerra for his helpfulness in solving, together with the “Istituto Italiano di Cultura” lots of problems related to the organization of the event and in liaising with the organization of the Sumidero.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I thank very much also Mr Josè Gutierrez of the Sport Institut in Chapas, technical coordinator of the event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To all this persons I show my full appreciation, I hope to have the opportunity to go to Mexico as soon as possible and meet and embrace all of them personally.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I would like to se you all in Canada for the following step of the project “a nuoto nei mari del globo, per un mondo senza barriere e senza frontiere” where I will be guest of the Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific and where I will swim from the wonderful Oak Bay Island to the College.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best regards to you all&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-6349879164655526103?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/6349879164655526103/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=6349879164655526103' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/6349879164655526103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/6349879164655526103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/05/dear-fellows-traveller.html' title='Dear Fellows traveller'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-R1KD91RzVYw/Tb6FU5BjmNI/AAAAAAAACjU/bHb57oFpmZM/s72-c/32-300x200%255B1%255D.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1205492113913462438</id><published>2011-04-27T02:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-27T02:59:56.821-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lo sport per uscire dal tunnel della disabilità</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p_RUf-w-40E/Tbfox-q5LwI/AAAAAAAACjM/vLmfvNDjw34/s1600/CanottaggioDisabili.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 202px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600200606992641794" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p_RUf-w-40E/Tbfox-q5LwI/AAAAAAAACjM/vLmfvNDjw34/s320/CanottaggioDisabili.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parafrasando l’opera di Samuel Beckett, Aspettando Godot, si può dire che la nostra società è dominata dalla credenza che la vita delle persone disabili sia apparentemente senza senso e senza scopo. La diffidenza da sempre, ha condizionato i rapporti tra disabili e normodotati, impedendo la crescita, l’affermazione, la realizzazione dei sogni delle persone con disabilità. Fino a far sorgere una domanda, (un dubbio?), spontanea: è giusto che io esista? Difatti, oggi il primo grande ostacolo che si presenta nella vita di un ragazzo disabile è quello di superare la sfiducia in se stesso: ce la posso fare? Rideranno di me? In Italia, oggi, per combattere la diffidenza, l’emarginazione, l’assenza e la mancanza di una progettualità della politica – che potrebbe rappresentare un’importante risposta al declino dei rapporti umani – ci sono solo gli esempi portati da quelle persone che, pur in gravi difficoltà, hanno comunque saputo trovare la strada per uscire fuori dal tunnel dell’immobilismo; le loro esperienze rappresentano lo strumento fondamentale per trasmettere un dato incontrovertibile: la disabilità può davvero non rappresentare esclusivamente un limite.&lt;br /&gt;Lo sport è al centro di queste esperienze, lo sport rappresenta il volano dell’esistenza delle persone con disabilità, lo sport ha rappresentato la rinascita di una persona alla quale voglio un mondo di bene, e del quale vado fiero di essere amico: Massimo Romiti. Qualche anno fa Massimo subì un incidente molto grave facendo parapendio, riportando lesioni alla colonna tanto gravi da non poter più camminare, se non con una sedia a ruote. Poi un giorno si avvicinò al canottaggio e, come nelle più belle favole, con forza e determinazione ritornò a camminare. Qualche giorno fa, al Circolo Canottieri Aniene, è stata organizzata una conferenza stampa di presentazione del primo corso di avviamento al canottaggio rivolto ai ragazzi disabili, progetto fortemente voluto e organizzato proprio da Massimo per affermare, se ce ne fosse ancora bisogno, l’importanza fondamentale di un’attività fisica, svolta anche solo a livello amatoriale, per sconfiggere le proprie e le altrui diffidenze.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1205492113913462438?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1205492113913462438/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1205492113913462438' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1205492113913462438'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1205492113913462438'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/04/lo-sport-per-uscire-dal-tunnel-della.html' title='Lo sport per uscire dal tunnel della disabilità'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-p_RUf-w-40E/Tbfox-q5LwI/AAAAAAAACjM/vLmfvNDjw34/s72-c/CanottaggioDisabili.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-886147794323013716</id><published>2011-04-27T02:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-27T02:56:24.465-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sports as an escape from the dead end</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7m-UAbOpG24/Tbfn9tImPuI/AAAAAAAACjE/4zBsON5vNJs/s1600/CanottaggioDisabili.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 202px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5600199708932194018" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7m-UAbOpG24/Tbfn9tImPuI/AAAAAAAACjE/4zBsON5vNJs/s320/CanottaggioDisabili.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quoting Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot, we can say that our society is dominated by the belief that the lives of disabled persons are apparently without meaning or purpose. Suspicion has always influenced the relationships between the disabled and the fully enabled ones, preventing the growth, the positive achievements and the realization of the dreams of people with disabilities. This makes me immediately raise a question, (or is it a doubt?): it is right that I exist? Currently, the first major obstacle in the life of a disabled boy is to overcome the lack of faith in himself: can I make it? Will they laugh at me? In Italy, to fight the distrust, the alienation, the absence of long-term political action – which could be an important response to the decline of human relationships – we are left only with the individual examples given by people who, despite serious difficulties, have been able to find their way out of their stagnant dead end. Their stories are the fundamental tool to spread out an indisputable truth: disability may not actually represent only a limit.&lt;br /&gt;Sports are at the heart of this experience, they represent the driving force of existence for people with disabilities. Physical activity has triggered the rebirth of a person whom I love wholeheartedly and of whom I am proud to be a friend: Massimo Romiti. A few years ago Massimo suffered from a very severe paragliding accident, with such serious injuries to his backbone that he could no longer walk, and was forced on a wheelchair. Then one day he approached rowing, and as in the most beautiful fairy tales, with strength and determination he began walking again. A few days ago, the Circolo Canottieri Aniene Rowing Club, has made a presentation to the press about their first rowing course reserved to young people with disabilities. A project strongly backed and organized by Massimo to affirm how important basic physical activity is, even when carried out at an amateur level, to overcome society’s and even one’s own distrust.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Best Regards&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-886147794323013716?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/886147794323013716/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=886147794323013716' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/886147794323013716'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/886147794323013716'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/04/sports-as-escape-from-dead-end_27.html' title='Sports as an escape from the dead end'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7m-UAbOpG24/Tbfn9tImPuI/AAAAAAAACjE/4zBsON5vNJs/s72-c/CanottaggioDisabili.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-8695655207556141355</id><published>2011-03-16T07:27:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-16T07:30:15.825-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cristo non ha più mani</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4WXycMw_AVw/TYDJWJ9Y7EI/AAAAAAAACis/Yip3KFXiSXo/s1600/Simona%252520Gualla_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584684920407125058" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4WXycMw_AVw/TYDJWJ9Y7EI/AAAAAAAACis/Yip3KFXiSXo/s320/Simona%252520Gualla_.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Avv. Simona Gualla&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cristo non ha più mani,&lt;br /&gt;ha soltanto le nostre mani&lt;br /&gt;per fare oggi le sue opere.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cristo non ha più piedi,&lt;br /&gt;ha soltanto i nostri piedi&lt;br /&gt;per andare oggi agli uomini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cristo non ha più voce,&lt;br /&gt;ha soltanto la nostra voce&lt;br /&gt;per parlare oggi di se.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cristo non ha più forze,&lt;br /&gt;ha soltanto le nostre forze&lt;br /&gt;per guidare gli uomini a se.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cristo non ha più vangeli,&lt;br /&gt;che essi leggono ancora;&lt;br /&gt;ma cio che facciamo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;in parole e in opere&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;è l’ evangelo&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;che lo spirito sta scrivendo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;( Anonimo fiammingo del XV secolo )&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-8695655207556141355?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/8695655207556141355/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=8695655207556141355' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8695655207556141355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8695655207556141355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/03/cristo-non-ha-piu-mani.html' title='Cristo non ha più mani'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4WXycMw_AVw/TYDJWJ9Y7EI/AAAAAAAACis/Yip3KFXiSXo/s72-c/Simona%252520Gualla_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-3348471089678792917</id><published>2011-03-16T07:20:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-16T07:26:54.466-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Christ no longer has hands</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yBX7w0Hr3VU/TYDIQRRu4UI/AAAAAAAACik/fXWt-EdLU2c/s1600/Simona%252520Gualla_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584683719780655426" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yBX7w0Hr3VU/TYDIQRRu4UI/AAAAAAAACik/fXWt-EdLU2c/s320/Simona%252520Gualla_.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-RyxbX3hjRm8/TYDH7wcheKI/AAAAAAAACic/jSZK0lDi9FQ/s1600/Simona%252520Gualla_.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Avv. Simona Gualla&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christ no longer has hands,&lt;br /&gt;He has only our hands&lt;br /&gt;To perform his works today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christ no longer has feet,&lt;br /&gt;He has only our feet&lt;br /&gt;To visit mankind today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christ no longer has voice,&lt;br /&gt;He has only our voice&lt;br /&gt;To speak of Himself today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christ no longer has strength,&lt;br /&gt;He has only our strength&lt;br /&gt;To draw mankind to himself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Christ no longer has Gospels&lt;br /&gt;That they may yet read,&lt;br /&gt;Save what we do&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In word and deed.&lt;br /&gt;That is the Gospel&lt;br /&gt;That the Spirit is writing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Anonymous Flemish Poet – XV Century) &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-3348471089678792917?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/3348471089678792917/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=3348471089678792917' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/3348471089678792917'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/3348471089678792917'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/03/christ-no-longer-has-hands.html' title='Christ no longer has hands'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yBX7w0Hr3VU/TYDIQRRu4UI/AAAAAAAACik/fXWt-EdLU2c/s72-c/Simona%252520Gualla_.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-8915701267557091862</id><published>2011-03-08T01:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T01:52:57.785-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cera una volta ..........</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pj5t2MdbKNA/TXX7hj05FBI/AAAAAAAACh8/RBkhFToX-QI/s1600/Suor%2BSerena.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 238px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581643867166938130" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pj5t2MdbKNA/TXX7hj05FBI/AAAAAAAACh8/RBkhFToX-QI/s320/Suor%2BSerena.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tSWGIRrj_tM/TXX7QrMj1fI/AAAAAAAACh0/U9jwoneu7QU/s1600/Suor%2BSerena.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0wa69VAC_Jg/TXX64JJBQNI/AAAAAAAAChs/gW9iWme1U0s/s1600/Suor%2BSerena.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suor Serena&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-63uF8J7gl8U/TXX73PRNtNI/AAAAAAAACiE/47_61vWgMIA/s1600/sumidero-canyon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 174px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581644239605707986" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-63uF8J7gl8U/TXX73PRNtNI/AAAAAAAACiE/47_61vWgMIA/s320/sumidero-canyon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Canion del Sumidero, Messico&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sede della prossima tappa de "A nuoto nei mari del globo"&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;…...... Un re, una fata, una valle incantata o quant’ altro si possa immaginare di fantastico che fa sognare ad occhi aperti un mondo meraviglioso e irrangiungibile.&lt;br /&gt;Ma a noi è dato di conoscere una “storia vera” con un protagonista “umano” che si muove in ambienti reali. E’ la storia di Salvatore Cimmino che senza un arto, ha iniziato a nuoto dopo il giro d’ Italia, poi il giro d’ Europa, il giro del mondo per essere d’ aiuto ai disabili, per sensibilizzare le istituzioni nei confronti di chi necessita di protesi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ascoltai Salvatore nella conferenza stampa tenutasi il 22 aprile del 2009 al Circolo Canottieri Aniene quando ha dato il suo messaggio: “nulla è precluso a una persona disabile; credo in&lt;br /&gt;Un mondo senza barriere “. Riportai ai ragazzi dell’ allora classe V, nella quale c’ era Alessandro Cimmino, figlio di Salvatore, il messaggio sentito.&lt;br /&gt;Raramente ho visto i ragazzi esprimere interesse, stupore, ammirazione, gratitudine verso chi sa andare oltre le proprie esigenze per aiutare gli altri, come in questa occasione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Riporto alcuni dei pensieri che i ragazzi scrissero:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Salvatore, questa tua impresa mi ha insegnato che bisogna essere generosi e coraggiosi!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Questo ho capito: quello che conta di un uomo è il suo cuore, la sua mente!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Io l’ ammiro molto perché lei vive la sua vita con forza e coraggio. Quando dovrò farmi forza&lt;br /&gt;Penserò a lei!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mi ha insegnato che tutti possono realizzare i propri desideri, purchè ci credono fortemente!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caro Salvatore, sii sempre così, non cambiare mai!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ho capito che aiutare il prossimo è molto importante, e ti ringrazio perché con le tue imprese me lo hai insegnato!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Adesso conosco un uomo che non conta sulla forza della sua audacia, dei suoi muscoli, ma sulla&lt;br /&gt;Grandezza del suo cuore!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Caro Salvatore, ti ammiro!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con questa tua impresa tu stai facendo un’ azione importante per la storia del mondo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La tua storia è incredibile, stupefacente, bellissima, eccellente. Grazie!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore rispose alla classe V con le seguenti parole:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“ Care ragazze e cari ragazzi della V, leggere le vostre splendide lettere mi ha commosso e reso veramente felice. Naturalmente non sono un eroe, sono solo una persona che cerca di fare la cosa giusta, nella migliore maniera possibile. Spero davvero di aiutare chi ha bisogno e, da solo, non ce la fa.&lt;br /&gt;Una cosa sicuramente, attraverso le vostre parole, l’ ho capita: se noi adulti fossimo capaci di esprimere i vostri stessi valori e sentimenti, questo mondo sarebbe molto più bello e facile da vivere per tutti.&lt;br /&gt;Mentre nuoto di solito penso a cose belle, che mi aiutano a superare la fatica. Adesso potrò pensare anche a voi, e alla fortuna che ha avuto Alessandro a crescere con voi.&lt;br /&gt;Per me le vostre lettere hanno rappresentato l’ onore più grande mai ricevuto. Di questo vi ringrazio. Salvatore Cimmino”.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dopo l’ Europa l’ America, dopo l’ America ….. Ma, quante “bracciate saranno necessarie, a Salvatore, per arrivare al traguardo che ha in cuore”, “un mondo senza barriere”?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Suor Serena&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-8915701267557091862?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/8915701267557091862/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=8915701267557091862' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8915701267557091862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8915701267557091862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/03/cera-una-volta.html' title='Cera una volta ..........'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pj5t2MdbKNA/TXX7hj05FBI/AAAAAAAACh8/RBkhFToX-QI/s72-c/Suor%2BSerena.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1499205318572782874</id><published>2011-03-08T01:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-03-08T01:56:35.276-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Once upon a time ......</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k0VBSoiy5y8/TXX4ySBSXtI/AAAAAAAAChc/W0WyvL0KZh4/s1600/Suor%2BSerena.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 238px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581640855909981906" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k0VBSoiy5y8/TXX4ySBSXtI/AAAAAAAAChc/W0WyvL0KZh4/s320/Suor%2BSerena.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sister Serena&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a3WBCQSQiIs/TXX3BrLVkMI/AAAAAAAAChM/jcmavU4hncA/s1600/sumidero-canyon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 174px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581638921337802946" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-a3WBCQSQiIs/TXX3BrLVkMI/AAAAAAAAChM/jcmavU4hncA/s320/sumidero-canyon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Canyon Sumidero Mexico,&lt;br /&gt;home to the next stage of swimming in the seas of the globe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;........a King, a fairy, a far away land, or whatever other fantasy you can think of that lets you daydream about a wonderful and unreachable world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And yet we are aware of a "true tale" with a "human" leading character who lives in the real world. It 's the story of Salvatore Cimmino who, without a limb, began to swim around all of Italy, then toured all of Europe, and is now swimming around the world to help disabled people and to raise awareness by the institutions towards those who require a prosthesis.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I heard Salvatore speaking in the press conference held on 22 April 2009 at the Circolo Canottieri Aniene, when he presented his message: “nothing is denied to a disabled person and I believe in a world without barriers”. I repeated it to my fifth grade pupils, among whom there was Alessandro Cimmino, the son of Salvatore.&lt;br /&gt;I have rarely seen the children express their interest, astonishment, admiration, gratitude to those who know how to go beyond their own needs to help others, as on this occasion.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here are some of their comments:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Salvatore, your achievement has taught me that one must be generous and courageous!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is what I have understood: what counts in a man is his heart, his mind!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I really admire you because you live your life with strength and courage. When I need to feel strong, I think about you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;He taught me that everyone can make his wishes come true, as long as he strongly believes in them!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Salvatore, always keep going, don't ever change!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I realized that helping others is very important, and I thank you because you have taught me with your endeavours!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I know a man who doesn't rely on his audacity or on his muscles, but on the strength of his heart!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Salvatore, I admire you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your challenges are an important chapter in the history of the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Your story is unbelieveable, amazing, wonderful, excellent. Thanks!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore addressed my pupils with the following words:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Dear boys and girls of the fifth grade class, I have read your beautiful and moving letters which have made me truly happy. I'm not a hero, of course, I'm only someone who tries to do the right thing, in the best way possible. I really hope to help those in need and who cannot get along well by themselves. One thing I understood for sure, through your own words: if we as adults were capable of expressing your same values and feelings, this world would be a much nicer and easier place for everyone to live in.&lt;br /&gt;While I swim, I usually think about all the beautiful things that have helped me to overcome my exhaustion. Now I can also think about you, and about how fortunate Alessandro is to grow with you around.&lt;br /&gt;To me, your letters represent the highest honor I have ever received. Of this I thank you. Salvatore Cimmino”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After Europe comes America, after America comes... ... How many more "strokes” are needed, Salvatore, to achieve the goal you keep in your heart: a “world without barriers"?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sister Serena&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1499205318572782874?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1499205318572782874/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1499205318572782874' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1499205318572782874'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1499205318572782874'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/03/blog-post.html' title='Once upon a time ......'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k0VBSoiy5y8/TXX4ySBSXtI/AAAAAAAAChc/W0WyvL0KZh4/s72-c/Suor%2BSerena.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-2944911379446063161</id><published>2011-02-09T06:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T06:08:08.990-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Sumidero Canyon Swimming Marathon</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tuxtla, Chiapas Messico&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;23 aprile 2011&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TVKfM5mUCSI/AAAAAAAACgc/-wPmTrNl5EI/s1600/Manifesto%2525204%252520tappa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 218px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571690732979489058" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TVKfM5mUCSI/AAAAAAAACgc/-wPmTrNl5EI/s320/Manifesto%2525204%252520tappa.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-2944911379446063161?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/2944911379446063161/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=2944911379446063161' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2944911379446063161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2944911379446063161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/02/sumidero-canyon-swimming-marathon.html' title='Sumidero Canyon Swimming Marathon'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TVKfM5mUCSI/AAAAAAAACgc/-wPmTrNl5EI/s72-c/Manifesto%2525204%252520tappa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-680809523441952425</id><published>2011-02-07T02:15:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T02:22:39.356-08:00</updated><title type='text'>GRAZIE ARGENTINA</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TU_HdHxQctI/AAAAAAAACgM/-_wuA4t1i_A/s1600/Argentina_4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570890567196373714" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TU_HdHxQctI/AAAAAAAACgM/-_wuA4t1i_A/s320/Argentina_4.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TU_G-ME45YI/AAAAAAAACgE/WnBp7gBo2hI/s1600/Argentina_4.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Salvatore Cimmino con il suo allenatore Filippo Tassara,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Edoardo Stochino e Alessandra Romiti&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sono orgoglioso di condividere con quanti mi seguono con trepidazione e passione la gioia e l’ orgoglio che ho provato durante la mia permanenza in Argentina.&lt;br /&gt;Ho provato l’ affetto e la vicinanza di un popolo dal cuore caliente; la condivisione delle finalità del mio progetto da parte del comitato direttivo della Santa Fè – Coronda; l’abbraccio che la comunità italiana, attraverso il consolato, ha voluto riservarmi.&lt;br /&gt;Tutto questo non poteva che produrre un “miracolo” sportivo da parte mia che non sono né un grande nuotatore nè un’atleta all’altezza di tutti gli altri partecipanti, eppure, attraverso una disciplina che della passione e del sacrificio fa un fondamento portante, tento di costruire un ponte che unisca il mondo delle persone disabili con il mondo delle persone cosiddette “normali”. Sono felice che a raccontare questa tappa sia il mio allenatore e amico Filippo Tassara:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;“L’idea di nuotare in Sudamerica una tappa del Giro del Mondo a Nuoto di Salvatore Cimmino e collegarla ai festeggiamenti per il Cinquantenario della Maratona Santa Fè - Coronda venuta a Filippo Tassara,consulente tecnico, si è realizzata quando è stata proposta a Diego Degano e Marcelo Micocci responsabili dell’organizzazione di una delle gare di nuoto più impegnative al mondo.&lt;br /&gt;Il percorso attuale si snoda lungo il Rio Paranà fino al Rio Coronda per 57 km.&lt;br /&gt;Nel 1961, data della prima edizione, il percorso era di 47 km, diretto e senza deviazioni laterali.Vinse l’argentino Carlos Larriera .&lt;br /&gt;Il 30 di gennaio,data della 38° edizione della Maratona, Salvatore Cimmino ha nuotato dal Porto di Santa Fè a Coronda per 47 km in 5 ore e 43 minuti, nell’acqua torbida e melmosa del Rio dove la corrente si fa a tratti vorticosa e ti da una mano nello sforzo incredibile che devi mantenere con forza resistente per tutto quel tempo. Salvatore ha indossato, come sempre il mutino leggero, compagno delle sue imprese, nonostante l’acqua fosse a 28°C.&lt;br /&gt;Notevole il calore della gente argentina che, in attesa di Stoychev e compagni gremiva numerosissima i bordi del Rio. Ogni anno almeno centotrentamila persone assistono alla gara.&lt;br /&gt;All’arrivo i complimenti dello stesso Larriera che ha voluto accogliere di persona Salvatore.&lt;br /&gt;Significativo il tempo impiegato dal nuotatore della Canottieri Aniene che ricordiamo è amputato della gamba destra e nuota per “Un mondo senza barriere e senza frontiere”.&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore è stato presentato alle autorità ed è stato festeggiato con tutti i partecipanti alla 38° edizione della Santa Fè – Coronda, ospite a diverse trasmissioni televisive.&lt;br /&gt;Giovedì è previsto il rientro in Italia dove riprenderanno gli allenamenti in previsione della quarta tappa.”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vorrei concludere ringraziando di cuore i media locali che tanto si sono prodigati; Diego Degano e Marcelo Micocci del Comitato Direttivo della Santa Fè Coronda; Hugo Palermo per il Suo affetto fraterno ; il Console Rosario Miccichè e il Vice Console Dino Gaetano Novello ; le Città di Santa Fè e Coronda nonché Nicholas che mi ha rifornito per tutta la traversata.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-680809523441952425?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/680809523441952425/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=680809523441952425' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/680809523441952425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/680809523441952425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/02/grazie-argentina.html' title='GRAZIE ARGENTINA'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TU_HdHxQctI/AAAAAAAACgM/-_wuA4t1i_A/s72-c/Argentina_4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-8641680564758716264</id><published>2011-02-07T02:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-02-07T02:13:31.735-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mucho Gracias Argentina</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TU_EuZg793I/AAAAAAAACf8/Tl3FOPFjUcw/s1600/Carlos%2BLarriera.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570887565482653554" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TU_EuZg793I/AAAAAAAACf8/Tl3FOPFjUcw/s320/Carlos%2BLarriera.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino con Carlos Larreira&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am glad to share with those who follow me with trepidation and passion, the joy and pride I felt during my stay in Argentina.&lt;br /&gt;I have experienced the affection and sympathy of warm-hearted people, the participation of the Board of the Santa Fe - Coronda in my battle and the embrace that the Italian community, through the consulate, has wished to reserve me.&lt;br /&gt;All this has produced a "sports miracle": I'm not a great swimmer and cannot compare myself to the other contestants and yet, through a discipline whose fundamental values are passion and sacrifice, I still try to build a bridge that unites the world of the disabled with the one of the so-called "normal" people. I'm happy to quote my trainer and friend Filippo Tassara's chronicle of this leg:&lt;br /&gt;"&lt;em&gt;The idea of swimming a South American leg of Salvatore Cimmino's swimming tour of the world and linking it to the celebrations for the fiftieth anniversary of the Santa Fe - Coronda swimming marathon originated from Filippo Tassera, Cimmino's athletic trainer, and became real when it was shared with Diego Degano and Marcelo Micocci, the two leading organizers of one of the toughest swimming competitions in the world.&lt;br /&gt;The current route runs along the Rio Parana to the Rio Coronda for 57 km. In 1961, at the time of the first edition, the route was 47 km long, all straight and without lateral detours. The winner was the Argentinian Carlos Larriera.&lt;br /&gt;On Jan. 30 2011, on the date of the 38th Marathon, Salvatore Cimmino has swum from the Port of Santa Fe to Coronda (47 km), in 5 hours and 43 minutes, in the murky and muddy waters of the Rio, where at times the overwhelming current gives you a hand in the effort to keep strong and resist for so long. Salvatore has worn, as always, his light wetsuit, even if the water's temperature was 28° C.&lt;br /&gt;The warm cheering of the many Argentinian people who were waiting for Stoychev and company on the edges of the Rio was noteworthy: each year at least one hundred and thirty thousand people attend the race.&lt;br /&gt;Upon arrival, he was welcomed by Larriera himself, who wanted to personally congratulate him.&lt;br /&gt;It has been a significant time and achievement for Cimmino, who swims for the Circolo Canottieri Aniene, and is a right-leg amputee who swims for "A world without barriers and without borders."&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore has been introduced to the authorities and was celebrated together with all the participants in the 38th edition of the Santa Fe - Coronda, as well has being hosted in several TV shows.&lt;br /&gt;He is expected to return to Italy on Thursday, where he will resume training in anticipation of the fourth stage."&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me conclude by warmly thanking the local media who have put so much effort; Diego Degano and Marcelo Micocci of the Board of the Santa Fe Coronda; Hugo Palermo for his brotherly affection, the Consul Rosario Miccichè and the Vice Consul Dino Gaetano Novello, the cities of Santa Fe and Coronda and Nicholas, who has assisted and fed me while I was swimming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With affection&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-8641680564758716264?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/8641680564758716264/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=8641680564758716264' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8641680564758716264'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8641680564758716264'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/02/mucho-gracias-argentina.html' title='Mucho Gracias Argentina'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TU_EuZg793I/AAAAAAAACf8/Tl3FOPFjUcw/s72-c/Carlos%2BLarriera.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-8885548248750829312</id><published>2011-01-18T23:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T05:11:18.846-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A nuoto nei mari del globo, 3^ tappa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TTg0VwcP--I/AAAAAAAACdA/0b_VyXboBBs/s1600/Manifesto.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 224px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564254888001534946" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TTg0VwcP--I/AAAAAAAACdA/0b_VyXboBBs/s320/Manifesto.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TTaWlQX1BRI/AAAAAAAACcw/GOt3qArST7I/s1600/Manifesto%252520terza%252520tappa.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TTaWdRnfK0I/AAAAAAAACco/zt9_GyLYE6A/s1600/Capo%252520Salvore_Trieste16.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563799819352222530" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TTaWdRnfK0I/AAAAAAAACco/zt9_GyLYE6A/s320/Capo%252520Salvore_Trieste16.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mancano poco più di dieci giorni, (30 gennaio 2011), alla 3^ tappa del giro del mondo a nuoto, “A nuoto nei mari del globo”, dove prenderò parte alla cinquantesima edizione della mitica maratona acquatica “Santa Fè – Coronda”, 57 lunghi km lungo il Rio Paranà.&lt;br /&gt;Saranno 57 km caratterizzati da mille difficoltà, obiettivamente difficili da percorrere: da sempre la Santa Fè – Coronda è famosa per essere una delle gare di nuoto di fondo più difficili al mondo: dicono che nuotare in quell’acqua argillosa dia la sensazione agli atleti di muoversi nell’ inchiostro, le correnti irregolari rendono molto difficile mantenere la direzione obbligandoli ad alzare spesso la testa. Soltanto arrivare al traguardo rappresenta di per sé una vittoria.&lt;br /&gt;Nello stesso tempo è considerata anche una delle competizioni più affascinanti e prestigiose del circuito, grazie alla presenza di decine di migliaia di spettatori che assistono alla gara lungo gli argini del fiume, dai ponti, sulle barche, con interesse ed entusiasmo e facendo un tifo da stadio.&lt;br /&gt;Dopo una ventina di km il precorso si restringe e si entra in un canale, lungo circa due km, dove la corrente è assente, la fatica diventa immane e il tifo incessante degli spettatori seduti sulla riva infonde così tanta energia da consentire agli atleti di superare uno dei tratti più difficoltosi di tutta la gara.&lt;br /&gt;La Santa Fè – Coronda è anche una splendida manifestazione folcloristica e pittoresca, dove verso l’ ora di pranzo l’ aria è invasa dai fumi dei fornelli presenti sulle barche e sulle rive e l’odore predominante diventa quello delle famose empanadas.&lt;br /&gt;Soltando scrivendo, e immaginando, questa esperienza mi vengono i brividi: la paura di non farcela è tanta, il pensiero di affrontare una tale fatica mi fa sentire indifeso ma poi la voglia, il desiderio di mettermi alla prova supera ogni timore e mi vedo già pronto ad affrontare questa ennesima sfida.&lt;br /&gt;Questa gara ha assunto per me un significato particolare, quasi simbolico: le difficoltà che presenta, la determinazione necessaria per affrontarla, l’entusiasmo, che diventa sostegno fondamentale, di quanti assistono, tutto questo rappresenta in qualche modo la metafora della mia vita, della vita forse di ogni disabile. Le ore che trascorro quotidianamente nuotando, per lo più da solo, al di là della preparazione fisica rappresentano per me la possibilità di pensare, di riflettere, di stare con me stesso come mai mi era capitato prima. È un’esperienza che ha segnato profondamente la mia vita, e mi ha fatto capire una cosa fondamentale: la necessità, sempre, di condividere con gli altri ogni difficoltà e ogni gioia. Sono ormai convinto che la partecipazione, la condivisione, rappresentino gli unici strumenti per sconfiggere ogni forma di emarginazione e di solitudine.&lt;br /&gt;Parlare delle difficoltà dei disabili, non stancarsi mai di farlo, è l’unico modo per far crescere questa società. Io l’ho fatto e ho trovato sempre ascolto, disponibilità, voglia di partecipazione. Per questo devo ringraziare Diego Degano, presidente del comitato della Santa Fè – Coronda: grazie a lui, ancora una volta ho la possibilità di dare una mano per rendere visibile al mondo lo stato di emarginazione cui versano le centinaia di milioni di disabili, (600 milioni secondo i dati delle Nazioni Unite ).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il nostro è una paese strano: avanzatissimo a livello normativo, soprattutto nelle realtà locali ma distratto nel quotidiano, pieno di gente sempre pronta ad occupare un parcheggio riservato o ad ostruire uno scivolo dei marciapiedi. Sono ormai convinto che con queste persone basterebbe semplicemente parlare, coinvolgerle, aiutarle a capire.&lt;br /&gt;Ho iniziato la mia battaglia insistendo molto sul problema della fornitura dei presidi protesici: la ricerca scientifica ci è amica, il legislatore, in questo caso, evidentemente no. È un’occasione mancata perchè un paese che non investe sul benessere di tutti i suoi cittadini è un paese che non ha futuro. Per questo non smetto di sperare, non smetto di lottare, non smetto di nuotare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-8885548248750829312?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/8885548248750829312/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=8885548248750829312' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8885548248750829312'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8885548248750829312'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/01/nuoto-nei-mari-del-globo-3-tappa.html' title='A nuoto nei mari del globo, 3^ tappa'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TTg0VwcP--I/AAAAAAAACdA/0b_VyXboBBs/s72-c/Manifesto.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-6087858902060747773</id><published>2011-01-18T23:35:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-01-20T05:09:22.257-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Swimming in the seas of the globe, 3rd leg</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TTgzg9wEgaI/AAAAAAAACc4/JfqaBnHMYYs/s1600/Manifesto.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 224px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5564253981041263010" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TTgzg9wEgaI/AAAAAAAACc4/JfqaBnHMYYs/s320/Manifesto.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TTaVhkWsBpI/AAAAAAAACcg/Z3126t56VNc/s1600/Manifesto%252520terza%252520tappa.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TTaVWxaEqoI/AAAAAAAACcY/D9wJR9jgRr8/s1600/SantaFe-Coronda-puente.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563798608115182210" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TTaVWxaEqoI/AAAAAAAACcY/D9wJR9jgRr8/s320/SantaFe-Coronda-puente.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;We are less than ten days (January 30, 2011) away from the 3rd leg of my "Swimming in the seas of the globe" adventure: I will soon take part in the fiftieth edition of the legendary water marathon "Santa Fe – Coronda", 57 km along the Rio Paranà.&lt;br /&gt;The race will be characterized by many obstacles and will be very difficult to swim: the Santa Fe - Coronda has always been famous as one of the most challenging competitions in the world: some say that swimming in those muddy waters clay gives the athletes the impression they are floating in ink, while uneven currents make it very hard to keep the direction, often forcing them to raise their heads. Just crossing the finish line is in itself a victory.&lt;br /&gt;At the same time it is also considered one of the most fascinating and prestigious competitions in the circuit, with a vast attendance of tens of thousands of people who watch the race along the banks of the river, bridges and on boats, cheering as if they were in a stadium.&lt;br /&gt;After about twenty kilometers the river narrows and you enter into a canal, about two kilometers long, where there is no current, the effort becomes enormous and the never ending cheering of the audience sitting on the bank infuses so much energy, it allows the athletes to overcome one of the most difficult moments of the race.&lt;br /&gt;The Santa Fe - Coronda is also a beautiful and picturesque folk event, where at lunch time the the smoke of the ovens on the boats and on the shore is soon replaced by the scent of the famous empanadas.&lt;br /&gt;Just when I imagine and write about this experience, the doubt of not making it and the thought of facing such an effort makes me feel helpless. Soon, however, the desire to prove myself over every fear gives me all the strenght I need to face this latest challenge.&lt;br /&gt;This race has a special meaning for me, an almost symbolic one: the difficulties and the focus that is needed to overcome them, the enthusiasm and the crucial support of the crowd, is somehow a metaphor of my life, and perhaps of the life of every disabled person. The hours I spend swimming every day, mostly by myself, go beyond the physical preparation and give me the ability to think and reflect, to be with my inner self like never before. It is an experience that deeply influences my life and that keeps me aware of one specific need: to always share with others every challenge and every joy. I am now convinced that teamwork and participation are the only means to defeat all forms of exclusion and loneliness.&lt;br /&gt;Talking about the difficulties of disabled people with ever growing energy, is the only way to improve our society. This is what I did and I always found caring listeneres, who were eager to help. I must therefore thank Diego Degano, chairman of the Santa Fe - Coronda: with his help I can once again lend a hand to show the world the state of marginalization faced by the hundreds of millions of people with disabilities, (600million according to UN figures).&lt;br /&gt;Our country is a strange one: very advanced in its laws and rules, especially at a local level, but at the same time very distracted in everyday life and full of people who are always ready to park in a reserved space or to block a slide on the sidewalk. I am now convinced that we could simply talk to these people, get them involved and help them understand.&lt;br /&gt;I started my battle with much emphasis on the issue of providing prosthetic aids: scientific research is our friend, the legislator, in this case, obviously is'nt. It is a missed opportunity because a country that doesn't invest in the welfare of all its citizens is a country that has no future. That's why I will never give up my hope, I will never stop fighting, I will never stop swimming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-6087858902060747773?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/6087858902060747773/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=6087858902060747773' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/6087858902060747773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/6087858902060747773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2011/01/swimming-in-seas-of-globe-3rd-leg.html' title='Swimming in the seas of the globe, 3rd leg'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TTgzg9wEgaI/AAAAAAAACc4/JfqaBnHMYYs/s72-c/Manifesto.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-612240806977077993</id><published>2010-12-23T01:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-23T01:20:12.392-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Buon Natale</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TRMSsRXMkWI/AAAAAAAACcM/aozofQZcHao/s1600/bozza%252520striscione.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 56px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553803317262192994" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TRMSsRXMkWI/AAAAAAAACcM/aozofQZcHao/s320/bozza%252520striscione.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TRMR6ieYOzI/AAAAAAAACb8/G5ZdZF2ytk8/s1600/bozza%252520striscione.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TRMSmMWmOGI/AAAAAAAACcE/YjaPOtynAIM/s1600/Copenhagen%252520345.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553803212838287458" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TRMSmMWmOGI/AAAAAAAACcE/YjaPOtynAIM/s320/Copenhagen%252520345.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Giro d' Europa a nuoto&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Copenhagen, 1 settembre 2009&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C’è un principio al di sopra di noi, al di sopra della nostra esperienza e della nostra vita ed è questo: il bene comune. Il bene della gente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In occasione del Natale voglio augurare con passione un futuro sereno ma, soprattutto, da protagonisti alle persone disabili e alle loro famiglie che, di fatto, sono costrette ad assistere passivamente alla vita, come spettatori e non più, (o non mai) come attori.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voglio augurare Buon Natale e un 2011 pieno di gioia e grandi opportunità alla classe politica di tutto il globo, di destra, di sinistra e di centro affinché legiferino favorendo la libertà, l’uguaglianza, il rispetto della dignità e promuovendo una politica volta a:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pianificare e attuare interventi finalizzati al miglioramento delle condizioni di vita delle persone disabili e delle loro famiglie;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;rendere fruibile la tecnologia moderna e innovatrice per tutti quelli che ne hanno bisogno;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;fornire alla società quegli strumenti culturali che possano renderla integra e accogliente;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;abbattere le barriere architettoniche, morali e psicologiche affinché il lavoro, la dignità, la libertà e l’autonomia non restino un progetto ma diventino una realtà.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;creare le condizioni perché il progresso e il benessere diventino valori condivisibili per tutti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voglio augurare Buon Natale e un Felice 2011 a Filippo Tassara, mio coach, Luca Baldini, Riccardo De Martino, Riccardo Rosa, Stefano Di Segni e Gianandrea Strekelj per la loro vicinanza e il loro sostegno.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voglio augurare buon Natale e un prospero 2011 ai Kibbuts Tsad Kadima e Beit Eyal, l’ ambasciata italiana in Israele insieme a tutti gli arabi e gli israeliani, Al Comune di Capodistria, Trieste e Muggia insieme gli abitanti e alle istituzioni, agli organizzatori della Santa Fè – Coronda, della Maraton de Natacion del Sumidero, al Collegio del Mondo Unito, a John Kirwan insieme a tutti i Neozelandesi, John e Francesca Lauro insieme a tutti gli Australiani, al Team della New York Swim Marathon e alle missioni dei Caracciolini e delle Dorotee di Cemmo insieme a tutti i Congolesi che grazie alla loro sensibilità e alla loro condivisione hanno reso possibile la realizzazione del progetto “A nuoto nei mari del globo”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Infine voglio augurare Buon Natale e un fiorente 2011 al Circolo Canottieri Aniene e alla Fondazione Roma che insieme hanno consentito che i miei sogni e i miei pensieri si traducessero in realtà.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-612240806977077993?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/612240806977077993/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=612240806977077993' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/612240806977077993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/612240806977077993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/12/buon-natale.html' title='Buon Natale'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TRMSsRXMkWI/AAAAAAAACcM/aozofQZcHao/s72-c/bozza%252520striscione.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-8578557253058998707</id><published>2010-12-23T00:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-23T01:21:58.531-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TRMNnhgaLcI/AAAAAAAACbU/xlxX6idRNTU/s1600/IMG_1394.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5553797738138316226" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TRMNnhgaLcI/AAAAAAAACbU/xlxX6idRNTU/s320/IMG_1394.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Salvatore Cimmino with Yoel Viterbo,&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt; ( Tsad Kadima student )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a principle above us, beyond our experience and our life: it is the common good. The good of the people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's Christmas and I want to wholeheartedly wish a bright future, one as protagonists to all persons with disabilities and to their families, who would otherwise be forced to stand by and watch life as spectators and no longer (or never) as actors .&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to wish a Merry Christmas and a bright year 2011, full of joy and great opportunities to all politicians around the globe, right, left and center, so that they can legislate and promote freedom, equality, respect and dignity and support and implement policies that can:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;improve the living conditions of people with disabilities and their families;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;make modern technology and innovation available to those who need it;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;provide society with the cultural tools which will make it inclusive and welcoming;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;tear down architectural, moral and psychological barriers, so that work, dignity, freedom and autonomy do not remain on paper but become a reality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;create the conditions to make sure that progress and prosperity finally become shared values for all.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to wish Merry Christmas and a Happy 2011 to Filippo Tassara, my coach and to Luca Baldini, Riccardo De Martino, Riccardo Rosa, Stefano Di Segni and Gianandrea Strekelj for their close support.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to wish a Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2011 to Kibbutz Tsada Kadima and Beit Eyal, to the Italian Embassy in Israel and to all the Arabs and Israelis, to the Municipalities of Koper, Trieste and Muggia, together with their people and institutions, to the organizers of the Santa Fe - Coronda Maraton de Natacion del Sumidero, to the United World College, to John Kirwan, together with all the New Zealanders, to John and Francesca Lauro and to all the Australians, to the New York Swim Marathon Team, to the missions of the Caracciolini and of the Dorotee of Cemmo and finally to all the Congolese people. Your generosity and sympathy made my "Swimming in the Seas of the Globe." project happen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, I want to wish Merry Christmas and a prosperous 2011 to the Circolo Canottieri Aniene and to the Fondazione Roma, whose joint support has made my dreams and propositions become real.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Affectionately,&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-8578557253058998707?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/8578557253058998707/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=8578557253058998707' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8578557253058998707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8578557253058998707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/12/erry-christmas.html' title='Merry Christmas'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TRMNnhgaLcI/AAAAAAAACbU/xlxX6idRNTU/s72-c/IMG_1394.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-3787327132386885127</id><published>2010-12-02T00:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-02T00:54:13.482-08:00</updated><title type='text'>3 dicembre 2010, Giornata internazionale delle persone con disabilità</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TPdd74Es6XI/AAAAAAAACbE/M804rTusIHs/s1600/Palinuro_12a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546004749375826290" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TPdd74Es6XI/AAAAAAAACbE/M804rTusIHs/s320/Palinuro_12a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Palinuro, 4 settembre 2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La questione disabilità, oggi, è sempre più sentita nella società. Ma solo parzialmente:&lt;br /&gt;associazioni, siti internet e giornali ne parlano quotidianamente, comunicando lo sviluppo di nuove ricerche volte a migliorare la qualità della vita; anche lo sport, attraverso le paraolimpiadi, ha fatto conoscere al mondo l’ esistenza di decine di milioni di ragazzi e ragazze con disabilità, e l’ attenzione della società è certamente maggiore rispetto al passato. Ma è altrettanto vero che nella pratica non si agisce come la condizione di milioni di persone, ( oltre 600 milioni nel mondo, il 10% della popolazione totale ), richiederebbe.&lt;br /&gt;Sarebbe importante riflettere, dedicare più tempo e attenzione alle persone disabili perché tale condizione comporta sofferenza e disagio, per sé e per le famiglie.&lt;br /&gt;La società deve comprendere che oltre a problemi tipicamente pratici come muoversi, mangiare, lavarsi, chi convive con un handicap spesso ha difficoltà ad accettarsi, a relazionarsi con l’esterno. L’ideale sarebbe che la società intervenisse per colmare la enorme distanza che ancora separa le persone disabili dal mondo reale e cosiddetto produttivo, considerando in pieno ed affrontando insieme le difficoltà che questi incontrano quotidianamente.&lt;br /&gt;Per fare qualche esempio: in Italia, nonostante l’attuale normativa in materia di barriere architettoniche sia in vigore dal 1989, capita ancora troppo spesso di imbattersi in edifici, pubblici e privati, in cui persistono gravi impedimenti al comodo uso degli spazi. Accessi, ingressi, porte, pavimenti, servizi igienici, ascensori, altezze di vari elementi non fruibili se non da chi è nel pieno delle proprie capacità motorie e fisiche. Quando si costruiscono edifici, non sempre infatti si pensa alla condizione di chi è disabile, che oltretutto spesso non ha neanche voce in capitolo.&lt;br /&gt;Nonostante l’ attuale normativa in materia di occupazione, ( Legge N. 68/1999 ), In Italia sono più di un milione i disabili iscritti nelle liste di collocamento mirato, 700 mila soltanto al sud. Il loro tasso di disoccupazione sfiora l’ 80%. Si è arrivati a queste cifre perchè le aziende preferiscono pagare multe risibili là dove esistono commissioni di controllo sul collocamento obbligatorio. Una doppia piaga se si considera il disagio causato a queste persone, private del bisogno di ogni essere umano di sentirsi utili e parte attiva del tessuto sociale.&lt;br /&gt;Incredibile è il fatto che una delle cause principali dell’esclusione dal mondo del lavoro e dell’ istruzione sia rappresentata dalla tecnologia, da sempre strumento di inclusione sociale per i disabili. Esempio calzante di questa situazione, ma non unico, arriva dal mancato aggiornamento del Nomenclatore Tariffario, strumento che regola la fornitura dei presidi protesici, il quale non viene aggiornato dal 1992 e dunque non tiene conto dei progressi fondamentali ottenuti dalla ricerca, precludendo di fatto i diritti di libertà e autonomia.&lt;br /&gt;In realtà le discriminazioni esistono ancora. Forse sono più sottili, meno visibili, ma sono presenti ancora oggi. E ancora oggi le persone disabili incontrano difficoltà legate a pregiudizi e a mancanza di sensibilità.&lt;br /&gt;“L’attuale modello sociale” - rifletteva il professore Len Barton, durante il convegno internazionale sull’ Educazione Inclusiva tenutosi a Bergamo il 27 febbraio del 2009, docente di Educazione inclusiva alla facoltà di pedagogia dell’ Università di Londra - «non è un insieme fisso e immodificabile di idee. Bisogna avere la volontà di cambiare il mondo, di cambiare ciò che è discriminatorio e far diventare le strutture più accoglienti e inclusive. Perché si possa creare un mondo diverso, un mondo davvero democratico caratterizzato da uguaglianza, da genuine e vere opportunità in termini di benessere e di guadagno. Un mondo dove la disabilità venga valorizzata e celebrata, un mondo inclusivo per tutti».&lt;br /&gt;La scuola in questo senso ha un ruolo importante, fondamentale, per far sentire “normali” tutti, per dare a ognuno la possibilità di istruirsi. Ultimamente in ambito scolastico si sta diffondendo un concetto nuovo, quello di “educazione inclusiva”. Come dice la parola, l’educazione inclusiva è mirata a includere tutte le persone, comprese quelle con determinati svantaggi, all’interno del processo educativo. L’educazione scolastica è fondamentale per il tema della disabilità perché l’inclusione sociale non è scindibile dall’“educazione inclusiva”: l’inclusione di tutti (disabili e non) nella società passa attraverso l’inclusione nell’educazione.&lt;br /&gt;Dopodomani è il 3 dicembre, si celebra la Giornata dei diritti delle persone con disabilità, adottata dall’ Assemblea Generale dell’ ONU dal 1982, coglierei l’ occasione per invitare a riflettere a quanti credono nella Democrazia, nell’ Uguaglianza e nelle Leggi a porre grande attenzione all’ integrazione ed all’ inclusione delle persone con disabilità.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-3787327132386885127?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/3787327132386885127/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=3787327132386885127' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/3787327132386885127'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/3787327132386885127'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/12/3-dicembre-2010-giornata-internazionale.html' title='3 dicembre 2010, Giornata internazionale delle persone con disabilità'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TPdd74Es6XI/AAAAAAAACbE/M804rTusIHs/s72-c/Palinuro_12a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1350183264828018390</id><published>2010-12-02T00:39:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-12-02T00:48:05.569-08:00</updated><title type='text'>December 3th 2010, International Day of Persons with Disabilities</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TPdbjeXfsOI/AAAAAAAACa8/GPrrt0ZAwG8/s1600/Lido%252520Latina_17%252520giugno%2525202007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 239px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5546002131135213794" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TPdbjeXfsOI/AAAAAAAACa8/GPrrt0ZAwG8/s320/Lido%252520Latina_17%252520giugno%2525202007.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Third stage of Italian swimming tour&lt;br /&gt;june 17th 2007&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The issues regarding disabilities are increasingly being felt among our society, but in a somewhat partial way. Associations, websites and the press mention them every day, reporting on new research and developments which improve the quality of life. The same is true in the world of sports, through the Paralympics, which have made the world aware of tens of millions of young men and women with different abilities, finally enlightning our societies on the subject. It is also true, however, that in practice not everything that is possible is done to meet the needs of over 600 million people, who account for 10% of the world's total population. It would be important to spend extra time and focus more on disabled people, because their condition is a great source of pain and discomfort both for them and their families. Society must realize that besides the typical practical problems such as moving, eating and cleaning oneself, those who are affected by a disability often have a hard time accepting their condition and building relationships. Ideally society should try to fill the huge gap that separates disabled people from the real and productive world, teaming up with them to overcome the obstacles that they face every single day.&lt;br /&gt;To mention just a few examples: in Italy, despite the fact that the current rules against architectural barriers were approved in 1989, still too many buildings, public and private, are problematic to access and move around. Entrances, hallways, doors, pavements, toilets, lifts, and various other elements are not accessible to everyone, but only to those who enjoy full physical capabilities. Many times, the special needs of the disabled ones, who often have no say at all, are ignored when new buildings are designed. Despite the current legislation on labour (Law No. 68/1999), in Italy over one million disabled people are registered as jobless, of which 700 thousand are in the South alone. Their unemployment rate is nearly 80% and we ended up with these figures because companies prefer to pay ridiculously small fines wherever there are supervisory committees on compulsory employment of the disabled workers. This doubles the pain suffered by people who are deprived of their basic need to feel useful and productively part of the social fabric.&lt;br /&gt;It is unbelievable that one of the main factors separating disabled people from the productive world is technology, which has always been one of the most powerful tools of social inclusion. A striking example, among many others, is the Italian Nomenclature Tariff, the legislative instrument that regulates the provision of prosthetic aids. It hasn't been updated since 1992 and therefore it currently doesn't take into account the substantial progress achieved by research, effectively precluding the rights of freedom and autonomy.&lt;br /&gt;In the real world, discrimination is still very much a fact of life. Perhaps it is more subtle and less visible, but it still exists. Even today, people with disabilities face prejudice and lack of sensitivity.&lt;br /&gt;To quote London University's professor Len Barton's speech at the Convention for Inclusive Education last year in Bergamo, "The current social model is not a set of fixed and immutable ideas. We must be willing to change the world when it is discriminatory, and make its facilities more welcoming and inclusive. Because we can create a different world, a truly democratic one characterized by equality and by real opportunities in terms of wealth and income. A world where disability is valued and celebrated, a world inclusive for all."&lt;br /&gt;The school's role is therefore essential so that every person may feel normal, and so that everyone may have the opportunity of a real education. In recent times, a new concept has been gaining traction in schools, one of "Inclusive education". As self-explanatory as it is, it aims at including everyone, and especially those with specific problems, within the learning process. Formal education is central to the issue of disability as social inclusion can not be separated from the "Inclusive education": the inclusion of every person (disabled or not) within our society may only be achieved through education.&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow is December 3rd, and we celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1982. It is a wonderful opportunity for all those who believe&lt;br /&gt;in democracy, in equality and in the rule of law, to focus on the integration and the inclusion of all people with disabilities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1350183264828018390?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1350183264828018390/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1350183264828018390' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1350183264828018390'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1350183264828018390'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-3th-2010-international-day-of.html' title='December 3th 2010, International Day of Persons with Disabilities'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TPdbjeXfsOI/AAAAAAAACa8/GPrrt0ZAwG8/s72-c/Lido%252520Latina_17%252520giugno%2525202007.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-7887341542480145797</id><published>2010-10-14T01:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-14T02:14:35.354-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Barcolana 101010 -  La festa del mare</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbIavJZzcI/AAAAAAAACaM/aJwTjb5KOWs/s1600/b6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527825954301922754" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbIavJZzcI/AAAAAAAACaM/aJwTjb5KOWs/s320/b6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;BEATRIX, ( la barca di Sergio Lupieri )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbIy8EJnlI/AAAAAAAACaU/iHKjgMDYlr0/s1600/b5.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527826370086411858" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbIy8EJnlI/AAAAAAAACaU/iHKjgMDYlr0/s320/b5.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbGFStyTZI/AAAAAAAACZ8/1iD4dxPEKXU/s1600/b5.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(in piedi): Claudio Bernich, Gianluca Prisco, Pippo Castiglia&lt;br /&gt;e Salvatore Cimmino; (seduti): Sergio Lupieri, Roberto Polli&lt;br /&gt;e Roberto Bernich&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;42^ edizione della Barcolana, la data appare come una combinazione perfetta, 10 10 10ed è il mio battesimo su una barca a vela, occasione straordinaria da condividere, per la prima volta, con mio figlio Alessandro: ho visto i suoi occhi passare con rapidità dall’entusiasmo alla curiosità, dall’eccitazione alla sorpresa.&lt;br /&gt;Con i pensieri corro ma con le parole trovo difficoltà a descrivere quella che è, con molta probabilità, la festa del mare più bella nel suo genere.&lt;br /&gt;Tanta suspense nel vedere 2000 barche, altrettante vele, un caleidoscopio di colori pronti a muoversi allo sparo del cannone che indica la partenza: l’attesa faceva accrescere l’adrenalina sempre più: Roberto Bernich, il nostro grandler, colui che regola le vele, scandiva il tempo, la sua voce sembrava arrivare direttamente dal cuore: 7 minuti! 5 minuti! Coadiuvato dalla mia voce: 2 minuti! Poi Claudio, fratello di Roberto e Pippo Pastiglia, i nostri prodieri, che all’unisono: 1 minuto! Seguiti dal nostro timoniere e tattico Roberto Polli: 30 secondi! Quindi dal nostro volante Gianluca Prisco: 10 secondi! Infine dal nostro capitano Sergio Lupieri: 5 secondi! Poi lo sparo che ci libera da una snervante attesa donandoci ossigeno. E finalmente lo spettacolo: migliaia di vele tutte proiettate nella stessa direzione a formare uno sciame unico mosso dalla borina. Una visuale mozzafiato!&lt;br /&gt;Alla fine la nostra barca, Beatrix, si è piazzata 257^ assoluta e 31^ di classe, un risultato di tutto rispetto che ha inorgoglito l’equipaggio giustamente confortato da un premio ambito dai triestini doc: una iota calda preparata dalla moglie di Roberto, un buon bicchiere di vino di sua produzione e, infine, quei dolcini tanto cari ai triestini: le fave dei morti.&lt;br /&gt;Mi prenoto fin da ora per il prossimo anno: grazie infinite amici di Trieste!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-7887341542480145797?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/7887341542480145797/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=7887341542480145797' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/7887341542480145797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/7887341542480145797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/10/barcolana-101010-la-festa-del-mare.html' title='Barcolana 101010 -  La festa del mare'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbIavJZzcI/AAAAAAAACaM/aJwTjb5KOWs/s72-c/b6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-3039317759507528834</id><published>2010-10-14T01:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-14T01:53:56.589-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Barcolana 101010, Sea festival</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbEEcsmQHI/AAAAAAAACZ0/rHPsXp0D7QM/s1600/b6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527821173345632370" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbEEcsmQHI/AAAAAAAACZ0/rHPsXp0D7QM/s320/b6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbDxwI1vdI/AAAAAAAACZs/JR7rY8e070c/s1600/b5.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbC54jWjgI/AAAAAAAACZk/B3CvwTneqGc/s1600/b6.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;BEATRIX  ( Sergio Lupieri's boat )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;42nd edition of the Barcolana, the date appears as a perfect combination 10 10 10, and it is my first time on a sailing boat, an extraordinary occasion to share with my son Alessandro. I saw his eyes pass rapidly from enthusiasm to curiosity, from excitement to surprise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My thoughts are running but in words I find it difficult to describe what, in all probability, is the most beautiful sea festival of its kind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So much suspense in seeing 2000 sailing boats, a kaleidoscope of colour ready to move at the firing of the starting canon. The wait, with adrenaline levels rising: Roberto Bernich, our grinder, the one who regulates the sails, kept time. His voice seemed to come directly from his heart : 7 minutes! 5 minutes! My voice joined his 2 minutes! Then Claudio, Roberto’s brother, and Pippo Pastiglia, our crew in unison: 1 minute! Folowed by our helmsman and tactician, Roberto Polli: 30 seconds! So from our helm Gianluca Prisco: 10 seconds! And finally our capitain Sergio Lupieri 5 seconds! Then the shot which frees us from the unnerving wait, and we can breathe at last. The show begins: thousands of sails all travelling in the same direction like a single swarm moved by the Borina. What an incredibile sight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the end, our boat, Beatrix, came 257th overall and 31st in its class, a respectable result which made the team proud, and they were rightly comforted with a prize from their friends from Trieste – a warm “Jota” (bean soup) prepared by Robertos wife, a good glass of home produced wine and finally those cakes which the people of Trieste enjoy so much. Dead mens beans!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’ll book now ready for next year. Thanks so much to all my friends from Trieste!!! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sincerely&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Salvatore Cmmino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-3039317759507528834?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/3039317759507528834/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=3039317759507528834' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/3039317759507528834'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/3039317759507528834'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/10/barcolana-101010-sea-festival.html' title='Barcolana 101010, Sea festival'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbEEcsmQHI/AAAAAAAACZ0/rHPsXp0D7QM/s72-c/b6.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-6901657907214822126</id><published>2010-10-14T01:30:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-14T01:35:03.531-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Alla gentile attenzione del Parlamento Italiano</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbAKHyMDqI/AAAAAAAACZc/sgV-8JOhEvM/s1600/camera-dei-deputati.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527816872764640930" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbAKHyMDqI/AAAAAAAACZc/sgV-8JOhEvM/s320/camera-dei-deputati.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Camera dei Deputati&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbACb42JxI/AAAAAAAACZU/K8zhyn5nkYk/s1600/Senato.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527816740722321170" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbACb42JxI/AAAAAAAACZU/K8zhyn5nkYk/s320/Senato.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Senato della Repubblica&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Egregi Deputati e Senatori,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;di destra e di sinistra, di centro destra e di centro sinistra, dipendenti e indipendenti, con la speranza di non aver omesso nessuno, vorrei che vi soffermaste su una questione divenuta consuetudine del nostro quotidiano, offensiva per l’intelligenza e la dignità umane: ci sono persone che, solo in quanto disabili, si vedono negati i diritti elementari.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;il Diritto all’ Istruzione: il nostro è l’ unico paese in occidente dove la persona disabile è prevaricata: dirigenti rappresentanti del ministero dell’ Istruzione, abusando del loro potere negano a 190.000 alunni, 16.500 in più rispetto allo scorso anno, il diritto ad andare a scuola: mancano 65.000 insegnanti di sostegno per coprire i bisogni degli studenti disabili, ( dati dello stesso ministero). Nella nostra comunità accade che una madre pur di rispettare il diritto di suo figlio allo studio è costretta, per mancanza di personale, a restare a scuola per accompagnare in bagno il figlio tetraplegico per i suoi bisogni fisiologici e questo avviene a Milano, la nostra capitale finanziaria.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il Diritto alla Salute: oggi, è sotto gli occhi di tutti, la ricerca scientifica relativa alla bio-ingegneria è veramente avanzata: le protesi di nuova generazione, fisiologicamente sempre più vicine alle funzionalità dei nostri arti, rappresentano una conquista importante per i disabili e in questa direzione il contributo e l' attenzione del nostro paese potrebbe avere una valenza fondamentale. Se non fosse per il fatto che il Nomenclatore Tariffario, strumento che regola la fornitura dei presidi protesici, non viene aggiornato dal 1992 e dunque non tiene conto dei progressi fondamentali ottenuti dalla ricerca.&lt;br /&gt;Oggi per le cure di riabilitazione sosteniamo ingenti costi privati per supplire a quanto non garantito dal servizio pubblico e operiamo quotidianamente un braccio di ferro con la burocrazia per ottenere quanto invece è riconosciuto dalla legge e dal servizio sanitario nazionale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il Diritto al Lavoro: da sempre i rapporti tra disabili e mondo del lavoro risultano problematici. Irti di barriere sociali e ostacoli burocratici. Così per la persona disabile, al dramma delle limitazioni fisiche e psichiche si aggiunge la difficoltà di far valere i propri diritti. Legittimi e sacrosanti, regolati dalla legge 68 del marzo 1999 che ha sostituito regolamenti, leggine e circolari vecchie di oltre vent’anni. Tra gli obiettivi della nuova normativa, oltre all’assunzione a pieno titolo in aziende pubbliche e private, è previsto che l’inserimento al lavoro del disabile miri a: «valorizzare le abilità residue e le potenzialità inespresse». Ma le cose nella pratica, funzionano diversamente.&lt;br /&gt;Infatti 1 azienda su 4 si preoccupa della completa integrazione del disabile. Con un’accoglienza e un inserimento adeguato, supportato da colleghi con mansioni di affiancamento. Le altre 3 aziende hanno il solo obiettivo di adempiere all’assunzione di legge. Senza mettere in atto politiche di inserimento ad hoc, quindi lontani da quanto sta scritto nella 68/1999 che enfatizza il passaggio del disabile: «da obbligo a risorsa attiva». Senza dimenticare i casi in cui alcune aziende preferiscono pagare multe risibili là dove esistono commissioni di controllo sul collocamento obbligatorio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Illustrissimi Deputati e Senatori, in riferimento a quanto scritto non possiamo negare che si tratta di vera miopia culturale da parte di un paese come il nostro che invece, in ambito normativo, come abbiamo potuto constatare, vanta Leggi avanzatissime e, soprattutto a livello di istituzioni locali, spesso pone grande attenzione all’ integrazione e all’ assistenza delle persone disabili.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sicuro di un Vostro sollecito riscontro, Vi porgo i miei più cordiali saluti&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-6901657907214822126?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/6901657907214822126/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=6901657907214822126' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/6901657907214822126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/6901657907214822126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/10/alla-gentile-attenzione-del-parlamento.html' title='Alla gentile attenzione del Parlamento Italiano'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLbAKHyMDqI/AAAAAAAACZc/sgV-8JOhEvM/s72-c/camera-dei-deputati.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-3217943648763479919</id><published>2010-10-14T01:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-10-14T01:29:22.209-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To the Kind attention of Italian Parliament</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLa-s7AMoVI/AAAAAAAACZM/eUj8Au-Nzp4/s1600/camera-dei-deputati.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527815271605903698" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLa-s7AMoVI/AAAAAAAACZM/eUj8Au-Nzp4/s320/camera-dei-deputati.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLa-nOIj9vI/AAAAAAAACZE/ks7LERldcGI/s1600/Senato.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527815173662045938" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLa-nOIj9vI/AAAAAAAACZE/ks7LERldcGI/s320/Senato.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLa7zkdRFPI/AAAAAAAACY8/_deZ-jdvP-8/s1600/camera-dei-deputati.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SENATE&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Deputies and Senators&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Right wing and left wing, centre right and centre left, independent and not and I hope that I haven’t missed anyone out. I would like you to consider an extremely important matter which is a part of our lives, offensive to our intelligence and to our dignity as human beings: There are people who, just because they are disabled, are denied their basic rights.&lt;br /&gt;The Right to Education. Ours is the only western country where a disabled person can be prevaricated. Headmasters, representatives of the Ministry of Instruction, abuse their power and deny the right to attend school to some 190,000 disabled pupils, 16,500 more than last year. We lack 65,000 sustaining teachers to cover the needs of the disabled pupils (the numbers were released by the Ministry itself). In our community a mother who wants to respect her childs right to study is forced, through shortage of personnel, to stay at school in order to accompany her tetraplegic son to the bathroom, And this happens in Milan, our financial capital.&lt;br /&gt;The right to Medical Care. Everyone knows that scientific research relating to bio-engineering is incredibly advanced: New generation prostheses, physiologically much closer to the functions of our limbs, represent an important conquest for the disabled and this is the direction in which the contribution and the attention of our country could have a fundamental value. The only problem is that the Price Nomeclature, the instrument which regulates the provision of prosthetic appliances, hasn’t been updated since 1992 and so doesn’t take into account the fundamental progress made in this field. Today in order to have rehabilitative care, we sustain enormous costs privately to make up for everything that isn’t included under the public service, and we have daily arm wrestling competitions with bureaucracy to obtain those things that are included by law and by the national health service.&lt;br /&gt;The right to work: The relationship between the disabled and work has always been problematic, filled with social and bureaucratic obstacles. So the disabled person must add to the drama of his or her physical and psychological limits with the difficulties in obtaining his or her basic rights. These rights are legittimate, regulated by law 68 of March 1999, which subsituted regulations, laws and bye laws which were more than 20 years old. Among the objectives of the new regulations, apart from a full contract in public and private enterprises, it specifies that the insertion in the work environment of the disabled person aims to “show the importance of residual abilities and unfulfilled potential”. But in practice, things work differently.&lt;br /&gt;In fact 1 in 4 companies aim for the complete integration of disabled employees, with suitable introductory training supported by colleagues with collaborative duties. The other three companies only want to fulfil their legal quota of disabled employees. Without wanting to enforce policies for ad hoc insertion, a far cry from law 68/1999 which emphasised the passage of the disabled person “from being an obligation to an active resource”. Not to mention the cases of some companies which prefer to pay the laughable fines, in the few areas where a commission which controls the obligatory hiring exists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Illustrious Deputies and Senators, with reference to the foregoing, we cannot deny that this is incredibly short sighted for a country like ours which as far as regulations go, has extremely advanced laws and above all at the level of local institutions, often gives a great deal of attention to the integration and assistance of disabled people.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank you for your kind attention&lt;br /&gt;Sincerely&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-3217943648763479919?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/3217943648763479919/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=3217943648763479919' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/3217943648763479919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/3217943648763479919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/10/to-kind-attention-of-italian-parliament.html' title='To the Kind attention of Italian Parliament'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TLa-s7AMoVI/AAAAAAAACZM/eUj8Au-Nzp4/s72-c/camera-dei-deputati.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-6812387713652500803</id><published>2010-09-24T02:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-27T01:44:21.898-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Amicizia, ( 2^ tappa  "A nuoto nei mari del globo" )</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxr5sLaFMI/AAAAAAAACWk/5RV7EMxGHq4/s1600/11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520405882105107650" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxr5sLaFMI/AAAAAAAACWk/5RV7EMxGHq4/s320/11.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17 settembre, conferenza stampa&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino, Vladimir Kosic, Sergio Lupieri&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A Trieste , nel corso degli ultimi quattro giorni, ( 17 – 20 settembre 2010 ), ho potuto vivere un’ esperienza indimenticabile: la conferenza stampa di venerdì 17 era gremita di giornalisti e gente comune, all’ evento è stato dato un gran risalto sia in TV che sulla carta stampata; erano presenti, oltre ai miei sostenitori di sempre Antonello Manetti , direttore del Circolo Canottieri Aniene, il Consocio Mario Adiutori e il mio allenatore Filippo Tassara anche l’ intero Consiglio Regionale del Friuli Venezia Giulia presieduto dall’ Assessore alla Sanità e alle Politiche Sociali Vladimir Kosic nonché rappresentanti del Consiglio Provinciale di Trieste presieduto dall’ Assessore allo Sport Mauro Tommasini, il Nucleo Subacquei dei Carabinieri presieduto dall’ Ufficiale Renato Basso, e Associazioni come il Panathlon Trieste Muggia, ( soggetto di riferimento per l' organizzazione ), la Triestina Nuoto e il Circolo Canottieri di Pullino, con il quale il mio Circolo Canottieri Aniene ha condiviso una medaglia di bronzo , con il “4 senza” formato dal capovoga Antonio Ghirardello, Francesco Cossu, Antonio Garzoni Provenzali e Giliante Deste proveniente dalla Pullino, alle Olimpiadi di Los Angeles nel lontano 1932.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxsq4xZtHI/AAAAAAAACWs/NPe8pfnlCQQ/s1600/12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520406727299282034" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxsq4xZtHI/AAAAAAAACWs/NPe8pfnlCQQ/s320/12.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;19 settembre&lt;br /&gt;partenza della maratona&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La bora ha impedito che nuotassi il sabato 18, come ha impedito il normale svolgimento della maratona podistica la domenica 19 che infatti si è svolta su di un percorso diminuito della metà: questo però non ha scoraggiato gli oltre mille maratoneti che si sono dati battaglia fino al traguardo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxui-U-cDI/AAAAAAAACW0/MHUj036eqWo/s1600/a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520408790374969394" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxui-U-cDI/AAAAAAAACW0/MHUj036eqWo/s320/a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;20 settembre&lt;br /&gt;Poco prima della partenza della 2^ tappa&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lunedì mattina ho potuto finalmente tuffarmi impiegando 2h59’ per percorrere i 12,5 km che separano Muggia da Capodistria, dove mi aspettavano tutte le scuole elementari della città che, insieme ai rappresentanti delle autorità locali e alla redazione di tele radio Capodistria, hanno fatto da cornice a un momento di amicizia, di vicinanza e di solidarietà che difficilmente potrò dimenticare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxvvDnyWiI/AAAAAAAACW8/9D7CaiOnRRU/s1600/7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520410097466104354" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxvvDnyWiI/AAAAAAAACW8/9D7CaiOnRRU/s320/7.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;20 settembre&lt;br /&gt;Arrivo a Capodistria&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il momento più intenso è stato quando, con amore, ho dovuto rispondere alle mille curiosità dei bambini, i quali si sono privati di oggetti a loro cari per donarli a me.&lt;br /&gt;Grazie a questi momenti resteremo legati per sempre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxwyYwl8YI/AAAAAAAACXE/EB68MUpQrmU/s1600/8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520411254191419778" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxwyYwl8YI/AAAAAAAACXE/EB68MUpQrmU/s320/8.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;20 settembre&lt;br /&gt;Circondato dall' entusiasmo dei bambini&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Infine nel pomeriggio ho avuto un incontro con gli studenti del Collegio del Mondo Unito, rappresentanti di oltre ottantacinque paesi, dall’ Africa alle Americhe, dall’ Asia all’ Oceania, con i quali, insieme a Julius Krajnak dirigente del Collegio e fautore dell’ incontro, ho vissuto un momento intenso e coinvolgente; con loro ci siamo dati appuntamento in Canada, probabilmente per luglio 2011, per una tappa del giro del mondo a nuoto organizzata dalla loro sede di Vancouver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxx6pFZvxI/AAAAAAAACXM/9hqjW7N8w_M/s1600/6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520412495524249362" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxx6pFZvxI/AAAAAAAACXM/9hqjW7N8w_M/s320/6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;20 settembre&lt;br /&gt;ESTASI&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Premessa fondamentale e necessaria di tutti i miei progetti è da sempre, e mi auguro per tanto tempo ancora, il Circolo Canottieri Aniene di Roma che, unitamente alla Fondazione Roma, ha consentito che sogni e pensieri si traducessero in realtà.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-6812387713652500803?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/6812387713652500803/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=6812387713652500803' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/6812387713652500803'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/6812387713652500803'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/09/amicizia-2-tappa-nuoto-nei-mari-del.html' title='Amicizia, ( 2^ tappa  &quot;A nuoto nei mari del globo&quot; )'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxr5sLaFMI/AAAAAAAACWk/5RV7EMxGHq4/s72-c/11.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-5832971163541279567</id><published>2010-09-24T01:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-24T02:10:39.256-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Friendship, ( 2th leg swimming in the seas of the globe )</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxjQBP8_xI/AAAAAAAACV8/q-sKke2buCs/s1600/10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520396370113789714" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxjQBP8_xI/AAAAAAAACV8/q-sKke2buCs/s320/10.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 17th press conference&lt;br /&gt;from left to right: Giuseppe Donno, Salvatore Cimmino, Vladimir Kosic, Sergio Lupieri&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the last four days, (September 17th to September 20th, 2010) in Trieste, I made an unforgettable experience: the press conference of Friday 17th was packed of journalists and common people. A great relief was given to the event from both TV and newspapers; all my supporters like Antonello Manetti Circolo Canottieri Aniene Director, and fellow member Mario Adiutori and my trainer Filippo Tassara were present and also the whole Regional Council of Friuli Venezia Giulia presided by the Health and Social Policies Councillor Vladimir Kosic and moreover, the representatives of the Provincial Council of Trieste presided by the Sports Councillor Ennio Tommasini, the Carabinieri Skin-divers unit presided by the Officer Renato Basso and Associations like Panathlon,Triestina Swimming and the Pullino Circolo Canottieri with whom my Circolo Canottieri Aniene shared the bronze medal, with the coxless composed of stroke Antonio Ghirardello, Francesco Cossu, Antonio Garzoni Provenzali and Giliante Deste coming from Pullino, at the los Angeles Olympic Games in the 1932. The wind bora didn't allow me swimming on Saturday 14th and running the marathon on Sunday 19th too, that indeed was runned on a half reduced itinerary: this situation didn't discourage the athletes that battled until the winning post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxj7q96uMI/AAAAAAAACWE/3dwohYnYKic/s1600/12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520397120046807234" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxj7q96uMI/AAAAAAAACWE/3dwohYnYKic/s320/12.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 19th&lt;br /&gt;Running marathon start&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finally, on Monday morning I plunged and swam in 2h59' for achieving 12,5 km that separate Muggia from Capodistria, where all the primary schools of the town were waiting for me all together with the local authority representatives also with Tv Capodistria editorial office who all together made a cornice for a friendship moment, of vicinity and solidarity that I will never forget.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxk1gK3X3I/AAAAAAAACWM/0kR0Hh4IiR0/s1600/b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520398113580736370" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxk1gK3X3I/AAAAAAAACWM/0kR0Hh4IiR0/s320/b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 20th&lt;br /&gt;just before crossing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most intense moment was when I answered with love to all children questions, who gave me gifts that they took of from themselves. Thanks to this moment, we will be united for ever.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxlk-3UrDI/AAAAAAAACWU/BWw0ohxI3Cs/s1600/8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520398929274121266" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxlk-3UrDI/AAAAAAAACWU/BWw0ohxI3Cs/s320/8.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;September 20th&lt;br /&gt;celebrated by children&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus, in the afternoon I met the students by the Collegio del Mondo Unito, representatives of more than 85 countries, like Africa, whole America, Asia to Oceania, and with them and Julius Krajnak headmaster of the Collegio and supporter of the meeting, I experienced a overall and intense moment; with them we took a meeting in Canada, probably for July 2011, for a stage of the swimming tour around the world organized by their Seat of Vancouver.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxmKSqbg9I/AAAAAAAACWc/WJqrgjLJQko/s1600/6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520399570243912658" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxmKSqbg9I/AAAAAAAACWc/WJqrgjLJQko/s320/6.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Delighted&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The driving force behind all my projects has always been, and I hope will continue to be, Circolo Canottieri Aniene which, together with the Fondazione Roma has allowed dreams and ideas to become reality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Affectionately,&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-5832971163541279567?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/5832971163541279567/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=5832971163541279567' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5832971163541279567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5832971163541279567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/09/friendship-2th-leg-swimming-in-seas-of.html' title='Friendship, ( 2th leg swimming in the seas of the globe )'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TJxjQBP8_xI/AAAAAAAACV8/q-sKke2buCs/s72-c/10.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1868661587556565397</id><published>2010-09-06T01:48:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-06T02:34:38.445-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Solidarietà</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISwahIvBiI/AAAAAAAACTc/3JG-FL07ahA/s1600/1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; 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Voglio anzi esprimere la mia soddisfazione e, consentitemi, anche il mio orgoglio, per aver potuto prendere parte ad un evento che ha segnato in modo indelebile la mia vita. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISvZhniROI/AAAAAAAACTM/4obrxWXQvBM/s1600/19.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513724696864113890" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISvZhniROI/AAAAAAAACTM/4obrxWXQvBM/s320/19.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Giancarlo Volpato con la nostra "Factotum" Claudia Bressan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sono stato coinvolto da persone che, immediatamente, hanno voluto esprimere solidarietà e vicinanza alla mia battaglia che è anche la loro da molto tempo: garantire tutela, sostegno ed inclusione nella società a tutte quelle centinaia di migliaia di persone che soffrono a causa di una patologia che gli impedisce di vivere in maniera autonoma e autosufficente. La burocrazia rende spesso impossibile l’accesso a quelle misure di tutela e di sostegno che invece, spesso, sono previste nella nostra legislazione, mortificando il disabile e rendendo la vita impossibile anche ai familiari. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISuZ4nJozI/AAAAAAAACTE/2FfJSx44KkI/s1600/16.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513723603524887346" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISuZ4nJozI/AAAAAAAACTE/2FfJSx44KkI/s320/16.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISuH2tNYhI/AAAAAAAACS8/ht9wtW_i7ac/s1600/12.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Da sx a dx: Gianluca Di Venanza, Filippo Tassara, Luca Baldini, John Kirwan, Edoardo Stochino, Mattia Alberigo, Salvatore Cimmino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In questi giorni intensi ho potuto conoscere, grazie a Gianluca Di Venanzo, Fabio De Zottis e a John Kirwan, tante persone straordinarie, fra queste di certo rimarranno nel mio cuore Pino Pinna, un ragazzo rimasto paralizzato, come Gianca, nel corso di una partita di rugby. Pino è circondato dall’amore della famiglia, della fidanzata e degli amici, non certo dal sostegno delle istituzioni che, anzi, da 10 anni ormai, nonostante le gravi condizioni in cui versa, non sono stati in grado di garantirgli neanche quegli esami diagnostici, per esempio ai reni, fondamentali per una persona costretta da così tanto tempo all’immobilità. Insieme a me a trovare Pino c’era il Prof. Menarini, uomo di straordinaria umanità e competenza, presenza storica della manifestazione “Io nuoto per Gianca”, che ha potuto constatare di persona le difficoltà in cui si trova a vivere Pino.&lt;br /&gt;La nostra battaglia è anche per Pino, perché possa ottenere sostegno medico ma anche morale, perché la qualità della sua vita possa migliorare da tutti i punti di vista. Il Prof. Menarini per me è un esempio di vera eccellenza, per lo spirito con il quale contribuisce attivamente al miglioramento della qualità della vita delle persone disabili, per la sensibilità e la comprensione dei problemi e delle barriere, non solo architettoniche, che si frappongono tra noi e una vita cosiddetta “normale”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TIStr9S8pXI/AAAAAAAACS0/D6u3sDZQcqI/s1600/IMG_0449.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513722814508344690" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TIStr9S8pXI/AAAAAAAACS0/D6u3sDZQcqI/s320/IMG_0449.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Andrea Stella &amp;amp; Pino Pinna&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;E Andrea Stella, non solo per il suo contributo ma anche e soprattutto per lo spirito con il quale sostiene costruttivamente la battaglia a favore dei disabili.&lt;br /&gt;Non è stata una coincidenza ma sono state le nostre anime che hanno voluto farci incontrare, ho due desideri, prego affinché si realizzino: di servire il Prossimo in una Missione e fare il giro del mondo in barca a vela. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TIS0VlBAleI/AAAAAAAACTk/FYefMa3D8BQ/s1600/15.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513730126614926818" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TIS0VlBAleI/AAAAAAAACTk/FYefMa3D8BQ/s320/15.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Salvatore Cimmino &amp;amp; Andrea Stella&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Vorrei concludere con due parole sul giro del mondo a nuoto, l’iniziativa che tento con entusiasmo a portare avanti: Innanzitutto voglio ricordarvi che il prossimo 18 settembre effettuerò la seconda tappa, dopo la traversata nel mare di Galilea dello scorso maggio, da Capodistria a Muggia di 12 miglia, spero sarete in tanti ad attendermi al Circolo Canottieri Pullino di Muggia.&lt;br /&gt;John Kirwan, dopo che gli ho riferito che il giro prevede anche una tappa in Australia, nella regione del Queensland nei pressi di Elliott Heads, ha voluto assicurarmi il suo sostegno, durante i campionati mondiali di rugby, per organizzare un’ ulteriore tappa nel corso del mese di settembre del 2011 in Nuova Zelanda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;E’ un sogno, ma i sogni trascinano il mondo!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1868661587556565397?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1868661587556565397/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1868661587556565397' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1868661587556565397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1868661587556565397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/09/solidarieta_06.html' title='Solidarietà'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISwahIvBiI/AAAAAAAACTc/3JG-FL07ahA/s72-c/1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-5258739680529007437</id><published>2010-09-06T01:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-09-06T02:36:15.955-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Solidarity</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISlgPUdxdI/AAAAAAAACSM/8uy_rsASD04/s1600/Io%2520nuoto%2520per%2520Gianca%25201.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513713817095095762" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISlgPUdxdI/AAAAAAAACSM/8uy_rsASD04/s320/Io%2520nuoto%2520per%2520Gianca%25201.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Alghero airport, august 30 2010&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This year the swim crossing in Giancarlo’s honour was interrupted by the maritime authorities half way through when the finish was already in our sights, due to a gale warning, but this didn’t diminish the spirit or meaning of the event. I want to express my satisfaction and pride at having taken part in an event which indelibly changed my life.&lt;br /&gt;I’ve been helped by people who from the beginning have expressed their support for my battle which has been theirs too for many years. Our aim is to guarantee care, support and inclusion in society to all the hundreds of thousands of people who suffer from pathologies which make it impossible for them to access the tutelary and supportive measures which are often designed by law, thereby mortifying the disable person and making the lives of their families impossible.&lt;br /&gt;In these intense days, thanks to Gianluca Di Venanzo, Fabio de Zottis and John Kirwan, I have met many extraordinary people. Among them Pino Pinna, a boy who was left paralysed, like Gianca, during a rugby match. Pino is surrounded by the love of his family, his fiancé and his friends but certainly not by the support of institutions which for the last 10 years, despite the grave conditions in which he lives, haven’t been able even to guarantee the diagnostic examinations, for example on his kidneys, which are fundamental for a person who is necessarily immobile. Together with Pino and I was Professor Menarini, an extraordinarily kind and competent man and a historical presence in the manifestation “I swim for Gianca”, who confirmed the difficult situation Pino lives in.&lt;br /&gt;Our battle is also for Pino so that he can obtain not only medical assistance, but also moral assistance, so that the quality of his life can improve in every way. Prof. Menarini to me is an example of excellence for the spirit in which he actively contributes to the improvement of the quality of life of disabled people, for his sensitivity and comprehension of the problems and barriers, not only architectural, which divide us from a so called normal life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISmPwrRG6I/AAAAAAAACSU/AIreqYfVbbQ/s1600/IMG_0449.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513714633502956450" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISmPwrRG6I/AAAAAAAACSU/AIreqYfVbbQ/s320/IMG_0449.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Andrea Stella and Pino Pinna&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And Andrea Stella, not only for his contribution but also for the spirit with which he constructively strives to help the disabled.&lt;br /&gt;It wasn’t a coincidence, but our souls wanted us to meet. I have two wishes which I pray will come true. To carry out a mission to help others, and to sail around the world.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISnM1UT65I/AAAAAAAACSc/r_zmaYBwrHs/s1600/8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5513715682720869266" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISnM1UT65I/AAAAAAAACSc/r_zmaYBwrHs/s320/8.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Salvatore Cimmino with Andrea Stella&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A couple of words on my swim around the world, a challenge which I am attempting to complete. I’d like to remind you that next September 18th I’ll be doing the second stretch, after the crossing of the Sea of Galilee last May, from Capodistria to Muggia (a total of 12 miles). I hope you’ll all come to wait for me at the Pullino Rowing Club in Muggia.&lt;br /&gt;When I told John Kirwan that I was going to do a stretch in Australia in the region of Queensland near Elliott Heads, he wanted to guarantee his support, suggesting that I organize another stretch in September 2011 during the Rugby world championships, in New Zealand.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s a dream, but dreams make the world go round!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Affectionately&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-5258739680529007437?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/5258739680529007437/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=5258739680529007437' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5258739680529007437'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5258739680529007437'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/09/solidarieta.html' title='Solidarity'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TISlgPUdxdI/AAAAAAAACSM/8uy_rsASD04/s72-c/Io%2520nuoto%2520per%2520Gianca%25201.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-9022295912506860984</id><published>2010-08-23T03:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-23T03:27:03.965-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Io nuoto per Gianca</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJLRV43DiI/AAAAAAAACP8/eOCwWBz5_L0/s1600/La+Colonna.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508548055533030946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 196px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJLRV43DiI/AAAAAAAACP8/eOCwWBz5_L0/s320/La+Colonna.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Quest’anno, il 29 agosto, prenderò parte ad uno degli eventi ai quali, anche se la mia è una adesione recente, tengo di più in assoluto: si tratta della traversata a nuoto da Capo Caccia ad Alghero organizzata dall’Associazione “Io nuoto per Gianca”. Quest’associazione, animata da persone straordinarie, si prefigge il nobile scopo di raccogliere fondi a sostegno della ricerca nel campo delle lesioni spinali. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJLA5Tth6I/AAAAAAAACP0/l57kVntpEeM/s1600/sej.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508547772983117730" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 213px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJLA5Tth6I/AAAAAAAACP0/l57kVntpEeM/s320/sej.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Salvatore Cimmino &amp;amp; John Kirwan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Da quando il nuoto è diventato la mia vita, ho avuto l’onore di incontrare un mondo del quale, francamente, non sospettavo neanche l’esistenza, un mondo fatto di persone coraggiose che hanno deciso di mettere la propria vita al servizio degli altri, lavorando quotidianamente per alleviare le sofferenze dei più deboli. Viviamo in tempi competitivi, che tendono ad escludere quanti, per nascita o accadimenti successivi, non riescono e non possono tenere il passo con ritmi frenetici e culto della perfezione. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJKrJCtJVI/AAAAAAAACPs/_cTvgR5QmXo/s1600/Gianluca+Di+Venanzo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508547399249634642" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJKrJCtJVI/AAAAAAAACPs/_cTvgR5QmXo/s320/Gianluca+Di+Venanzo.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Gianluca Di Venanzo&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In questi anni, attraverso lo sport e grazie a tante persone intelligenti, ho capito che è necessario recuperare una dimensione che sia più umana, rilassata, capace di privilegiare i sentimenti di solidarietà, inclusione e partecipazione che troppo spesso rimangono brutalmente e colpevolmente ignorati.&lt;br /&gt;Sogno una comunità che dia spazio a quanti, da soli, non riuscirebbero a conquistarlo, che si occupi della condizione dei disabili partendo dai loro bisogni emotivi oltre che fisici e che, con amore e rispetto, valorizzi le reali qualità di ognuno.&lt;br /&gt;Anche quest’anno, come nel 2009, voglio ringraziare Giancarlo, Gianluca, Fabio, John e tutta la “Colonna” per avermi pescato e per aver reso la mia vita più bella. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Con Affetto&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-9022295912506860984?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/9022295912506860984/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=9022295912506860984' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/9022295912506860984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/9022295912506860984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/08/io-nuoto-per-gianca.html' title='Io nuoto per Gianca'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJLRV43DiI/AAAAAAAACP8/eOCwWBz5_L0/s72-c/La+Colonna.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-7590500510116343370</id><published>2010-08-23T02:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-23T03:14:48.239-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I swim for Gianca</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJJLyEEiJI/AAAAAAAACPk/AIATm52mjPY/s1600/La+Colonna.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508545760993773714" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 160px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 196px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJJLyEEiJI/AAAAAAAACPk/AIATm52mjPY/s320/La+Colonna.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJHIypSa7I/AAAAAAAACPM/G3_zFLBJRTI/s1600/La+Colonna.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This year, on August 29 I’ll take part in a event which, though mine is a recent accession, hold more absolute: it is the crossing by swimming from Capo Caccia, Alghero organized by the “ I swim for Giancarlo”. This Association, animated by extraordinary people, the noble aims to raise funds to support research into spinal injuries.&lt;br /&gt;Since swimming has become my life, I had the honour of meeting a world which, frankly speaking, not even suspected the existence, a world of courageous people who have decided to put their lives in service to others, working every day to alleviate the suffering of the weakest.&lt;br /&gt;We live in competitive times, which tend to exclude those who, by birth or subsequent events, cannot and cannot keep pace with the frenetic cult of perfection.&lt;br /&gt;In recent years, through sport and with so many intelligent people, I realized that we need to retrieve a new dimension human, relaxed, able to focus on the feelings of solidarity, participation that are too often ignored. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJHyec5ArI/AAAAAAAACPU/gLhvscFOeOk/s1600/fej.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJI6VO8CdI/AAAAAAAACPc/QKWRwFGJ7YE/s1600/fej.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5508545461196949970" style="FLOAT: left; 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John Kirwan&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I dream a community that gives time and space to those who, alone, failed to take, which is concerned with the plight of the disabled from their own emotional needs as well as physical and that with love and respect, highlighting the real qualities of each.&lt;br /&gt;Also this year, as in 2009, I want to thank Giancarlo, Gianluca, Fabio, John and the entire "Column" to catch me, making my life more beautiful.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-7590500510116343370?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/7590500510116343370/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=7590500510116343370' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/7590500510116343370'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/7590500510116343370'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-swim-for-gianca.html' title='I swim for Gianca'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/THJJLyEEiJI/AAAAAAAACPk/AIATm52mjPY/s72-c/La+Colonna.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-5166683093806412656</id><published>2010-07-15T01:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-15T01:22:35.157-07:00</updated><title type='text'>DEMOCRAZIA</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD7CyZbyhcI/AAAAAAAACO0/lk8wmHjDI-Y/s1600/democrazia_big.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 165px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494042766515275202" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD7CyZbyhcI/AAAAAAAACO0/lk8wmHjDI-Y/s320/democrazia_big.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il termine democrazia deriva dal greco δῆμος (démos): popolo e κράτος (cràtos): potere, ed etimologicamente significa governo del popolo.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD7DDL8J1qI/AAAAAAAACO8/Xibko8dklAc/s1600/walt_whitman11.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 257px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494043054950700706" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD7DDL8J1qI/AAAAAAAACO8/Xibko8dklAc/s320/walt_whitman11.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;« Spesso abbiamo stampato la parola Democrazia. Eppure non mi stancherò di ripetere che è una parola il cui senso reale è ancora dormiente, non è ancora stato risvegliato, nonostante la risonanza delle molte furiose tempeste da cui sono provenute le sue sillabe, da penne o lingue. È una grande parola, la cui storia, suppongo, non è ancora stata scritta, perché quella storia deve ancora essere messa in atto. »&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(Walt Whitman, Prospettive democratiche)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alla luce degli ultimi avvenimenti possiamo affermare che le teorie della democrazia non prendono in considerazione le persone disabili: non esiste ancora oggi un modello inclusivo che promuova la giustizia: le persone con disabilità non sono eguali alle altre, non godendo degli stessi diritti.&lt;br /&gt;Nonostante le teorie della giustizia suppongano di basarsi sull’ eguaglianza di tutte le persone, esse non danno il giusto rilievo alle rivendicazioni delle persone con disabilità, che nelle società attuali non sono incluse come cittadini sulla base di parametri di eguaglianza con gli altri cittadini: è quanto sostiene tra l’ altro Martha Nussbaum, luminare americana, nel suo ultimo lavoro: Le nuove frontiere della giustizia. Disabilità, nazionalità, appartenenza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD7DVtA0glI/AAAAAAAACPE/jCTtRKP540I/s1600/nussbaum_martha_print.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494043373066289746" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD7DVtA0glI/AAAAAAAACPE/jCTtRKP540I/s320/nussbaum_martha_print.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martha Nussbaum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I teorici del contratto sociale, nella tradizione classica, continua la Nussbaum, assumevano che i soggetti contraenti fossero persone uguali riguardo alle capacità e in grado di svolgere un’ attività economica produttiva, escludendo di fatto le persone non produttive: donne, bambini, anziani e disabili; oggi sono stati riabilitati gli anziani e le donne, (i bambini no ), e non le persone disabili che, non venendo prese in considerazione ex ante, non trovano posto sulla scena nel momento delle scelte politiche fondamentali, ma soltanto ex post, ovvero in un momento successivo, quando grazie al senso della benevolenza ci si accorge che esistono anch’ essi.&lt;br /&gt;Questo significa che certamente gli interessi delle persone disabili verranno trattati, ma soltanto in un certo momento, in modo che i loro bisogni non influiscano sulle scelte dei principi politici fondamentali.&lt;br /&gt;Per fare degli esempi: nonostante l’attuale normativa in materia di barriere architettoniche sia in vigore dal 1989, capita ancora troppo spesso di imbattersi in edifici, pubblici e privati, in cui persistono gravi impedimenti al comodo uso degli spazi. Accessi, ingressi, porte, pavimenti, servizi igienici, ascensori, altezze di vari elementi non fruibili se non da chi è nel pieno delle proprie capacità motorie e fisiche. Quando si costruiscono edifici, non sempre infatti si pensa alla condizione di chi è disabile, che oltretutto non ha voce in capitolo.&lt;br /&gt;Nonostante l’ attuale normativa in materia di occupazione, ( Legge N. 68/1999 ), In Italia sono più di un milione i disabili iscritti nelle liste di collocamento mirato, 700 mila soltanto al sud. Il loro tasso di disoccupazione sfiora l’ 80%. Si è arrivati a queste cifre perchè le aziende preferiscono pagare multe risibili là dove esistono commissioni di controllo sul collocamento obbligatorio. Una doppia piaga se si considera il disagio causato a queste persone, private del bisogno di ogni essere umano di sentirsi utili e parte attiva del tessuto sociale.&lt;br /&gt;Incredibile è il fatto che una delle cause principali dell’esclusione dal mondo del lavoro sia rappresentata dalla tecnologia, da sempre strumento di inclusione sociale per i disabili. Esempio calzante di questa situazione, ma non unico, arriva dal mancato aggiornamento del Nomenclatore Tariffario, strumento che regola la fornitura dei presidi protesici, il quale non viene aggiornato dal 1992 e dunque non tiene conto dei progressi fondamentali ottenuti dalla ricerca, precludendo di fatto i diritti di libertà e autonomia.&lt;br /&gt;Da qui è partita la mia battaglia, consapevole che grazie alla tecnologia odierna oggi è possibile pianificare ed attuare interventi mirati tali da migliorare drasticamente le condizioni di vita di una persona disabile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-5166683093806412656?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/5166683093806412656/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=5166683093806412656' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5166683093806412656'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5166683093806412656'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/07/democrazia.html' title='DEMOCRAZIA'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD7CyZbyhcI/AAAAAAAACO0/lk8wmHjDI-Y/s72-c/democrazia_big.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-805612275649301736</id><published>2010-07-15T00:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-15T01:39:40.158-07:00</updated><title type='text'>DEMOCRACY</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD699sKwd8I/AAAAAAAACOs/T-ukUBA9ixg/s1600/democrazia_big.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 165px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494037462964533186" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD699sKwd8I/AAAAAAAACOs/T-ukUBA9ixg/s320/democrazia_big.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The term democracy comes from the greek words: demos (democracy) and Kratos (people), and etymologically means government by the people. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD67VFgbmFI/AAAAAAAACOU/W90uEl6jJgo/s1600/walt-whitman.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 262px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494034566368434258" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD67VFgbmFI/AAAAAAAACOU/W90uEl6jJgo/s320/walt-whitman.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;"Often we printed the word Democracy. Yet I shall not tire of repeating that is a word whose meaning is still the real sleeper is not awakened yet, despite the resonance of many furious storms which its syllables have come, from pen or languages. It is a great word, whose history, I suppose, has not yet been written, because that story has yet to be implemented. "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;(Walt Whitman, Democratic prospects )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In light of recent events, we can say that the theories of democracy fail to take into consideration the disabled: there is still an inclusive model that promotes justice: people with disabilities are not equal to others, not enjoying the same rights.&lt;br /&gt;Despite the theories of justice suppose to rely on 'equality of all people, they do not give the due importance to the claims of people with disabilities who are not included in today's society as citizens on the basis of parameters of equality with other citizens, this is what Martha Nussbaum, American luminary, says in his latest work: “The new frontiers of justice. Disability, nationality, membership”. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD69rD-oimI/AAAAAAAACOk/dVVk7Vc1dlI/s1600/martha_nussbaum3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 265px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494037142938618466" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD69rD-oimI/AAAAAAAACOk/dVVk7Vc1dlI/s320/martha_nussbaum3.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD68KEiJuII/AAAAAAAACOc/MP06RnkD8sY/s1600/martha_nussbaum3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD68KEiJuII/AAAAAAAACOc/MP06RnkD8sY/s1600/martha_nussbaum3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD68KEiJuII/AAAAAAAACOc/MP06RnkD8sY/s1600/martha_nussbaum3.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Martha Nussbaum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;The theorists of the social contract, Nussbaum continues, assumed that the contracting parties were equal with regard to skills, and able to play a 'productive economic activity, effectively excluding non-productive people: women, children, elderly and disabled. The elderly women (no children) have been rehabilitated during the last years, the disabled people havn’t. They are not being taken into account when the fundamental policy choices are taken, but only ex post or later, when the sense of benevolence makes evident that they exist too.&lt;br /&gt;This certainly means that the interests of people with disabilities will be treated, but only at a certain time, so that their needs do not affect the choice of fundamental political principles.&lt;br /&gt;To give some examples: despite the current framework of architectural barriers in force since 1989, it happens too often to run into buildings, public and private, where serious impediments to the comfortable use of space still remain. Entrances, hallways, doors, floors, toilets, lifts, heights of various elements not accessible. The disabled people, who haven’t got any voice, are never taken in consideration when new buildings are built.&lt;br /&gt;Despite the 'current legislation in employment, (Law No 68/1999) in Italy are more than one million people with disabilities registered as unemployed, 700 000 just in the south. Their unemployment rate touchs the 80%. The companies prefer to pay ridiculous fines where there are oversight committees on compulsory employment. A double scourge considering the inconvenience to these people, deprived of all human needs to feel useful and active part of the social fabric.&lt;br /&gt;Incredible is the fact that a major cause of exclusion from work is represented by technology, always mean of social inclusion for people with disabilities. A good example of this situation, which is not unique, comes from the failure in the updating of the Parts Price List, an instrument that regulates the supply of prosthetic garrisons, which hasn’t been updated since 1992 and therefore does not take into account the substantial progress achieved by research, precluding the rights of freedom and autonomy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yours faithfully&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-805612275649301736?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/805612275649301736/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=805612275649301736' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/805612275649301736'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/805612275649301736'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/07/democracy.html' title='DEMOCRACY'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TD699sKwd8I/AAAAAAAACOs/T-ukUBA9ixg/s72-c/democrazia_big.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1528805789335237705</id><published>2010-07-05T01:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-05T05:30:22.369-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PARADOSSO</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TDGR6aLSUwI/AAAAAAAACOE/lnF0Ju1B7fs/s1600/vignetta-movimento-disabili1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 224px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490329853386445570" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TDGR6aLSUwI/AAAAAAAACOE/lnF0Ju1B7fs/s320/vignetta-movimento-disabili1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://superando.eosservice.com/content/view/6150/112/"&gt;http://superando.eosservice.com/content/view/6150/112/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;L’ Italia è un paese “paradossale”, basti pensare alle innumerevoli contraddizioni che tradiscono imbarazzanti problemi legati a questioni sociali, economiche, istituzionali: politiche, per comprenderci.&lt;br /&gt;Dal greco parà, ( contro ) e doxa, ( opinione ): un paradosso è un pensiero formulato in contraddizione con i principi della logica comune.&lt;br /&gt;Fatta questa analisi etimologica, mi sovviene di fare un’ altra constatazione: l’abitudine del senso comune guarda alle situazioni paradossali in modo direttamente proporzionale al loro sussistere nel tempo: una situazione, per quanto assurda , dopo un po’ non fa nessun effetto, subentra l’assuefazione.&lt;br /&gt;E’ lo stesso principio per cui l’abitudine tradisce il vero aspetto delle cose.&lt;br /&gt;Questo è esattamente quello che caratterizza maggiormente certe realtà invisibili del nostro Paese. Tra tutte una in particolare getta uno sguardo di penosa vergogna sulle nostre istituzioni:&lt;br /&gt;la realtà invisibile dei disabili!&lt;br /&gt;Si tratta di una realtà imbarazzante a tutti gli effetti se pensiamo che, attualmente, non esiste un’ analisi capace di fotografare in modo esatto e strutturato le dimensioni e le condizioni di vita della popolazione disabile.&lt;br /&gt;Nella maggior parte della nostre regioni non esiste un’anagrafe della disabilità, per cui non è possibile avere una chiara percezione del fenomeno.&lt;br /&gt;Oggi, se non ci fosse il supporto delle famiglie, i disabili, per la maggior parte, vivrebbero una situazione devastante.&lt;br /&gt;Nel nostro Paese, l’unico in occidente, i Diritti dei disabili, sanciti peraltro da una legislazione estremamente avanzata, non vengono né attuati né rispettati, e l’ultima manovra finanziaria ne è la dimostrazione: oltre cinque milioni di persone hanno subito l’ennesimo torto. La percentuale di disabilità necessaria per accedere al sussidio è stata aumentata dal 74 all’85% e questo esclude di fatto dal servizio persone con disabilità molto serie come per esempio i down, gli amputati, bi amputati, paraplegici, tetraplegici. In pratica rimangono contemplate solo le persone affette da grave o totale paralisi, privando una intera categoria di diritti già, e giustamente, acquisiti. Private di questo sussidio di circa 260 euro molte famiglie, già duramente provate, si troveranno ai margini della soglia di povertà, ancora più incapaci di provvedere al disagio e alle difficoltà dei familiari bisognosi.&lt;br /&gt;E’ stata annunciata, in proposito, una manifestazione di protesta delle maggiori associazioni di settore per il prossimo 7 luglio (in un primo tempo si doveva svolgere il 1° luglio), e io colgo l’occasione per richiamare quei parlamentari disabili, almeno loro, che avevano promesso di emendare quella parte di finanziaria che maggiormente ci riguarda, a tener fede alle loro promesse.&lt;br /&gt;Mi ritrovo con amarezza a dover costatare che nel nostro Paese, nonostante trascorsi veramente illuminati, che hanno portato a legiferare in maniera avanzata e intelligente sulla materia dei diritti dei disabili, allo stato attuale non c’è uguaglianza in termini di opportunità per le persone disabili: è presente invece una pericolosa tendenza ad escludere, invece che ad includere, a smantellare, quando presenti, quei contesti strutturalmente preparati ad accogliere persone disabili, e a non progettarne di nuovi, una sostanziale incapacità di elaborazione di politiche atte a tutelare chi non è autosufficiente.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Chiedo scusa per queste amare riflessioni e concludo ricordando che la Comunità Europea, nel 1999, ha adottato una normativa costruita su un insieme di misure di lotta contro la discriminazione dei disabili relativa ai settori principali di intervento che riguardano l’ occupazione, l’ istruzione, la formazione professionale e il trasporto, ricordando che la mobilità per le persone disabili è cruciale.&lt;br /&gt;Bene, questa normativa, nonostante l’Italia sia un membro fondante della Comunità Europea, nel nostro Paese viene quasi sistematicamente ignorata, soprattutto per l’ambito che riguarda la questione della mobilità.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1528805789335237705?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1528805789335237705/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1528805789335237705' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1528805789335237705'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1528805789335237705'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/07/paradosso.html' title='PARADOSSO'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TDGR6aLSUwI/AAAAAAAACOE/lnF0Ju1B7fs/s72-c/vignetta-movimento-disabili1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1236987230814218924</id><published>2010-07-05T00:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-07-05T05:30:49.660-07:00</updated><title type='text'>PARADOX</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TDGO5SXm8VI/AAAAAAAACN8/BL2zE845QvQ/s1600/reinserimento.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 232px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490326535575892306" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TDGO5SXm8VI/AAAAAAAACN8/BL2zE845QvQ/s320/reinserimento.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;rehabilitation&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://superando.eosservice.com/content/view/6150/112/"&gt;http://superando.eosservice.com/content/view/6150/112/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Italy is a “paradoxical” Country, is enough thinking to the innumerable contradictions that betray embarrasses problems connected to social, economical, institutional issues; politics, in other words.&lt;br /&gt;From the Greek parà, (against) and doxa (opinion): a paradox is a thought that is in contradiction with the principles of the common logic.&lt;br /&gt;After this etymological analysis, I would like to make another statement of fact: the habit to observe at paradoxical situations in a properly related way to the time of its existence: an absurd situation, after a while do not produce any effect, the habit-forming take place.&lt;br /&gt;Is the same principle that make habits betray the real aspect of things.&lt;br /&gt;This is exactly what characterize certain invisible facts of our country. Among those there is a particular one that fling a glance of painful shame on our institutions: the invisible reality of disabled person!&lt;br /&gt;Is a embarrassment reality at all levels if we think that, currently, does not exist an analysis able to photograph in a structural and exactly way the entity and the conditions of life of disabled person.&lt;br /&gt;In the majority of our regions do not exist a register office of disability, for this reason is not possible to have a clear perception of the phenomenon.&lt;br /&gt;Today, unless of the family’s support, disabled person, for the most part would live in a devasting way.&lt;br /&gt;Even in the presence of a very advanced legislation, in our country - the only such one in the western world – the rights of disabled people are neither respected nor enforced. The latest Financial Bill demonstrates that beyond any doubt: about five million people got the latest offence. The percentage of disability required to get a subsidy from the State was ibcreased from 74% to 85%. This excludes from any help people with serious disabilities, foe instance …….. In practice, only people with very serious or total paralysis remain protected. An entire category is deprived of recognized and well established rights. The subsidy of 260 Euro will cause unbearable hardship to many families, unable to take care of their beloved ones.&lt;br /&gt;A protest rally was called for July 7th by the main organization protecting assistance rights to the disabled. I take the opportunity to encourage those Members of Parliaments with disabilities, who had promised to propose amendments to a such penalizing legislation, the keep their word. I am painfully aware that in Italy disabled people don not enjoy equal right, even though an enlighted legislation had been existing previously. The legislative trend now has a tendency to “excluding” instead of “including” and eliminate the Institutions devoted to the less lucky ones.&lt;br /&gt;I recall, in the end, that the EU adopted in 1999 a whole body of principles and measures against the discrimination of the disabled ones especially in the areas of employment, education, professional training and transportation. This last one recognizing that mobility is very important to disabled people. Well…Italy, as a founding member of EU, almost systematically ignores the discriminating issue of mobility.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yours Faithfully&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1236987230814218924?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1236987230814218924/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1236987230814218924' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1236987230814218924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1236987230814218924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/07/paradox.html' title='PARADOX'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TDGO5SXm8VI/AAAAAAAACN8/BL2zE845QvQ/s72-c/reinserimento.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-2987882257295200345</id><published>2010-06-30T03:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T05:49:17.165-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GENOVA</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TCsYY8UGYUI/AAAAAAAACNc/K5XDW1g-E20/s1600/Genova+20+giugno+2010_b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488507387667439938" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TCsYY8UGYUI/AAAAAAAACNc/K5XDW1g-E20/s320/Genova+20+giugno+2010_b.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genova, Circolo Nautico di Sturla&lt;br /&gt;20 giugno 2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genova è la città dove tutto ha avuto inizio, è stata la prima città ad aderire al progetto “un mondo senza barriere e senza frontiere”.&lt;br /&gt;Di Genova sono i media che per primi si sono occupati del mio “sciopero” del nuoto, su tutti&lt;br /&gt;Giovanna Rosi insieme alla redazione di TeleNord.&lt;br /&gt;Di Genova sono le persone, oggi amici fraterni, che col tempo sono diventati parte integrante di questo progetto, Filippo Tassara e Luca Baldini; a Genova ho conosciuto un’altra fantastico amico, sempre pronto a sostenermi con affetto e competenza, Giovanni Giordano.&lt;br /&gt;Genova è la città che per prima si è stretta intorno al nuovo progetto “A nuoto nei mari del globo”, che riprenderà, dopo Israele, dalla Slovenia, precisamente con la tappa da Capodistria a Muggia prevista per il prossimo 18 settembre.&lt;br /&gt;E di questo progetto, insieme a Genova, è parte integrante anche un’altra importante e splendida città, Trieste che, insieme alle sue maggiori istituzioni e associazioni, su tutti la Panathlon e il circolo della vela di Muggia insieme al consiglio comunale di Muggia e a tutti i muggiesi, sostiene con affetto e vera partecipazione le finalità che muovono tutte le mie traversate.&lt;br /&gt;Nei nostri progetti c’è un’ambiziosissima ripresa del giro del mondo che, secondo i piani (o sogni?), dovrebbe riprendere a febbraio del 2011 dall’Argentina con la maratona Santa Fè – Coronda, per poi proseguire in Messico con la "Maraton de Natacion" del Sumidero Canion che si trova vicino a Tuxtla, capitale del Chapas.&lt;br /&gt;A giugno dovrei prendere parte alla famosa Manhattan Island Marathon Swim che si svolge tutti gli anni a New York e prevede il periplo dell’isola di Manhattan; dopo dovrei andare in Canada, a Victoria, nello stato dello British Columbia per il Collegio del Mondo Unito; in Australia, nella regione del Queensland, nei pressi di Eliott Heads, e infine in Africa, in Costa d’Avorio, per nuotare nello specchio d’acqua davanti alla capitale Abdijan.&lt;br /&gt;In attesa di tutto questo ho avuto l’onore, domenica scorsa, di partecipare, fuori gara, alla II regata natatoria di Sturla, un percorso di 5 km organizzato dall’ASD Nuotatori Genovesi e il Circolo Nautico di Sturla. Il tempo non prometteva niente di buono e il pessimismo regnava anche sui più ottimisti, ma ancora una volta la volontà e la passione dell’intero entourage hanno avuto la meglio addirittura sulla natura fino a spazzare via l’ ultima nuvola e colorando il cielo di un azzurro intenso.&lt;br /&gt;In questa circostanza ho avuto l’onore di conoscere la nazionale svizzera di nuoto di fondo, composta da atleti e tecnici appassionati e affettuosi.&lt;br /&gt;Nonostante il percorso fosse reso difficoltoso dalle onde e dal vento, i tempi sono stati più che ottimi, ed io sono riuscito ad arrivare in 1h e 23’.&lt;br /&gt;Il comitato organizzatore della manifestazione ha voluto ricordare la mia presenza regalandomi una targa ricordo, consegnata dal presidente del municipio di Sturla.&lt;br /&gt;È stato un momento inatteso ed emozionante, per il quale ringrazio tutti dal più profondo del cuore.&lt;br /&gt;Premessa fondamentale e necessaria di tutti i miei progetti è da sempre, e mi auguro per tanto tempo ancora, il Circolo Canottieri Aniene di Roma che, unitamente alla Fondazione Roma, ha consentito che sogni e pensieri si traducessero in realtà.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-2987882257295200345?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/2987882257295200345/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=2987882257295200345' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2987882257295200345'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2987882257295200345'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/06/genova_30.html' title='GENOVA'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TCsYY8UGYUI/AAAAAAAACNc/K5XDW1g-E20/s72-c/Genova+20+giugno+2010_b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-2387883171752122434</id><published>2010-06-30T02:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-30T03:07:11.921-07:00</updated><title type='text'>GENOVA</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TCsWz4aOf4I/AAAAAAAACNU/xcjPhf8KfV8/s1600/Genova+20+giugno+2010_a.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488505651452608386" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TCsWz4aOf4I/AAAAAAAACNU/xcjPhf8KfV8/s320/Genova+20+giugno+2010_a.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genova, Circolo Nautico di Sturla&lt;br /&gt;20 giugno 2010&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genova is the city where it all began, and the first to partecipate in the project “a world without barriers or boundaries”. The first journalists to write about my swimming “strike” especially Giovanna Rosi for TeleNord were from Genova. The first people to join this project and who have become fraternal friends, Filippo Tassara and Luca Baldini are from Genova and there I found another wonderful friend who is always ready to sustain me with affection and competence, Giovanni Giordano.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Genova was the first to embrace my new project “swimming around the world” which following Israel, will continue, with Slovenia, more precisely the swim from Capodistria to Muggia in program for September 18, 2010.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another important and splendid City which together with Genova is a fundamental part of this project, is Trieste, whose institutions and associations, in particular Panathlon and Muggia Sailing Club and the local council of Muggia and all the citizens of Muggia, support with affection and real participation the aims which inspire all my swims.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our projects include an ambitious continuance of the tour of the world which according to plans (or dreams?) should take place in February 2011 from Argentina with the marathon Santafé – Corona, to be followed by Mexico with the “Maraton de Natacion” of Sumedero Canion which is close to Tuxtla, capital of Chapas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In June I plan to take part in the famous Manhattan Island Marathon Swim which takes place every year in New York and involves the circuit of the isle of Manhattan. Next I hope to go to Canada, to Victoria in British Columbia for the Collegio del mondo Unito. Then Australia in Queensland close to Eliott Heads, and finally Africa, to the Côte d’Ivoire to swim in the stretch of water by its capital city, Abidjan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In anticipation of all this, I had the honour last Sunday of taking part (outside the race) in the second Swimming Regatta of Sturla, over 5km organized by the ASD Nuotatori Genovesi and the Circolo Nautico di Sturla. The weather was very gloomy and even the most optimistic were worried, but once again, good will and passion of the whole team got the better hand and the last clouds were swept away leaving an intensely blue sky.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In this circumstance I met the Swiss national long distance swimming team composed of passionate and affectionate athletes and technicians.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The race was complicated by wind and waves, but the final times were more than respectable and I managed to finish in 1h and 23 mins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The organizers of the event awarded me a trophy which was given to me by the President of the Municipal office of Sturla. It was an unexpected and moving moment for which I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The driving force behind all my projects has always been, and I hope will continue to be, Circolo Canottieri Aniene which, together with the Fondazione Roma has allowed dreams and ideas to become reality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Affectionately,&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-2387883171752122434?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/2387883171752122434/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=2387883171752122434' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2387883171752122434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/2387883171752122434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/06/genova.html' title='GENOVA'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TCsWz4aOf4I/AAAAAAAACNU/xcjPhf8KfV8/s72-c/Genova+20+giugno+2010_a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-5511238707022253634</id><published>2010-06-09T02:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T02:46:29.940-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Parole &amp; Silenzio</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TA9gqmramxI/AAAAAAAACKc/OqtaiDRXoUA/s1600/Premio_Ussi_Roma_17maggio2010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 159px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TA9gqmramxI/AAAAAAAACKc/OqtaiDRXoUA/s320/Premio_Ussi_Roma_17maggio2010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480705556586601234" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Premio USSI, Circolo Canottieri Aniene&lt;br /&gt;Roma, 17 maggio 2010&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TA9hSIuktjI/AAAAAAAACKs/GKtGKVamlIY/s1600/Parole+%26+Silenzio_4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TA9hSIuktjI/AAAAAAAACKs/GKtGKVamlIY/s320/Parole+%26+Silenzio_4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480706235741550130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Salvatore con Damiano Tommasi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TA9g85Tz20I/AAAAAAAACKk/1vs-3IPcpug/s1600/Parole+%26+Silenzio_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TA9g85Tz20I/AAAAAAAACKk/1vs-3IPcpug/s320/Parole+%26+Silenzio_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480705870825511746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Salvatore e Elda&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Parole e silenzio sono due facce della stessa medaglia, l’una illumina e dà valore all’altra.&lt;br /&gt;L’uomo è creato per la relazione, è un essere in relazione: con se stesso, con la realtà che lo circonda, con gli altri.&lt;br /&gt;Silenzio e parola sono mezzi finalizzati a questo scopo, alla grande vocazione dell’uomo: il dono di sé.&lt;br /&gt;Silenzio e parola sono potenti mezzi di comunicazione, la parola declina la relazione, il silenzio aggiunge significato.&lt;br /&gt;Pablo Neruda scriveva: la parola è un’ala del silenzio.&lt;br /&gt;Venerdì scorso, 4 giugno, sono stato invitato dalla Fondazione Baracchi a Soci, frazione di Bibbiena in provincia di Arezzo. Ho partecipato a un incontro che aveva per titolo “Campioni nello sport, campioni nella vita”, organizzato nell’ambito della manifestazione “Le parole e il silenzio. Sguardi sul mondo”. I moderatori di quest’incontro sono stati due giornalisti davvero capaci, Paolo Ciampi e Massimo Orlandi, che ringrazio di cuore, insieme alla famiglia Baracchi, per avermi dato l’opportunità di intervenire sui temi della disabilità in relazione allo sport.&lt;br /&gt;Insieme con me sono stati invitati Elisabetta Perrone, campionessa di marcia, Stefania Belmondo, campionessa olimpionica di sci di fondo e Damiano Tommasi, indimenticabile centrocampista della Roma e della nazionale di calcio italiana.&lt;br /&gt;Il primo pensiero, quando ho ricevuto l’invito, è stato che il mio nome, associato a quello di campioni tanto grandi e riconosciuti, non c’entrasse davvero nulla. Poi ho capito, con orgoglio ed emozione, che l’impegno a favore dei disabili, la lotta per migliorare le nostre condizioni di vita, le straordinarie opportunità che lo sport offre per intraprendere un percorso di relazione e socializzazione sono temi cari a molte più persone di quante non credessi e, anche se con timore e senso di inadeguatezza, ho deciso di affrontare tutte le mie paure e di partecipare con grande gioia.  Quando sono entrato al cinema Italia ed ho visto la sala gremita ho avuto paura di non riuscire ad esprimermi per la forte emozione.&lt;br /&gt;Invece, per fortuna, a parte l’inizio un po’ titubante, tutto è andato bene, grazie soprattutto alla gentilezza e alla sensibilità di Paolo Ciampi e Massimo Orlandi.&lt;br /&gt;Quest’incontro ha rappresentato anche l’occasione per conoscere la grande forza e la grande umanità di atleti che, attraverso le loro gesta, hanno saputo trasmettere solidarietà, vicinanza e ascolto a quanti li hanno seguiti durante la loro fulgida carriera e continuano a seguirli ancora oggi per le loro nobili attività.&lt;br /&gt;Ancora oggi mi stupisco dell’attenzione che tante persone danno alle mie “imprese”: voglio ringraziarvi tutti consapevole che solo dall’unione di tante forze sarà possibile costruire un mondo migliore, a misura di tutti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-5511238707022253634?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/5511238707022253634/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=5511238707022253634' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5511238707022253634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5511238707022253634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/06/parole-silenzio.html' title='Parole &amp; Silenzio'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TA9gqmramxI/AAAAAAAACKc/OqtaiDRXoUA/s72-c/Premio_Ussi_Roma_17maggio2010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-8103455201435936859</id><published>2010-06-09T02:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T02:20:23.339-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Words and Silence</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TA9cEvyeeDI/AAAAAAAACJ8/Tffvzy4cBGA/s1600/Parole+%26+Silenzio_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TA9cEvyeeDI/AAAAAAAACJ8/Tffvzy4cBGA/s320/Parole+%26+Silenzio_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480700508150593586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Salvatore Cimmino con Damiano Tommasi&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Words and silence are two sides of the same coin, one enlightens and gives value to the other. &lt;br /&gt;Man was created to relate, he is a being in constant relationships: with himself, with the reality that surrounds him, and with others. &lt;br /&gt;Silence and speech are resources designed for this purpose, man’s great vocation: the gift of self awareness. &lt;br /&gt;Silence and speech are powerful means of communication, words facilitate and uphold relationships, silence adds meaning. &lt;br /&gt;Pablo Neruda wrote, the word is one wing of silence. &lt;br /&gt;Last Friday, June 4, I was invited by the Baracchi Foundation to Sochi, a hamlet of Bibbiena near Arezzo. I attended a meeting entitled "Champions in sport, champions in life," organized as part of "Words and silence. Outlooks on the World." The moderators of this meeting were two very capable journalists: Massimo Orlandi and Paolo Ciampi, whom I thank from the heart, together with the Baracchi family, for giving me the opportunity to speak on disability issues related to sport. &lt;br /&gt;The long distance running champion Elisabetta Perrone, the Olympic champion in cross country skiing, Stefania Belmondo, and Damiano Tommasi, the unforgettable Roma and Italian national soccer team midfielder, were also invited. &lt;br /&gt;When I received the invitation my first thought was that my name had nothing to do with the such great and acknowledged champions. Then I realized, with pride and emotion, that the commitment to assist the disabled, the struggle to improve our living conditions, the extraordinary opportunities that sport offers to undertake a path of relationships and social interaction are matters dear to many more people than I thought. Although fraught with fear and a sense of inadequacy, I decided to face all my fears and participate with great joy. When I entered Cinema Italia and saw the crowded venue, I was afraid of not being able to talk for the strong emotion. &lt;br /&gt;Instead, thankfully, apart from the shaky beginning, everything went well, thanks to the kindness and sensitivity of Paolo Ciampi and Massimo Orlandi. &lt;br /&gt;This meeting also provided an opportunity to experience the great strength and great humanity of athletes who, through their deeds, have been able to convey solidarity and nearness and listen to those who have supported them throughout their brilliant careers and continue to follow their noble achievements. &lt;br /&gt;Even today I am surprised how many people continue to follow my "achievements". &lt;br /&gt;I want to thank you all In the knowledge that only through the union of many forces will we build a better world, fit for everyone. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With great fondness &lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-8103455201435936859?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/8103455201435936859/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=8103455201435936859' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8103455201435936859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8103455201435936859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/06/words-and-silence.html' title='Words and Silence'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/TA9cEvyeeDI/AAAAAAAACJ8/Tffvzy4cBGA/s72-c/Parole+%26+Silenzio_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-7423532767612243570</id><published>2010-05-18T06:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-18T06:20:03.185-07:00</updated><title type='text'>A nuoto nei mari del globo</title><content type='html'>( Tiberiade, Israele  04 – 09 maggio 2010 )&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S_KSSiM7TZI/AAAAAAAACJ0/yijodYXIVzY/s1600/IMG_1343.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S_KSSiM7TZI/AAAAAAAACJ0/yijodYXIVzY/s320/IMG_1343.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472597344324898194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quella che sto per raccontarvi è un’esperienza che rimarrà in modo indelebile nel mio cuore. Dal 4 al 9 maggio ho condiviso emozioni, gioia, commozione e momenti di preghiera con persone travolgenti, con persone che trovano la loro realizzazione nel lavorare per costruire la serenità del prossimo. Sono stati cinque giorni intensi, senza soste, e ancora oggi, a distanza di qualche giorno, sono felicemente prigioniero di un ricordo bellissimo.&lt;br /&gt;La mattina del 5 maggio insieme a mio padre Ciro, a Giovanni Giordano, Filippo Tassara e Piero Abbina, cui sono profondamente grato per l’impegno profuso per il successo dell’evento, ho visitato la sede di Tsad Kadima, (in ebraico “un passo avanti”), un’associazione che ha come finalità l’integrazione dei bambini e dei ragazzi cerebrolesi nella società “normale” e per questo lavora con coraggio e caparbietà prescindendo dalla religione, dal credo o dall’appartenenza etnica dei pazienti. All’ingresso ci attendevano, insieme ad Alessandro Viterbo, co-fondatore del kibbuts, il corpo insegnanti insieme ai dirigenti, ai bambini ed ai ragazzi.&lt;br /&gt;E’ stato un incontro ricco di momenti sorprendenti.&lt;br /&gt;Ho potuto constatare, insieme ai miei compagni di viaggio, la passione e l’abnegazione con cui gli insegnanti, sostenuti da tecniche veramente all’avanguardia, lavorano e soprattutto la gioia con la quale si esprimono comunicando con noi.&lt;br /&gt;E’ stata una vera e propria lezione vedere persone che, nonostante convivano quotidianamente con la guerra, inseguono e costruiscono con forza la pace come condizione necessaria per una vita serena.&lt;br /&gt;E spontaneamente mi viene da pensare al nostro Paese, l’Italia, che non vive condizioni estreme come la Terra Santa eppure sta subendo un’altra sonora sconfitta, la chiusura dell’ospedale Santa Lucia, un istituto di ricovero e cura a carattere scientifico specializzato nella riabilitazione neuromotoria di pazienti affetti da lesioni al sistema nervoso o all’apparato muscolo scheletrico. L’ospedale svolge un’intensa attività di ricerca scientifica e didattica. Spero che questa immane tragedia potrà essere evitata perché un paese che si dice civile ha il dovere di tutelare e sostenere eccellenze di questa portata.&lt;br /&gt;Dopo aver lasciato Tsad Kadima, ci siamo recati presso l’Ambasciata italiana a Tel Aviv, dove siamo stati ricevuti con tutti gli onori dall’Ambasciatore Luigi Mattiolo e dal Ministro Consigliere Gabriele Altana, che hanno espresso incoraggiamento e vicinanza all’evento, garantendo la loro partecipazione.&lt;br /&gt;Nel pomeriggio, raggiunti dall’Italia da Paolo Luccardi e Nora Alkabes, ci siamo trasferiti in Galilea, a Tiberiade dove, con Filippo e Giovanni, abbiamo noleggiato una barca per sostenere il primo allenamento nel lago.&lt;br /&gt;E finalmente eccoci a venerdì 7 maggio, il grande giorno!&lt;br /&gt;Sveglia alle 5h45 ora locale (in Israele le lancette sono un’ora avanti): dopo colazione ci siamo recati a Kafer Nahum, luogo della partenza, dove ci attendevano la troupe della Rai e Orna Shimoni, la fondatrice del kibbuts Beit Eyal, persona di una dolcezza e di una forza senza eguali, insieme ai suoi collaboratori. Quattro barche, di cui una occupata dalla Rai, ed una dalla mia fantastica squadra composta da Ciro, Giovanni, Filippo e Orna, mi hanno incoraggiato dalla prima all’ ultima bracciata.&lt;br /&gt;Durante la traversata non mi sembrava di nuotare ma di volare immerso in un’atmosfera irreale; il lago piatto sembrava disegnato da un grande impressionista e, nonostante fossimo in tanti, il silenzio avvolgeva ogni cosa, interrotto solo da leggerissime folate di vento. Abbiamo provato tutti una sensazione di straordinaria vicinanza in un luogo colmo non solo di bellezza ma, soprattutto, di profondi e straordinari significati storici e spirituali.&lt;br /&gt;Dopo aver percorso 16,00 km in tre ore e trentanove minuti siamo giunti ad Ein Gev accolti dai sorrisi, dagli abbracci e dalla solidarietà di fratelli e sorelle di vita: tra questi voglio ricordare Yoel,  figlio di Alessandro, Piero, Paolo, Gabriele, Nora, Eyal, Noah, Shoham, Amos, Idan, Yvonnes, Yvette, Donata, Simonetta, Edna, Luigi, Marco e gli operatori della Rai  che, insieme a Claudio Pagliara, ringrazio con tutto me stesso per aver voluto far conoscere al mondo che una società  senza barriere e senza frontiere significa mai più guerre, mai più sopraffazione, mai più emarginazione.&lt;br /&gt;Un abbraccio forte di riconoscenza e affetto va, naturalmente, alla mia “squadra” composta da Filippo Tassara, Giovanni Giordano e Ciro, mio padre. &lt;br /&gt;E il pensiero corre inevitabilmente a Roma, al Circolo Canottieri Aniene, da dove tutto è partito: grazie al Presidente Giovanni Malagò, grazie al Prof. Emanuele Emmanuele insieme alla Fondazione Roma, grazie a Marco Zilia, grazie a Piero Abbina, grazie perché ancora una volta avete voluto credere in me.&lt;br /&gt;In questa circostanza sono stato sostenuto anche dall’ Università della Technion di Haifa e, con estremo orgoglio dalla Selex Galileo: ringrazio con tutto il cuore.  &lt;br /&gt;Concludo questa indimenticabile avventura citando un ebreo illustre, Thomas Mann, il quale scriveva: “l’ interesse per le malattie è sempre e soltanto un’altra espressione dell’ interesse per la vita”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Arrivederci alla prossima tappa.&lt;br /&gt;Con affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-7423532767612243570?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/7423532767612243570/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=7423532767612243570' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/7423532767612243570'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/7423532767612243570'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/05/nuoto-nei-mari-del-globo.html' title='A nuoto nei mari del globo'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S_KSSiM7TZI/AAAAAAAACJ0/yijodYXIVzY/s72-c/IMG_1343.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1393370227677966171</id><published>2010-05-18T05:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-18T06:22:37.606-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Swimming the seas of the world</title><content type='html'>(Tiberiade, Israele 1st stage 04 - 09 May 2010)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S_KQzNBls0I/AAAAAAAACJs/gXojGYga_OE/s1600/IMG_1349.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 290px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472595706552628034" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S_KQzNBls0I/AAAAAAAACJs/gXojGYga_OE/s320/IMG_1349.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m going to tell you about an experience which will remain indellible in my heart. From 4th to 9th of May I shared emotions, joy, tears and moments of prayer with amazing people, people who are fulfilled by working towards the serenity of their neighbours. I spent five intensive, uninterrupted days and even now, a few days later, I’m the happy prisoner of a beautiful memory.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On the morning of 5th May, together with my father, Ciro, Giovanni Giordano, Filippo Tassara and Piero Abbina to all of whom I owe my profound gratitude for their hard work to ensure the success of the event, I visited the headquarters of Tsad Kadima (in yiddish “a step forward”), an association whose aim is to integrate children with cerebral problems into “normal” society, and to this end, they work with courage and strength, regardless of the religion, creed or ethnic origin of their patients. At the entrance, together with Alessandra Viterbo co founder of the Kibbuts, the teachers and directors and children were waiting to welcome us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a meeting which was full of surprises.&lt;br /&gt;Together with my travelling companions, I was able to witness the passion and selflessness with which the teachers work, sustained by ultra modern tecniques, and above all the joy they expressed in our dialogue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It was a real lesson to see people who despite living in war time, strive for peace as a necessary part of life.&lt;br /&gt;And spontaneously, I think of our country, Italy, which doesn’t have the extreme conditions of the Holy Land but nonetheless is suffering a different kind of defeat, the closure of the Santa Lucia hospital, an institution for the specialized scientific care and rehabilitaion of neuromotory patients suffering from lesions to the nervous system or muscular skeletal apparatus. The hospital carries out intensive activities of research, science and teaching. I hope that this tragedy can be avoided because it is surely the duty of any civilized country to maintain excellent facilities such as this one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having left Tsad Kadima, we went to the Italian Embassy in Tel Aviv, where we were received by Ambassador Luigi Mattiolo and the Minister Counsellor Gabriele Altana who expressed encouragement for the event, guaranteeing their participation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the afternoon, we were joined by Paolo Luccardi and Nora Alkabes, and headed for Tiberiade in Galilea where, with Filippo and Giovanni, we hired a boat to assist the first training session in the lake.&lt;br /&gt;And at last, here we are on Friday 7th May, the big day!&lt;br /&gt;Wake up at 05.45 local time (Israel is an hour ahead). After breakfast, we left for Cafer nahum, where my swim would begin and where a RAI TV troupe were waiting for us with Orna Shimoni, the founder of the Beit Eyal Kibbuts, a person whose strength and gentleness are unique, together with her collaborators. There were four boats, one occupied by the RAI and one by my fantastic team, composed of Ciro, Giovanni, Filippo and Orna who encouraged me until the last stroke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;During the crossing I didn’t feel like I was swimming, there was a surreal atmosphere; the smooth lake seemed designed by a great impressionist and, although there were many of us, the silence surrounded everything, interrupted only by the light breeze. We all felt extraordinarily close in a place which is not only beautiful but which has profound historical and spiritual significance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Having covered 16.00 km in three hours and thirty nine minutes, we arrived at Ein Gev, greeted with smiles and friendly hugs by our friends. Amongst these I want to particularly thank Yoel, Alessandro’s son, Piero, Paolo, Gabriele, Nora, Eyal, Noah, Shoham, Amos, Idan, Yvonnes, Yvette, Donata, Simonetta, Edna, Luigi, Marco and the RAI team who, with Claudio Pagliata, I thank from my heart for having transmitted the message that a society without barriers and frontiers means no more wars, no more suffering and above all no emargination.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I embrace with gratitude and affection my team which includes Filippo Tassara, Giovanni Giordano and Ciro, my father. And my thoughts go inevitably to Rome, to the Circolo Canottieri Aniene from where everything started: thanks to President Malagò, thanks to Professor Emanuele Emmanuele of the Fondazione Roma, thanks to Marco Zilia, thanks to Piero Abbina because once again all of you have had faith in me.&lt;br /&gt;On this occasion I also had the support of the University of the Technion in Haifa and with extreme pride from Selex Galileo. My heartfelt thanks to all of you.&lt;br /&gt;I conclude this unforgettable adventure with a quotation from an illustrious jew, Thomas Mann, who wrote “Interest in illness is always and only another way of expressing an interest in life”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Goodbye until the next stage.&lt;br /&gt;Affectionately.&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1393370227677966171?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1393370227677966171/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1393370227677966171' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1393370227677966171'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1393370227677966171'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/05/swimming-seas-of-world.html' title='Swimming the seas of the world'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S_KQzNBls0I/AAAAAAAACJs/gXojGYga_OE/s72-c/IMG_1349.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-5403080729860597407</id><published>2010-04-29T01:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-29T02:07:35.270-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ci SIAMO!!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S9lKR3pN3uI/AAAAAAAACJU/WJ8EAeZzyWc/s1600/Kefar_+Nahum.BMP"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 212px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465481293645864674" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S9lKR3pN3uI/AAAAAAAACJU/WJ8EAeZzyWc/s320/Kefar_+Nahum.BMP" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kefar Nahum&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ormai ci siamo, la prossima settimana si parte per Israele! Quando ho iniziato a programmare questa tappa, ormai tanto tempo fa, quasi non credevo che sarebbe stato possibile realizzarla. E invece, ancora una volta, la disponibilità e l' entusiasmo delle persone interpellate sono riusciti a stupirmi e a convincermi che, sui temi della disabilità, c' è tanta voglia di lavorare e di partecipare. Sono tanti i motivi che mi hanno spinto a scegliere Israele: questa terra rappresenta, pur nei suoi travagli e delle sue mille contraddizioni, la ricerca di una convivenza tra anime diverse, il tentativo di comporre una sintesi tra laceranti diversità, il simbolo di una pace ricercata e necessaria, condizione fondamentale per una vita serena e costuttiva. In Israele, inoltre, la ricerca scientifica relativa alla bio-ingegneria è veramente avanzata: le protesi di nuova generazione, fisiologicamente sempre più vicine alle funzionalità dei nostri arti, rappresentano una conquista importante per i disabili e in questa direzione il contributo e l' attenzione di questo paese hanno una valenza fondamentale. NOn mi stancherò mai di ricordare quanto sia fondamentale per un disabile l' organizzazione della società nella quale si trova a vivere: un autobus accessibile, un marciapiede praticabile, il sostegno alle famiglie, la possibilità di condurre una vita lavorativa piena ed efficiente, l' opportunità di dispiegare al meglio le capacità e, non ultimo, quando è possibile, la partecipazione a momenti di svago e di sport. Sono condizioni che, se presenti, possono davvero cambiarci la vita. la mia, la vostra battaglia, è proprio questa: la costruzione di una società accogliente indistintamente per tutti. In questa direzione trovo fondamentale anche l' attività di quelle associazioni che, partendo anche dalla conoscenza e dalla condivisione delle nostre maggiori difficoltà, lavorano per incidere soprattutto culturalmente nelle coscienze delle persone. Ho trovato nel nuoto, nello sport, una via per arrivare a quanto più persone possibili: continuerò quindi, finchè vorrete sostenermi, a nuotare in giro per l? Europa e per il Mondo. Il 7 maggio tenterò la traversata del Lago di Tiberiade, da Kefar Nahum a Ein Gev. In questo viaggio, che inizia il 4 maggio e mi consentirà di conoscere parte della splendida terra di Israele, sarò accompagnato da persone straordinarie: Piero Abbina, Antonello Manetti, Nora Alkabes, Filippo Tassara, Giovanni Giordano e Ciro Cimmino. Sono Loro a rappresentare la mia forza e il mio orgoglio. questa tappa rappresenta per me davvero un momento particolare: mi auguro di poter incontrare tante persone in questa terra meravigliosa per intraprendere insieme un cammino di vicinanza e solodarietà.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-5403080729860597407?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/5403080729860597407/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=5403080729860597407' title='2 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5403080729860597407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5403080729860597407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/04/ci-siamo.html' title='Ci SIAMO!!!!!'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S9lKR3pN3uI/AAAAAAAACJU/WJ8EAeZzyWc/s72-c/Kefar_+Nahum.BMP' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-7706886532214865891</id><published>2010-04-29T00:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-29T02:06:29.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Its happening! Next week we’re off to Israel!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S9lLsEGZ2rI/AAAAAAAACJc/z6be7Sd6pu8/s1600/Ein%2520Gev.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465482843177736882" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S9lLsEGZ2rI/AAAAAAAACJc/z6be7Sd6pu8/s320/Ein%2520Gev.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S9lEupR7iJI/AAAAAAAACJM/n6VZJ0B6kHo/s1600/Ein%2520Gev.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S9lEfSqRCSI/AAAAAAAACJE/kC6IKHGeW7o/s1600/Ein%2520Gev.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Ein Gev&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;When i started planning this next swim, so long ago now, i could hardly believed it would be possible. Instead, once again, the motivation and enthusiasm of the peopleinvolved were able to surprise me and keep convincing me that, when it comes to disabilities, there are still a lot of folk with a huge desire to get involved and make things happen. There are many reasons that led me to choose Israelfor the next swim. This land portrays, despite its travails and its many contradictions, the search for a coexistence of different souls. This land portrays the attempt to unite painful diversities. This land portrays the symbol of wanted and needed peace which is the fundamental prerequisite for a serene and fuilfilling life. In Israel moreover, the scientific research in bio-engineering work is truly advanced: next-generationimplants, ever closer to the physiologically capabilities of our natural limbs are an important asset for the disabled. Israel is one of the world' s leaders in this area. I will never tire of repeating how important the organisation and infrastructure of our communities are for a disabled person: accessible public transport, useable footpaths, supportfor families, the opportunity to lead a full and efficient working life, the opportunity to best develop one' s skills and, not least, when possible, toparticipate in leisure activities and sports. These minimal conditions can really change your life. My battle and yours is this: the building of a hospitable and convivial community for everyone - without distinction. Those associations wich raise the awareness of the difficulties of the disabled by touching the public conscience, even culturally, contribute enormously to help win our battle. I praise and thank those associations. I have found in sport and in swimming, in particular, a means of reaching out to as many people as possible: i will continue therefore as long as you will wish to support me, to swim around Europe and the World. On May 7th, i will attempt swimming acrossthe Lake of Tiberias, from Kefar Nahum to Ein Gev. This trip, wich begins May 4th, willallow me to get to know the wonderful land of Israel. I will be accompanied by some extraordinary people: Piero Abbina, Antonello Manetti, Nora Alkabes, Filippo Tassara, Giovanni Giordano e Ciro Cimmino. These special people embody my stenght and my pride. This next swim will be a very special event: i look forward to meeting many extraordinary people in this wonderful land and i look forward to moving all together along a path of mutual support, solidarity and team spirit.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Best Regards&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Salvatore Cimmino &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-7706886532214865891?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/7706886532214865891/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=7706886532214865891' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/7706886532214865891'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/7706886532214865891'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/04/its-happening-next-week-were-off-to.html' title='Its happening! Next week we’re off to Israel!'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S9lLsEGZ2rI/AAAAAAAACJc/z6be7Sd6pu8/s72-c/Ein%2520Gev.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-6642346234017407283</id><published>2010-04-14T02:06:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T02:50:15.861-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Spettabile Selex Galileo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S8WPQb4q2jI/AAAAAAAACIk/rHBZQAgZbq4/s1600/Locandina_A+nuoto+nei+mari+del+globo.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459927635782720050" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S8WPQb4q2jI/AAAAAAAACIk/rHBZQAgZbq4/s320/Locandina_A+nuoto+nei+mari+del+globo.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S8WOnSePHnI/AAAAAAAACIc/zkv_tze8G58/s1600/Locandina_A+nuoto+nei+mari+del+globo.bmp"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Voglio ringraziarvi di cuore per il contributo che, su richiesta della direzione delle Relazioni Esterne, avete voluto donarmi per la traversata a nuoto del Mar di Galilea da Kefar Nahum a Ein Gev, iniziativa relativa al progetto "A nuoto nei mari del globo" e che si svolgerà il prossimo 7 maggio. Vi sono profondamente grato per esservi fatti garanti di un progetto a me molto caro e che intendo dedicare, oltre che al Circolo Canottieri Aniene e alla Fondazione Roma, da sempre al mio fianco nel sostenere con forza il progetto rendendo possibile tutto quello che finora ho potuto realizzare, anche tanti miei colleghi che, nel corso degli ultimi anni, mi hanno incoraggiato e dato forza. In questi anni, grazie alla comprensione e all' entusiasmo anche della mia azienda, ho potuto informare tantissime persone, che altrimentinon avrei saputo com raggiungere, di un problema che è certamente specifico, cioè la fornitura dei dispositivi protesici di ultima generazioneagli amputati, ma che in realtà riguarda molto in generale tutto il mondo della disabilità all' interno del quale siamo in molti a condividere problemi, fatiche ed emarginazione. L' ho fatto attraverso il nuoto, io che certamente nuotatore non sono, e ho potuto farlo grazie al fatto che, come sempre accade nella vita, con l' aiuto di tanti è più facile raggiungere gli obbiettivi, anzi niente è impossibile! Nel mondo dello sport ormai da diversi anni, ho trovato accoglienza, solidarietà e ascolto. Ed è da questo mondo, attraverso i suoi valori, che è nato un progetto che mi ha consentito, e ancora mi consente, di condividere temi che per me, disabile, sono particolarmente sentiti. Parlo di condivisione perchè ritengo che soltanto con la partecipazione di tutta la società civile sia possibile un percorso di totale integrazione della persona con disabilità. Tutte le donne e tutti gli uomini che com me, dalla nascita o per un eventosuccessivo, si ritrovano segnati da una difficoltà fisica o psichica, vivono in una sorta di attesa di una liberazione dalla gabbia che li imprigiona menomando le loro esistenze. Per questo io credo che sia necessario intervenire essenzialmente nel campo degli stimoli e delle sollecitazioni: quando la disabilità non è eliminabile, è però sempre possibile liberare le potenzialità che non sono state cancellate. Ecco perchè è così importante per noi disabili "stare" nel mondo, cercare di incidere sui progressi di socializzazione e integrazione, testimoniare il valore della diversità, lottare per affermare i propri diritti. Oggi, la tecnologia nel campo dei presidi protesici, ha raggiunto risultati avanzatissimi: i nuovi dispositivi consentono una qualità di vita inimmaginabile fino a qualche anno fa, riducendo di molto i problemi legati a una postura e a una deambulazione scorrette. Purtroppo, in Italia, a differenza di quanto accade negli altri paesi europei, questi strumenti non sono forniti da Sevizio Sanitario Nazionale se non a costo di lunghi e complicati percorsi burocratici. Il Nomenclatore tariffario, strumento che regola la fornitura dei presidi protesici, non viene aggiornato dal 1992 e dunque non tiene conto dei progressi fondamentali ottenuti dalla ricerca. Si tratta di un caso di vera miopia culturaleda parte di un paese come l' Italia che invece, in ambito normativo, vanta leggi avanzatissime e, a livelli di istituzioni locali, spesso pone grande attenzione all' integrazione e all' assistenza dei disabili. Spettabile Selex Galileo, tale inatteso e graditissimo gesto mi sprona a continuare nel mio impegno con la massima concentrazione e dedizione, incoraggiato anche dalla volontà di servire la mia azienda.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Con questo spirito voglio ringraziarvi e salutarvi con affetto.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Salvatore Cimmino &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-6642346234017407283?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/6642346234017407283/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=6642346234017407283' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/6642346234017407283'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/6642346234017407283'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/04/spettabile-selex-galileo.html' title='Spettabile Selex Galileo'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S8WPQb4q2jI/AAAAAAAACIk/rHBZQAgZbq4/s72-c/Locandina_A+nuoto+nei+mari+del+globo.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-7566136167492752672</id><published>2010-04-14T01:00:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T02:00:14.723-07:00</updated><title type='text'>For the kind attention of Selex Galileo</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S8WDpreiyAI/AAAAAAAACIU/TicJGDBg3DU/s1600/Locandina_A+nuoto+nei+mari+del+globo.bmp"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459914875325302786" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S8WDpreiyAI/AAAAAAAACIU/TicJGDBg3DU/s320/Locandina_A+nuoto+nei+mari+del+globo.bmp" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S8V2rtLBQ6I/AAAAAAAACIM/HaO_inXog1Y/s1600/Locandina_A+nuoto+nei+mari+del+globo.bmp"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I would like to thank you from my heart for the contribution which, following the request of the External Relations Director, you have granted me to sustain my swim from the Galilee sea to Kefar Nahum in Ein Gev, an initiative which is part of the project "Swim the seas around the world" and which will take place on May 7th 2010.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I am profoundly grateful that you are participating in this project which is very dear to meand which i intend to dedicate not only to the Circolo Canottieri Aniene and the Fondazione Roma who have been by my side throughout, allowing me to do everything i have done so far, but also to my colleagues who have encouraged me over the past years and given me strenght.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;In these last few years, thanks to the comprehension and enthusiasm of my company, i have been able to inform many people who otherwise i would not have know how to reach, of a specific problem, the provision of state of the art prosthetics to amputees. This is a problem which regards more generally the whole world of the disabled, where many endure problems, fatigue and emargination.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I did this by swimming - and i' m certainly not a swimmer - but i did it thanks to the fact, as often happens in life, with the help of many, it' s easier to reach objectives, in fact nothing is impossible!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The world of sport has welcomed me with solidarity and interest and through sporting values a project developed which allowed me and still allows me, to share ideas which, as a disabled person, are particularly important to me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I speak of sharing as i believe that we can only reach the full integration of disabled people with if all civil society participates. All men and women who like me, since birth or due to a subsequent event, findthemselves facing physical of psychological difficulties, live in a state of limbo, waiting to be freed from the cage which imprisons them, blighting their existence. For this reason i believe that we have to intervene with stimulation and reminders. You can' t eliminate the disability but you can free the potentialities which haven' t been cancelled.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;This is why it' s so important for us disabled to "be" in the world, to try to make a difference to processes of socialization and integration, to testify to the value of diversity, to fight for our right.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Today, technology in the field of prosthetics has reached amazing results. New appliances allow a quality of life which was impossible up to a few years ago, reducing many problems related to poor posture or incorrect walking.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Unfortunately in Italy, unlike other European countries, these instruments aren' t provided by the national health service, except in the face of long and complicated bureaucratic battles. The instrument which regulates the provision of prosthetics hasn' t been updated since 1992 and so&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;doesn' t take into account fundamental progress obtained in recent years. it' s a case of cultural short sightedness in a country like Italy which, as far as regulations go, boasts advanced laws and at the level of local institutions, pays a great deal of attention to assistance for the disabled.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The unexpected and very welcome gesture by Selex Galileo, pushes me to continue in my efforts with maximum concentration and dedication, further encouraged by the will to serve my company.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;In this spirit, thank you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Salvatore Cimmino &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-7566136167492752672?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/7566136167492752672/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=7566136167492752672' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/7566136167492752672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/7566136167492752672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/04/for-kind-attention-of-selex-galileo.html' title='For the kind attention of Selex Galileo'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S8WDpreiyAI/AAAAAAAACIU/TicJGDBg3DU/s72-c/Locandina_A+nuoto+nei+mari+del+globo.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-3526665497566035957</id><published>2010-03-22T03:31:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T03:44:44.986-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Figli di una Giurisprudenza minore</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;( per non precludere i diritti di libertà e autonomia della parsona disabile )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S6dIqHdTMHI/AAAAAAAACH0/bniTC0K6IE8/s1600-h/Kefar%20Nahum_15%20gennaio%202010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451405762348920946" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 209px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S6dIqHdTMHI/AAAAAAAACH0/bniTC0K6IE8/s320/Kefar%2520Nahum_15%2520gennaio%25202010.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Kefar Nahum, 15 gennaio 2010&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nel nostro paese il modello di welfare tende sempre più a ridurre al minimo l’ intervento dello Stato delegando la risposta ai problemi dei deboli ad espressioni spontanee di beneficenza.&lt;br /&gt;Questo modello ha prodotto un “volontariato consolatorio”: volontari, ma per contare qualcosa.&lt;br /&gt;Il volontariato, nato per aiutare i più deboli, i più emarginati, rischia di diventare funzionale proprio a quel sistema che, mentre da un lato continua a produrre nuovi deboli, nuovi emarginati, dall’ altro sostiene ed agevola chi si impegna per alleviare le loro sofferenze.&lt;br /&gt;Nessuno vuole negare che un gesto d’ amore verso una persona in stato di bisogno sia in sè un atto degno di lode. Tuttavia se si vuole che questi movimenti d’ amore e donazione gratuita inneschino un processo di cambiamento strutturale sulle condizioni di vita di chi oggi subisce il disagio, occorre che l’ azione di volontariato tenga conto di alcuni aspetti fondamentali:&lt;br /&gt;impegno in azioni volte alla rimozione delle cause dell’ emarginazione, attenzione all’ orientamento dei servizi, rifiuto della delega e individuazione di nuovi modelli di vita.&lt;br /&gt;Attualmente, non si può non tener conto che la stragrande maggioranza del volontariato è orientato verso un’azione di sostegno compassionevole delle persone e delle famiglie in difficoltà, senza intervenire analiticamente sulle cause del bisogno.&lt;br /&gt;Finora, anche la stragrande maggioranza delle forze politiche, i sindacati, nonché tutte le forze sociali, non sono adeguatamente intervenute a difesa delle esigenze e dei diritti di coloro che, privi delle necessarie capacità di azione, non hanno alcuna possibilità di tutelare i propri interessi vitali: disporre di strutture per la riabilitazione, essere curati se malati, avere risorse economiche sufficienti per l’assistenza.&lt;br /&gt;Si tratta di persone con disabilità motorie e/o mentali che non sono in grado di autodifendersi.&lt;br /&gt;Ad evitare fraintendimenti, è noto che ben diversa è la posizione dei partiti e dei sindacati quando si tratta dell’ affermazione e della salvaguardia dei diritti, ovviamente sacrosanti, per esempio dei disoccupati o dei cassaintegrati, di persone cioè che hanno la capacità di esprimere i loro bisogni e di agire anche attraverso forme di protesta e di proposta.&lt;br /&gt;Sia ben chiaro che ritengo molto importanti le azioni delle forze politiche, sindacali e sociali che hanno lottato e lottano per liberare dal bisogno i gruppi sociali subalterni, ma non posso fare a meno di rilevare che molto raramente e solo sporadicamente le stesse organizzazioni hanno assunto iniziative concrete nei confronti delle persone che oggi, ma presumibilmente anche in futuro, non sono e non saranno in grado di impegnarsi, a causa delle loro condizioni psico-fisiche, in iniziative efficaci volte all’ affermazione dei loro bisogni vitali e dei loro diritti.&lt;br /&gt;Oltre a questo, è assai preoccupante che sia estremamente carente, e spesso assente nel bagaglio culturale di molte organizzazioni politiche e sociali, l’analisi delle condizioni di vita delle persone “ultime” della società e quindi carenti risultano le proposte rivolte alla rimozione delle cause dell’ emarginazione.&lt;br /&gt;La prova inconfutabile di questa triste realtà è stata l’approvazione di qualche anno fa della Legge 328/2000 di riforma dell’ assistenza e dei servizi sociali, avvenuta all’ unanimità sia alla Camera che al Senato, in cui sono stati cancellati diritti di cui godevano i più deboli.&lt;br /&gt;La presenza delle attuali profonde carenze culturali è dimostrata dai giudizi positivi emersi in merito a questa Legge da parte di esperti del settore sociale.&lt;br /&gt;Numerosi sono stati addirittura coloro che hanno sostenuto che in questa Legge vi sono diritti esigibili, in effetti del tutto inesistenti.&lt;br /&gt;Un altro primato della Legge 328/2000, assai grave, riguarda la sottrazione dall’esclusiva destinazione alle persone “Ultime” dei patrimoni delle IPAB, ( Istituzioni pubbliche di assistenza e beneficenza ). Invece di stanziare ulteriori risorse, data la carenza di strutture e servizi, ne sono state tolte in maniera rilevante senza sollevare opposizioni e riserve da parte di coloro che affermano, ogni qualvolta che si trovano sotto i riflettori, di essere dalla parte dei più deboli.&lt;br /&gt;Infine, un altro aspetto inquietante da rilevare è l’accettazione passiva dello scarico sulle famiglie di competenze sanitarie e socio assistenziali, per cui la cura e/o l’ assistenza di persone non autosufficienti determina molto spesso condizioni di povertà e, in molti casi, di miseria.&lt;br /&gt;A mio avviso, le forze politiche, sindacali e le organizzazioni di volontariato che intendono operare concretamente a favore delle persone disabili dovrebbero riconoscere che il miglioramento delle loro condizioni di vita si possono conseguire solamente riconoscendo a questi cittadini “Diritti Esigibili” e mettendo in atto tutte le iniziative occorrenti affinché questi diritti siano attuati.&lt;br /&gt;Un Diritto subordinato alle risorse è un non Diritto!&lt;br /&gt;Il Diritto soggettivo si differenzia dal semplice interesse o dalla semplice aspettativa per il fatto di essere esigibile, cioè per l’ esistenza nell’ordinamento di mezzi che ne garantiscono l’attuazione.&lt;br /&gt;In conclusione, o c’è un Diritto esigibile a specifiche prestazioni oppure si cade nella mera beneficenza.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-3526665497566035957?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/3526665497566035957/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=3526665497566035957' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/3526665497566035957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/3526665497566035957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/03/figli-di-una-giurisprudenza-minore.html' title='Figli di una Giurisprudenza minore'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S6dIqHdTMHI/AAAAAAAACH0/bniTC0K6IE8/s72-c/Kefar%2520Nahum_15%2520gennaio%25202010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-8403958095743899292</id><published>2010-03-22T03:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T03:48:44.923-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Children of a lesser Low</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;color:#66cccc;"&gt;( not to foreclose the rights of freedom and autonomy of the disabled person )&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S6dCNhXx9TI/AAAAAAAACHc/pqEHOfwv-H8/s1600-h/Muggia_27%20settembre%202010.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S6dEXag15SI/AAAAAAAACHk/EN52QCD0DAo/s1600-h/Muggia_27%20settembre%202010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451401043000026402" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 212px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S6dEXag15SI/AAAAAAAACHk/EN52QCD0DAo/s320/Muggia_27%2520settembre%25202010.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Salvatore Cimmino tra Luca Baldini e Filippo Tassara.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#66cccc;"&gt;Muggia 27 settembre 2009&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;In our country, the model of welfare tends to reduce any intervention by the State to a minimum, delegating the response to the problems of the vulnerable to spontaneous expressions of charity.&lt;br /&gt;This model has produced “consolational volunteers”. Volunteers, but with a precise aim.&lt;br /&gt;Volunteerism, created to help the weak, the emarginated, risks becoming functional to that system which on one side continues to produce new vulnerable, new emarginated people, and on the other sustains and helps those who strive to alleviate their suffering.&lt;br /&gt;Nobody denies that a caring gesture towards a person who needs help is a worthy action. However, if these gestures and free donations innest a process of structural changes to the lifestyle of those who suffer, then the action of volonteerism needs to take some fundamental principles into account: strive to take action which will remove the cause of emargination, attention to who benefits from the services, refusing delegation and seeking new models of life. Currently it’s impossible not to notice that the huge majority of volunteerism is oriented towards actions of compassionate support of people and families in difficulty, without analysing the cause of their needs.&lt;br /&gt;Until now, most political forces, sindacates, and social services haven’t intervened sufficiently in defence of the needs and rights of those who, unable to act themselves, have no possibility of defending their own vital interests: the need for structures for rehabilitation, the need for care if they are ill, sufficient economic resources for assistence.&lt;br /&gt;These are people with physical and mental disabilities who can’t defend themselves.&lt;br /&gt;Don’t misunderstand me, the position of political parties and unions is very different when considering the affermation and safeguard of the rights, which are of course of primary importance, for the unemployed, of people who can express their needs and act through forms of protest and proposal.&lt;br /&gt;I hope it’s clear that I consider the action of policical and social forces and unions of primary importance. They have fought and fight to free from need the subaltern social groups, but they can’t help but reveal that very rarely and only occasionally, the same organizations have undertaken concrete initiatives towards people who today and presumibly in the future are not and will not be able to take part in effective initiatives aimed at expressing their needs and rights, because of their psychophysical condition.&lt;br /&gt;Also, it’s worrying that in the culture of many political and social organizations there is no analysis of the conditions of life of the people who are “last” in society and so efforts to remove the causes of their emargination are lacking.&lt;br /&gt;The undeniable proof of this sad reality was the approval a few years ago of law n. 328/2000 to reform assistance and social services, passed unanimously both in the Chamber and in the Senate in which fundamental rights pertaining to the weakest were cancelled.&lt;br /&gt;The presence of the current huge cultural gaps is demonstrated by positive opinions which have emerged regarding this law by experts in the social sector.&lt;br /&gt;Many of them maintain that in this law there are rights which in effect don’t exist.&lt;br /&gt;Another first for law 328/2000, which is very serious, regards the removal of the exclusive destination to people in need of the patrimony of the IPAB (Public Institutions for Assistance and Charity) . Instead of creating new resources, given the poor quality of structures and services, many have been removed without opposition or reserve by those who maintain, when they are in the spotlight, that they are on the side of the needy.&lt;br /&gt;Finally, another worrying aspect to reveal, is the passive acceptance of loading families with the costs of health and social assistance, so that care and or assistence of people who are not able to help themselves often determines conditions of poverty and in many cases misery.&lt;br /&gt;In my opionion, the political forces, sindacates and voluntary organizations who want to help disabled people should recognize that the improval in their lifestyle can only happen if these citizens are given “Fundamental Rights” and put into act all the necessary initiatives so that these rights are obtained.&lt;br /&gt;A right which is subordinate to resources is a no-right!&lt;br /&gt;The subjective right is different from simple interest or simple expectance, because it it fundamental so the means must be provided to guarantee that it happens. In conclusion, either there is a fundamental right to specific services, or it becomes mere charity.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yours Faithfully&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-8403958095743899292?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/8403958095743899292/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=8403958095743899292' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/8403958095743899292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' 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width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1065837113207572019</id><published>2010-03-09T01:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-09T01:21:14.452-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Io ho un sogno</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S5YQ76aYUAI/AAAAAAAACG0/fJ6CX2z3Tq8/s1600-h/Universo.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446559420829421570" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S5YQ76aYUAI/AAAAAAAACG0/fJ6CX2z3Tq8/s320/Universo.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S5YQGfVFTfI/AAAAAAAACGs/eig98ZyQQ1k/s1600-h/Universo.bmp"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nel mondo ci sono 600 milioni di persone disabili, cifra che rappresenta il 10% della popolazione globale e il 15 % della popolazione europea.&lt;br /&gt;In Italia ci sono 5 milioni di persone disabili, di cui 3 milioni, tra i 6 e i 75 anni, che convivono con difficoltà motorie talmente gravi da comportare il pressoché totale sconfinamento.&lt;br /&gt;Oltre 2 milioni di persone sono invece colpite da ritardo mentale, e fra esse diverse decine di migliaia soffrono di forme di tipo grave e severo.&lt;br /&gt;La situazione di handicap, sia esso fisico-motorio o mentale, comporta uno sconfinamento più o meno totale, con una diretta influenza sulle capacità e possibilità di apprendimento, comunicazione, autoaccudimento, interazione sociale, gioco, lavoro e possibilità di evitare i pericoli.&lt;br /&gt;In una parola, esistono numerosi individui che, di fatto, sono costretti ad assistere passivamente alla vita, spettatori e non più (o non mai) attori.&lt;br /&gt;Attraverso la tecnologia odierna oggi è possibile pianificare ed attuare interventi mirati tali da migliorare drasticamente le condizioni di vita di una persona disabile.&lt;br /&gt;Ecco perché è urgente intervenire quanto prima sui LEA, ( Livelli Esistenziali di Assistenza ), e sul Nomenclatore Tariffario, affinché i progressi ottenuti dalla ricerca possano contribuire a restituire dignità e qualità di vita migliore alle persone disabili.&lt;br /&gt;Io ho un sogno, ed è quello di rendere fruibile questa tecnologia a tutti quelli che ne hanno bisogno.&lt;br /&gt;Io ho un sogno, ed è quello che una persona disabile non venga più definita un’ammalata.&lt;br /&gt;Io ho un sogno, ed è quello di eliminare, nel nostro paese, migliaia di sciacalli e medici compiacenti che si appropriano indebitamente dei diritti delle persone disabili, ledendo e danneggiando la società.&lt;br /&gt;Io ho un sogno, che un giorno il mio paese sarà culturalmente e psicologicamente maturo dal punto di vista dell’ accoglienza e dell’ integrazione.&lt;br /&gt;Io ho un sogno, che un giorno nel mio paese non ci saranno più barriere per le persone disabili:&lt;br /&gt;il lavoro, la dignità, la libertà, l’ autonomia, i giochi, l’ allegria, non restino nè un desiderio nè&lt;br /&gt;un’aspirazione ma una realtà.&lt;br /&gt;Io ho un sogno, che un giorno nel mio paese si possa condividere il progresso e il benessere, oggi!!!&lt;br /&gt;Come voi ben sapete, non smetterò di nuotare fino a quando il mio sogno non diverrà realtà.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Con Affetto&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1065837113207572019?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1065837113207572019/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' 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url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S5YQ76aYUAI/AAAAAAAACG0/fJ6CX2z3Tq8/s72-c/Universo.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-5792875021550115012</id><published>2010-03-09T00:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-03-09T01:07:09.755-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I have a dream</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S5YOWHxK6_I/AAAAAAAACGk/Sv43lrq8Bh0/s1600-h/cometa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446556572556389362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 251px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S5YOWHxK6_I/AAAAAAAACGk/Sv43lrq8Bh0/s320/cometa.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S5YM3_KdOWI/AAAAAAAACGc/t_TlSJ-_ZnQ/s1600-h/cometa.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are 600 millions of disabled people representing 10% of the global world population and&lt;br /&gt;15 % of the European population.&lt;br /&gt;In Italy there are 5 million disabled persons out of which 3million, aged between 6 and 75, are affected by such a high mobility problems which leads them to an almost total isolation.&lt;br /&gt;More than 2 million people are affected of mental problems and thousands of them suffer of very severe forms of this disorder.&lt;br /&gt;Such handicaps whether physical mobility or mental illness, imply an almost total isolation of the disabled person affecting his/her capabilities and possibilities to learn, to communicate, to take care of oneself, to socially interact, to play to work, to avoid danger.&lt;br /&gt;In one word , there are several individuals that are passively watching at life: spectators and not any longer (or never been ) actors.&lt;br /&gt;Technology to-day allows to plan and to treat disabled persons helping them to significantly improve their life conditions.&lt;br /&gt;That’s way we need to act immediately on LEAs, (Existential Levels of Assistance) and on the Tariff Nomenclature, so that all the results achieved through Research Activities may help disabled individuals in regaining dignity and a better life quality.&lt;br /&gt;I have a dream: that is to allow anyone who’s in need of, to benefit from this technology.&lt;br /&gt;I have a dream: that is each single disabled individual won’t be referred to as an ill person.&lt;br /&gt;I have a dream: that is to get rid of thousands of jackals and accommodating doctors who unlawfully grab disabled persons’ rights, negatively impacting and damaging the society.&lt;br /&gt;I have a dream: that is one day my Country will be culturally and psychologically ready to host and integrate disabled individuals.&lt;br /&gt;I have a dream: that is one day in my Country there won’t be any more barriers to disabled individuals: work , dignity, freedom, independence, games, happiness should not be considered as wishes or aspirations but as reality.&lt;br /&gt;I have a dream: that is one day in my Country we will all share progress and welfare, now!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you all well know, I shall not stop from swimming until my dream will become true.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yours Faithfully&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-5792875021550115012?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/5792875021550115012/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=5792875021550115012' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5792875021550115012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/5792875021550115012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/03/i-have-dream.html' title='I have a dream'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S5YOWHxK6_I/AAAAAAAACGk/Sv43lrq8Bh0/s72-c/cometa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-9062847905215412679</id><published>2010-02-18T07:41:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T04:24:39.278-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Grazie Presidente</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31gKaoaP0I/AAAAAAAACFk/m0NpVtQUpoA/s1600-h/Giorgio%2520Napolitano_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439609656997199682" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31gKaoaP0I/AAAAAAAACFk/m0NpVtQUpoA/s320/Giorgio%2520Napolitano_1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Il Presidente Giorgio Napolitano visita lo Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial's Hall&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Egregio Presidente,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;desidero ringraziarLa per avermi fatto pervenire la medaglia predisposta per la traversata a nuoto del lago di Tiberiade, da Kefar Nahum a Ein Gev, del prossimo 7 maggio 2010, relativa al progetto “ A nuoto nei mari del globo “.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S4EiAkelRjI/AAAAAAAACGU/sRKF-C913Nk/s1600-h/LOGO_MAR%2520DI%2520GALILEA.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 227px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440667218027562546" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S4EiAkelRjI/AAAAAAAACGU/sRKF-C913Nk/s320/LOGO_MAR%2520DI%2520GALILEA.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Gentile Presidente, Le sono profondamente grato per l’ onore che, come massima istituzione italiana ha voluto conferirni. Voglio dedicare questa medaglia al Circolo Canottieri Aniene e alla Fondazione Roma che, da sempre al mio fianco, sostengono con forza il progetto, rendendo possibile tutto quello che finora ho potuto realizzare.&lt;br /&gt;Oggi la disabilità rappresenta un ostacolo insidioso nella vita di tutti i giorni: le limitazioni che ne conseguono compromettono quelle funzioni che la gente considera normali. Patologie come malattie ereditarie o congenite, un trauma, possono causare queste difficoltà. I giovani, per esempio, possono subire a causa delle guerre, di incidenti stradali, traumi tali da costringerli sulla carrozzina per il resto della loro vita; molte persone ancora attive possono cadere vittima di incidenti sul lavoro, di malattie neurologiche che ne limitano la mobilità e le facoltà cognitive.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31hJImGmrI/AAAAAAAACF0/lhlNIerpD4I/s1600-h/medaglia%2520fronte%2520ok%2520pic_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439610734487444146" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31hJImGmrI/AAAAAAAACF0/lhlNIerpD4I/s320/medaglia%2520fronte%2520ok%2520pic_.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31hX8dUnQI/AAAAAAAACF8/Fueldti0IVo/s1600-h/medaglia+retro+ok+pic..jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439610988927425794" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31hX8dUnQI/AAAAAAAACF8/Fueldti0IVo/s320/medaglia+retro+ok+pic..jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31iCvN_kEI/AAAAAAAACGE/thljawhvNIY/s1600-h/MATRIX%2520Lettera%2520medaglia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439611724107845698" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31iCvN_kEI/AAAAAAAACGE/thljawhvNIY/s320/MATRIX%2520Lettera%2520medaglia.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Un disabile ha diritto di ricevere massimo rispetto e considerazione, alla stessa dignità di tutti gli esseri umani.&lt;br /&gt;Purtroppo la nostra società non favorisce, non incoraggia e non agevola l’ integrazione, nel suo seno, delle persone disabili: pregiudizi, limitazioni strutturali, barriere architettoniche, impediscono un ‘ esistenza dignitosa. Il nostro sistema limita la nostra visibilità e la nostra mobilità. Le barriere più ostinate, i muri più solidi sono quelli di carattere psicologico e mentale che ci precludono la condivisione del mondo, quindi dello stesso destino.&lt;br /&gt;Le persone disabili sono in grado di offrire moltissimo, non solo in relazioni di competenza professionale, ma anche e soprattutto di umanità, di genuinità, di calore umano.&lt;br /&gt;Credo che queste sensazioni possano contribuire al recupero da parte dei disabili - di qualsiasi età, ma specialmente dei più giovani - di quelle potenzialità residue che altrimenti non troverebbero il modo di esprimersi, aiutandoli ad acquisire una maggiore consapevolezza del proprio corpo e, conseguentemente, rafforzandoli dal punto di vista emotivo.&lt;br /&gt;Ho capito che per noi disabili è importante “stare” nel mondo, cercare di incidere sui processi di socializzazione e integrazione, testimoniare il valore della diversità, lottare per affermare i propri diritti.&lt;br /&gt;Oggi, la tecnologia ha superato le più rosee previsioni e, nel campo dei presidi protesici, i risultati sono avanzatissimi: i nuovi dipositivi protesici consentono una qualità di vita inimmaginabile fino a qualche anno fa, riducendo di molto i problemi legati a una postura e a una deambulazione scorrette.&lt;br /&gt;Purtroppo, in Italia, a differenza di quanto accade in altri paesi europei, questi strumenti non vengono forniti dal servizio sanitario nazionale se non a costo di lunghi e complicati percorsi burocratici.&lt;br /&gt;Il Nomenclatore tariffario, strumento che regola la fornitura dei presidi protesici, non viene aggiornato dal 1992 e dunque non tiene conto dei progressi fondamentali ottenuti dalla ricerca.&lt;br /&gt;Si tratta di un caso di vera miopia culturale da parte di un paese come l’Italia che invece, in ambito normativo, vanta leggi avanzatissime e, soprattutto a livello di istituzioni locali, spesso pone grande attenzione all’integrazione e all’assistenza dei disabili.&lt;br /&gt;Da qui è partita la mia “battaglia”, consentendomi di vivere un’esperienza unica e irripetibile soprattutto dal punto di vista umano:&lt;br /&gt;E questa consapevolezza l’ho avuta piena nel corso di questi anni quando ho conosciuto, persone straordinarie che da sempre si occupano con dedizione, passione e competenza di integrazione dei disabili attraverso lo sport.&lt;br /&gt;Da loro ho ricevuto una grande lezione e grazie a loro oggi mi sento di poter contribuire appieno alla realizzazione di un mondo migliore, un mondo senza barriere capace di valorizzare al massimo le potenzialità di ognuno.&lt;br /&gt;Carissimo Presidente, tale inatteso e graditissimo presente mi sprona a continuare nel mio impegno con la massima concentrazione e dedizione, incoraggiato anche dalla volontà di servire la nazione.&lt;br /&gt;Carissimo Presidente, con tale spirito Le invio i miei ringraziamenti e i miei più affettuosi saluti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-9062847905215412679?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/9062847905215412679/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=9062847905215412679' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/9062847905215412679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/9062847905215412679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/02/grazie-presidente.html' title='Grazie Presidente'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31gKaoaP0I/AAAAAAAACFk/m0NpVtQUpoA/s72-c/Giorgio%2520Napolitano_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-9044026111579376031</id><published>2010-02-18T07:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T04:05:13.164-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you Mr. President</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31ZHvp7DTI/AAAAAAAACE8/wwr6C-yuOMU/s1600-h/Giorgio+Napolitano_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439601914519686450" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31ZHvp7DTI/AAAAAAAACE8/wwr6C-yuOMU/s320/Giorgio+Napolitano_2.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Italian President Giorgio Napolitano visits the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial's Hall&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Mr. President,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am writing to thank you for having awarded me a medal for the swim across Lake Tiberiade, from Kefar Nahum to Ein Gev next May 7th 2010, as part of the project “Swimming around the globe”&lt;br /&gt;Mr President, I am profoundly grateful for the honour that the highest Italian institution has conferred to me together with Circolo Canottieri Aniene and the Fondazione Roma who have sustained me throughout this project, making possible everything that has been done and my contribution so far to the world of the disabled.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S4EfyKS3k7I/AAAAAAAACGM/QdMYSVEAo6I/s1600-h/LOGO_MAR%2520DI%2520GALILEA.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 227px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440664771457684402" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S4EfyKS3k7I/AAAAAAAACGM/QdMYSVEAo6I/s320/LOGO_MAR%2520DI%2520GALILEA.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today, disability is an insidious obstacle in daily life: the limitations which derive from being disabled compromise those functions which most people consider normal. Pathologies such as hereditary or congenital illnesses, or an accident, can cause these difficulties. Young people at war, in road accidents, can be confined to a wheelchair for the rest of their lives; may people who are still active can be victims of accidents at work, neurological illnesses which limit their mobility and cognitive faculties.&lt;br /&gt;A disabled person has the same right to respect, consideration and dignity as any other human being.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31dVEpGqNI/AAAAAAAACFM/tLdrvJfDRtw/s1600-h/medaglia%2520fronte%2520ok%2520pic_.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439606541538207954" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31dVEpGqNI/AAAAAAAACFM/tLdrvJfDRtw/s320/medaglia%2520fronte%2520ok%2520pic_.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31djEkZlPI/AAAAAAAACFU/VCDowGmWqtk/s1600-h/medaglia+retro+ok+pic..jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 254px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439606782036645106" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31djEkZlPI/AAAAAAAACFU/VCDowGmWqtk/s320/medaglia+retro+ok+pic..jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31eNiI6emI/AAAAAAAACFc/4VG1K0tDQhQ/s1600-h/MATRIX%2520Lettera%2520medaglia.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 226px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439607511528929890" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31eNiI6emI/AAAAAAAACFc/4VG1K0tDQhQ/s320/MATRIX%2520Lettera%2520medaglia.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sadly, our society doesn’t favour, encourage or facilitate the integration of disabled people: prejudice, structural limitations and architectural barriers prevent a dignified existence. Our system limits our visibility and our mobility. The most obstinate barriers, the most solid walls are those which are psychological and mental, and make it impossible to share the world and the same destiny as others.&lt;br /&gt;Disabled people are able to offer a great deal, not only as regards professional competence, but also as regards humanity, genuine feelings and human warmth.&lt;br /&gt;I think that these sensations can contribute in part to the recovery by disabled people – of any age, but in particular for the young – of those residual potentialities which otherwise wouldn’t have found any means of expression, and will help them to acquire a greater awareness of their own body and consequently strengthen them emotionally.&lt;br /&gt;I realize that for the disabled, it’s important to “be” in the world, to try to make a difference to processes of socialisation and integration, to testify to the value of diversity and fight for our own rights.&lt;br /&gt;Today, technology has exceeded the most ambitious previsions and in the field of prosthetics, the results are incredibly advanced. New prosthetics allow a quality of life which was impossible to imagine until a few years ago, reducing dramatically the problems linked to bad posture and incorrect walking.&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately in Italy, unlike other European countries, these instruments are not provided by the National health service, unless you are able to conduct long and complicated bureaucratic procedures.&lt;br /&gt;The instrument which regulates the provision of prosthetics hasn’t been updated since 1992 and so doesn’t take into account fundamental progress obtained through research.&lt;br /&gt;It’s a case of cultural short sightedness by a country like Italy which, as far as regulations go, has very advanced laws and at the level of local institutions often gives a great deal of attention to assistance of the disabled.&lt;br /&gt;This is where my “battle” began, allowing me to live a unique and unrepeatable experience, above all from a human point of view.&lt;br /&gt;This awareness came to me over the years when I have met extraordinary people who dedicate time, passion and competence to the integration of the disabled through sport.&lt;br /&gt;I have learned important lessons from them and thanks to them I feel I can contribute to the realization of a better world, a world without barriers which can bring out the maximum potential in each of us.&lt;br /&gt;Dear Mr. President, your unexpected and very welcome gift pushes me to continue to strive with the maximum concentration and dedication, encouraged by the will to serve our nation.&lt;br /&gt;In this spirit, I send you my thanks and my most respectful greetings.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-9044026111579376031?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/9044026111579376031/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=9044026111579376031' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/9044026111579376031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/9044026111579376031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/02/thank-you-mr-president.html' title='Thank you Mr. President'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S31ZHvp7DTI/AAAAAAAACE8/wwr6C-yuOMU/s72-c/Giorgio+Napolitano_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-3781592818317242751</id><published>2010-01-27T00:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T02:14:13.586-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Un viaggio fantastico</title><content type='html'>Sono stato particolarmente colpito dalla calorosa accoglienza ricevuta in Israele, tra Tel Aviv, Haifa e Tiberiade, da parte di persone straordinarie che, con entusiasmo, della solidarietà fanno quotidianamente la loro bandiera.&lt;br /&gt;Aver condiviso anche solo qualche momento con questi uomini e queste donne eccezionali ha costituito, per me, un momento di grande e forte emozione.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S2AB9RzxUXI/AAAAAAAACEk/7t4Wr7Em1vg/s1600-h/Kefar+Nahum+con+Piero+Abbina+15+gennaio+2010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431343302873010546" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S2AB9RzxUXI/AAAAAAAACEk/7t4Wr7Em1vg/s320/Kefar+Nahum+con+Piero+Abbina+15+gennaio+2010.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Salvatore Cimmino con Piero Abbina&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il primo incontro, il 14 gennaio, è stato con Alessandro Viterbo, presidente dell’associazione Tsad Kadima, “ Un passo avanti “, di Gerusalemme, che si occupa di organizzare e aiutare il percorso formativo dei bambini che soffrono di lesione cerebrale in Israele, a prescindere dalla religione, dal credo o dall’appartenenza etnica.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S1_-FQrczPI/AAAAAAAACD0/2XgQtVzaoo8/s1600-h/Alessandro+Viterbo+e+Yoel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431339041962118386" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S1_-FQrczPI/AAAAAAAACD0/2XgQtVzaoo8/s320/Alessandro+Viterbo+e+Yoel.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alessandro Viterbo con suo figlio Yoel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Non c’eravamo mai visti prima ma i nostri occhi non si sono lasciati fino al momento dei saluti. Alessandro è papà di un ragazzo affetto da lesione cerebrale, da piccolo era completamente&lt;br /&gt;immobile, ma grazie alle cure amorevoli della famiglia, insieme al sostegno di uno stato presente a trecentosessanta gradi, questo ragazzo, insieme a tanti altri, non solo ha recuperato tante funzioni, ma addirittura riesce a soddisfare e coltivare propri interessi, Alessandro mi raccontava che non gli era mai capitato di andare in un locale ad assistere un concerto, suo malgrado è stato costretto da suo figlio ad andarci!!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S2ACrI4bqLI/AAAAAAAACEs/uSwMnpy7yqc/s1600-h/Con+Vittorio+Funaro+e+Paolo+Luccardi.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431344090750625970" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S2ACrI4bqLI/AAAAAAAACEs/uSwMnpy7yqc/s320/Con+Vittorio+Funaro+e+Paolo+Luccardi.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Salvatore Cimmino con Vittorio Funaro e Paolo Luccardi&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lo stesso giorno a Tel Aviv abbiamo conosciuto Noah Brown, un ragazzo pieno di entusiasmo che ha fondato un’associazione che si occupa di addestrare cani alla guida dei non vedenti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S1_-nfxpTEI/AAAAAAAACD8/zPNJEhh6VXs/s1600-h/Noah+Braun.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431339630130187330" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 183px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S1_-nfxpTEI/AAAAAAAACD8/zPNJEhh6VXs/s320/Noah+Braun.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Noah Brown&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il secondo giorno, 15 gennaio, siamo andati in Galilea per incontrare il direttore delle Relazioni Esterne della Jordan Valley Council Idan Helman, (per questo ringrazio il Presidente Yossi Vardi), che si è dimostrata subito entusiasta del progetto per il quale ero andato in Israele insieme agli amici e consoci del Circolo Canottieri Aniene Piero Abbina, Presidente dell’ Associazione Italiana Amici del Technion, Vittorio Funaro, Paolo Luccardi e Nora Alkabes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S1__ghOF9oI/AAAAAAAACEE/JXFAfI1hz10/s1600-h/Piero+Abbina+con+Rita+Leva+Montalcini.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431340609770485378" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 267px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S1__ghOF9oI/AAAAAAAACEE/JXFAfI1hz10/s320/Piero+Abbina+con+Rita+Leva+Montalcini.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Piero Abbina con Rita Levi Montalcini&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Idan si è dimostrata molto interessata assicurandoci addirittura la partecipazione del governo israeliano attraverso l’adesione del ministero dell’Educazione e dello Sport. Grazie a Idan ho potuto conoscere una gran bella persona, Orna Chimoni, fondatrice del Kibbutz Beit Eyal, “ La casa di Eyal “. Intitolato alla memoria del figlio che perì durante il conflitto israelo-libanese nel 1997, questo Kibbutz si pone come obiettivo il recupero fisico e sociale dei militari e dei civili vittime del terrorismo, a prescindere dalla religione, dal credo o dall’appartenenza etnica.&lt;br /&gt;Orna rappresenta la parabola israeliana contemporanea: insieme con altre tre mamme, Bruria Sharon, Zohara Antebi, e Rachel Ben Dor, hanno costretto l’esercito israeliano, nel 2000, a lasciare il Libano. Furono soprannominate le “Quattro Madri”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S2AAMF837DI/AAAAAAAACEM/FmpE2FXqLNg/s1600-h/Orna+Shimoni_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431341358364748850" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S2AAMF837DI/AAAAAAAACEM/FmpE2FXqLNg/s320/Orna+Shimoni_1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Orna Shimoni &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Il giorno seguente, sabato 16, abbiamo incontrato il Ministro Plenipotenziario dell’Ambasciata d’Italia a Tel Aviv Gabriele Altana il quale, oltre a garantirci il proprio appoggio, sostegno e patrocinio, si attiverà per dare all'iniziativa il massimo risalto nella comunità italiana (ebraica e non) che risiede in Israele.&lt;br /&gt;Dopo l’incontro con l’Ambasciata siamo partiti per Haifa.&lt;br /&gt;L’ultimo giorno della nostra permanenza in Israele siamo stati ospiti dell’ Istituto di Tecnologia Israeliano “Technion”. Abbiamo incontrato lo scienziato Moshe Shoham, direttore del laboratorio di Robotica, il quale ci ha illustrato le sue ultime scoperte emozionandoci per la capacità di trasmettere con semplicità e passione i risultati del suo lavoro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S2AAnZepMSI/AAAAAAAACEU/onX7u2vLT-k/s1600-h/Christopher+Reeve+and+Prof.+Moshe+Shoham.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431341827463131426" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S2AAnZepMSI/AAAAAAAACEU/onX7u2vLT-k/s320/Christopher+Reeve+and+Prof.+Moshe+Shoham.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prof. Moshe Shoham con Christopher Reeve&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ci siamo salutati con la promessa che il 7 maggio, giorno della traversata a nuoto da Cafarnau a Ein Gev, sarà in prima fila.&lt;br /&gt;Amos Levan, Capo Ufficio Stampa del Technion, ci ha assicurato che s’impegnerà per diffondere il più possibile la nostra iniziativa. Anche Claudio Pagliara corrispondente Rai da Israele ha confermato l’impegno ad occuparsi di questo evento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S2ABB2upzOI/AAAAAAAACEc/_UciVZBfmEo/s1600-h/Napolitano-Montal-Abbina457.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431342281991507170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S2ABB2upzOI/AAAAAAAACEc/_UciVZBfmEo/s320/Napolitano-Montal-Abbina457.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Piero Abbina tra il Presidente Napolitano e Rita Levi Montalcini&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non è stato facile organizzare e realizzare questo progetto che non avrebbe mai visto la luce senza l’apporto, determinante e decisivo, del Circolo Canottieri Aniene, della Fondazione Roma e dei consoci Pietro Abbina, Vittorio Funaro, Paolo Luccardi, Marco Zilia e della nostra Nora Alkabes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Un abbraccio affettuoso al Presidente Giovanni Malagò e al Presidente Emmanuele Emanuele. La fiducia che hanno voluto accordarmi rappresenta la mia forza ed il mio orgoglio.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grazie&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-3781592818317242751?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/3781592818317242751/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=3781592818317242751' title='1 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/3781592818317242751'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/3781592818317242751'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/01/un-viaggio-fantastico.html' title='Un viaggio fantastico'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S2AB9RzxUXI/AAAAAAAACEk/7t4Wr7Em1vg/s72-c/Kefar+Nahum+con+Piero+Abbina+15+gennaio+2010.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-1975126815873565121</id><published>2010-01-26T06:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-01-27T00:39:30.125-08:00</updated><title type='text'>A fantastic trip</title><content type='html'>I was particularly moved by the warm welcome received in Israel, in Tel Aviv, Haifa and in Tiberiade, by wonderful people who with enthusiasm make solidarity a daily part of their lives.&lt;br /&gt;To have shared even a few moments with these exceptional men and women, has been an amazing experience for me.&lt;br /&gt;My first meeting on 14th janaury was with Alessandro Viterbo, President of the association Tsad Kadima “A step forward”, based in Jerusalem, which cares for the education of children with cerebral lesions in Israel, in spite of religion, creed or ethnic background.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18DDWe7YsI/AAAAAAAACCs/QdqUFbCd-m4/s1600-h/Alessandro+Viterbo+con+Fabio+Cannavaro.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431063031741899458" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 253px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18DDWe7YsI/AAAAAAAACCs/QdqUFbCd-m4/s320/Alessandro+Viterbo+con+Fabio+Cannavaro.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Alessandro Viterbo con Fabio Cannavaro&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hadn’t met before but our eyes locked until the moment we said goodbye. Alessandro is father of a boy with a cerebral lesion, who was completely immobile as a small child, but thanks to the loving care of his family and to the assistance of a State which is totally present, this boy, like many others, has not only recovered many functions, but can even satisfy and coltivate his own interests. Alessandro told me that he had never been to a club to hear a concert before, but his son insisted that he go!!!&lt;br /&gt;The same day in Tel Aviv, we met Noah Brown, a young man full of enthusiasm who founded an association which trains guide dogs for the blind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18DYSWD9bI/AAAAAAAACC0/8ktW7YacfJ8/s1600-h/Noah+Braun.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431063391408223666" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 183px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18DYSWD9bI/AAAAAAAACC0/8ktW7YacfJ8/s320/Noah+Braun.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Noah Brown&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On 15th January, the second day of my visit, we went to Galilee to meet the director of External Relations of the Jordan Valley Council, Idan Helman (for this my thanks go to the President Yossi Vardi), who was enthusiastic about the project for which I’d travelled to Israele, together with friends and co members of Circolo Canottieri Aniene, Piero Abbina, President of the Italian Association Friends of Technion, Vittorio Funaro, Paolo Luccardi and Nora Alkabes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18ECUaWDlI/AAAAAAAACC8/qrf6jOJvafU/s1600-h/Napolitano-Montal-Abbina457.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431064113517563474" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18ECUaWDlI/AAAAAAAACC8/qrf6jOJvafU/s320/Napolitano-Montal-Abbina457.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Piero Abbina, Giorgio Napolitano e Rita Levi Montalcini&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;Idan was very helpful, assuring us of the participation of the Israeli government through the Ministry of Education and Sport. Thanks to Idan I met a wonderful person, Orna Chimoni, founder of the Kibbutz Beit Eyal “Eyal’s House”. The name is in memory of her son who perished during the israeli-lebanese conflict in 1997 and the aim of the Kibbutz is to help the physical and social recovery of soldiers and civil victims of terrorism, despite religion, creed or ethnic background.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18EnslDrZI/AAAAAAAACDE/K6DLn_AdTlk/s1600-h/Orna+Shimoni.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431064755660107154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18EnslDrZI/AAAAAAAACDE/K6DLn_AdTlk/s320/Orna+Shimoni.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Orna Shimoni&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Orna is a kind of contemporary Israeli parable: Together with another three mothers, Brucia Sharon, Zohara Anteli and Rachel Ben Dor, they forced the Israeli army in 2000 to leave Lebanon. They were nicknamed “the Four Mothers”.&lt;br /&gt;The next day, Saturday 16th, we met with the Minister of the Italian Embassy in Tel Aviv, Gabriele Altana who, as well as offering his support and patronage, will do his best to give the maximum coverage of our event to the italian comunity (jewish and non) which resides in Israel.&lt;br /&gt;After the meeting at the Embassy, we left for Haifa.&lt;br /&gt;On the last day of our stay in Israel, we were guests of the Israelian Institute of Technology “Technion”. We met the scientist Moshe Shoham, director of the Robotics lab, who showed some of his discoveries, amazing us with his ability to transmit with simplicity and passion the results of his work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18FEwUKRHI/AAAAAAAACDM/Md4s5NNTLes/s1600-h/Christopher+Reeve+and+Prof.+Moshe+Shoham.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431065254879183986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 136px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18FEwUKRHI/AAAAAAAACDM/Md4s5NNTLes/s320/Christopher+Reeve+and+Prof.+Moshe+Shoham.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Prof. Moshe Shoham and Christopher Reeve&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We said goodbye, promising that on 7th May, the day I’ll swim from Cafarnau to Ein Gev, he’ll be in the front row.&lt;br /&gt;Amos Levan, Head of the Press Office of Technion assured us that he will do all he can to publicise our event. Also Claudio Pagliara, RAI correspondent in Israele, confirmed his willingness to cover the event.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18M5p1P4-I/AAAAAAAACDk/7uEdwuT9VVc/s1600-h/Kefar+Nahum+con+Piero+Abbina+15+gennaio+2010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431073860253377506" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18M5p1P4-I/AAAAAAAACDk/7uEdwuT9VVc/s320/Kefar+Nahum+con+Piero+Abbina+15+gennaio+2010.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Salvatore Cimmino e Piero Abbina&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It wasn’t easy to realize this project which would never have come to light without the fundamental and decisive support of Circolo Canottieri Aniene, Fondazione Roma, and my fellow club members Pietro Abbina, Vittorio Funaro, Paolo Luccardi, Marco Zilia and our Nora Alkabes. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18QYP0U9jI/AAAAAAAACDs/DHGA0nCOcRo/s1600-h/Con+Vittorio+Funaro+e+Paolo+Luccardi.bmp"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431077684381021746" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18QYP0U9jI/AAAAAAAACDs/DHGA0nCOcRo/s320/Con+Vittorio+Funaro+e+Paolo+Luccardi.bmp" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Salvatore Cimmino, Vittorio Funaro e Paolo Luccardi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;My thanks to President Giovanni Malagò, and to President Emmanuele Emanuele. The faith they have shown in me is my strength and pride.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thank You.&lt;br /&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-1975126815873565121?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/feeds/1975126815873565121/comments/default' title='Commenti sul post'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8785973043873565669&amp;postID=1975126815873565121' title='0 Commenti'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1975126815873565121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8785973043873565669/posts/default/1975126815873565121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com/2010/01/to-swimming-in-seas-of-globe.html' title='A fantastic trip'/><author><name>salvatorecimmino</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17959088265561589718</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='24' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SsWcpyBUvjI/AAAAAAAABrs/qTYlYYqJXl8/S220/manica1c.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/S18DDWe7YsI/AAAAAAAACCs/QdqUFbCd-m4/s72-c/Alessandro+Viterbo+con+Fabio+Cannavaro.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785973043873565669.post-7796257528188443953</id><published>2009-12-22T00:14:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-12-22T00:22:07.272-08:00</updated><title type='text'>SOLIDARIETA', l' essere interessato e sollecito dei bisogni altrui</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SzCBKsJzoHI/AAAAAAAACBU/kFemricfKqo/s1600-h/Pace+&amp;amp;+SolidarietÃ"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417972372377673842" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gChUuoTx2ro/SzCBKsJzoHI/AAAAAAAACBU/kFemricfKqo/s320/Pace+%26+Solidariet%C3%A0_2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In questi anni grazie alla comprensione e all’ entusiasmo di tanti, ho potuto informare tantissime persone, che altrimenti non avrei saputo come raggiungere, di un problema che è certamente specifico, cioè la fornitura dei dispositivi protesici di ultima generazione agli amputati, ma che in realtà riguarda molto in generale tutto il mondo della disabilità all’ interno del quale siamo in molti a condividere problemi, fatiche ed emarginazione.&lt;br /&gt;L’ ho fatto attraverso il nuoto, io che certamente nuotatore non sono, e ho potuto farlo grazie al fatto che, come sempre accade nella vita, con l’ aiuto di tanti è più facile raggiungere gli obbiettivi, anzi niente è impossibile!!!!&lt;br /&gt;Mancano pochi giorni al Natale, da sempre sinonimo di speranza, pace, fraternità e solidarietà.&lt;br /&gt;Proviamo ad immaginare tutti insieme che emozione sarebbe un mondo senza barriere, proviamo ad immaginare che emozione il Natale per i bambini disabili: giochi, allegria, desideri, attesa.&lt;br /&gt;Questo è un pensiero di augurio di buone feste e di un felice anno nuovo. Ma anche e soprattutto un messaggio di speranza per quanti non condividono ancora il progresso e il benessere.&lt;br /&gt;Tutti dovrebbero nutrire la propria vita con il gioco, i desideri, l’ allegria. Purtroppo, ancora troppo spesso il gioco resta un desiderio, insieme a tanti altri non esauditi, e l’ allegria un’ aspirazione.&lt;br /&gt;Oggi vi ringrazio ancora e ancora vi chiedo un sostegno: a maggio, tra il 2 ed il 9 nuoterò nel lago di Tiberiade, da un villaggio arabo, Tabgha, ad un villaggio israeliano, Ein Gev.&lt;br /&gt;Colgo l’ occasione per ringraziare con tutto me stesso chi ha trasformato quello che era il mio sogno in realtà: il Jordan Valley Council, l’ istituto di tecnologia Israeliano Technion, di cui Albert Einstein è stato il primo presidente, le Associazioni Beit Eyal e Tsad Kadima, l’ ambasciata israeliana di Roma, ed infine il Circolo Canottieri Aniene e la Fondazione Roma, per l’ apporto ed il sostegno che hanno profuso in questi anni.&lt;br /&gt;Come sempre io ci metterò le braccia, accompagnatemi, come sempre avete fatto, con il cuore.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Salvatore Cimmino&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8785973043873565669-7796257528188443953?l=perunmondosenzabarriere.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/d
