00:00For European Sports Week, athletes with intellectual disabilities from all over the EU and European civil servants try their hand at boccia and table tennis.
00:13The event, organized by Special Olympics at the European Commission, aims to promote the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in the EU.
00:22It's an opportunity to challenge persistent prejudices in sport and in society.
00:29People are scared, they don't know how to speak with special people, and they think they are only kids, but we are human beings.
00:45We work, we go to school, we have friends.
00:50People with intellectual disabilities often face stigmatization and isolation, once the president of Special Olympics Europe and Eurasia.
00:58Regrettably, globally, it's the most underemployed, undereducated, the most unhealthy, regrettably the most trafficked, the most exploited, often the most abused.
01:10The plight facing people with intellectual disabilities is scandalous.
01:13In his view, the emphasis must be on education and awareness raising.
01:19Look around you. These people will go back to their offices and they'll have a different understanding of what intellectual disability is.
01:28Maybe it's intellectual ability. Maybe it's different abilities.
01:32A lot of it has to do with that social education, that awareness raising, the proximity.
01:38Over 20 million people have intellectual disabilities in Europe.
01:43So, this is a win at first.
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