11-year-old Leandros Papacharalambidis with visual impairment, paraded as flag bearer of the 17th Primary School of Kalamaria for the celebration of October 28, sending a strong message of support to all people with disabilities around the world!
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The 11-year-old student, with his disarming honesty and extroversion, is a source of strength for the entire student community and beyond, sending a strong message of inclusion.
Children with disabilities deserve our love, acceptance and understanding as they are no different from the rest. Let's stop treating them as something different and completely foreign to us and let's finally open our arms to integrate them into our daily lives and our lives.
He lost his sight when he was 2.5 years old and today he paraded for the first time
"I like the language and I find mathematics interesting. When I grow up I want to be a philologist, mathematician or journalist. I'm excited to march, I need all children who have difficulties to participate in everything," the 11-year-old sixth grade student told ERT.
"I feel proud that my child will participate in the parade, we want to send a strong message of inclusion on the occasion of the national day," said Filippos Papacharalampidis, Leandros' father.
Zoe Anagnostou, principal of the 17th primary school of Kalamaria, where Leandros is a student, stands by the daily struggle for inclusion: "Inclusion is a constant, daily struggle of the entire student community to include and embrace all children with disabilities," she says.
