Yislainet Lara affirms that the Ministry of Education ignored the right of his six -year -old son to attend a special school, despite having an official medical diagnosis.
Madrid, Spain.- The doctor in Stomatology Yislainet Lara denounced on social networks that the Ministry of Education of Cuba (MINED) denied schooling to her six-year-old son, Félix Berto, diagnosed with severe autism and moderate intellectual disability, despite the fact that the diagnosis was certified by the public health system.
In a Facebook publication, where she showed the diagnosis, the mother described the decision as a “violation of the rights of the child and the disabled” and warned that he will not get tired of fighting to respect the right of her child to receive education. “The MINED decided to ignore the medical opinion, thus snatching its legitimate and universal right to attend an institution,” he wrote.
The school year He began on September 1 with official acts throughout the island. While the authorities celebrated the incorporation of more than one and a half million students, Lara denounced that his son was excluded from it. “I want the whole world to know this injust one,” he added.
The mother holds That his child should continue in a special school, where he would receive adapted pedagogical attention, transport and socialization with his peers. However, the authorities told him that attention should fall on the community, without guaranteeing an academic space.
The case exposes the contradictions between the official discourse of educational inclusion and the reality of families with children with special needs in Cuba.
