More than two months before the start of the Special Olympics and the real athletes, not just in the race but in life too, are in danger of "Cinderella syndrome". When the lights turn off and the flame goes out, people with disabilities will be pushed to the margins, due to of the cruelty and a challenging negligence of what we call organized state. Reduced subsidies lead to a mathematical lock the centers and education and their parents in despair. Cause of the austerity policy which requires that the International Monetary Fund and has led the ruling as to face the sensitive area of ​​special education as a field still offered to reduce the deficit famous. Despite repeated assurances by the Minister for Health and Social Solidarity, Mr. Loverdos, employees in Special Education Centers remain unpaid (most of them from 3 to 6 months), but continue to offer their services and seeking ways of communication problems space. At a time when Greece prepared to host the Special Olympics, dozens of workshops for People with Disabilities, which is a charitable non-profit institutions, threatened with closure because of massive cuts in state funding. Which is in direct contrast to the monetary costs of organising such events. According to news releases by the National Confederation of Persons with Disabilities and the Panhellenic Federation of Parents and Guardians of People with Disabilities, just the cost of the opening ceremony of the Special Olympic 2011 Games (appr. 7 million euros), is equivalent to the overall budget cut to all open and closed care service providers of Attica, for the years 2010-2011! And while the parents are ready, according to reports, to attend with black flags on any Games-related event, since no cry of agony for the future of their children has been heard, the workers, many of them volunteers and support workers for people with disabilities in the Special Olympics - claim their unpaid wages. Not that they have anything to divide with this great feast, sample of culture and sensitivity of a society, honor and blessing for those who are fortunate enough to participate. If nothing changes to these truncated grants adn they continue to jump from one office to the next without ever making it to their final destinations, the Disability Centres, due to what the Greek implementation of reinventing the State Provision, namely "Kallikrates, this summer will bring embarrassing moments for all. When the flame goes out, people who would have made ​​us cry in tears and be moved, will most likely play their final act. They will be photographed as extras alongside the same people, who having talked talking with flamboyance and pompous words, they will then sign their "death sentence", leading their accommodation, education and socialization settings to a permanent lock down. In such a case, the State under the Constitution, must assume its obligations. And judging from the continuous 'successes' of the state machine, we can sleep soundly for the future of any... The oath of the athletes of Special Olympics states: "Let me win! But if I cannot win, help me brave in the attempt!" Is there anyone hearing this? Written in Greek for Sport-Fm by Nicholas Aktypis Source: http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/470847 18/04/2011 Translated by Google Translate Commentary by NOESI.gr: Greece is organising the World Special Olympics 2011 and hosts world-class athletes in a super-scale event! Only fails to accommodate basic human rights for education, training, well-being of people with a learning disability. If you can't help it, then let the Games begin...