Francis is not alone. The disabled boy who has been struggling for years to be adequately assisted at school has been surrounded by a sea of solidarity in just a few days . The outburst of mother Sara Picci, who recounted the last episode a few days ago when there was no one to accompany her son to the bathroom, because the janitor authorized for the service was absent due to illness , moved and angered everyone. And if from the Alberghiero Gramsci di Monserrato , Francesco's school, they still don't release any comments, his companions will try to stir things up.

The commitment

As the school representative Nicolò Deiana had announced, all united, after having collected about 150 signatures at school, they published the petition online to help Francesco, reaching almost 1500 signatures in a few days . But that's just the beginning. Student requests are also attached to the petition.

«On November 26, Francis was deprived of the possibility of going to school», the students write, «whose fault is it? From the Ministry or from our institute? We have tried to understand it and we want to explain it to you too. For those unfamiliar with Francesco's story, he is a boy who has motor difficulties that do not allow him to be independent and due to his problems he has the right to assistance in his essential places of need". Unfortunately however, «on Friday the 25th the school did not replace the only school collaborator who usually takes care of him and who was rightly absent for health reasons. As a result, not only did he have to wait for his mother to arrive before being taken to the toilet, but he was forced to leave the institution in tears because no one could look after him." Their partner must have the same rights as all the other students : «Because of this shameful situation, he was forced to stay at home in the following days. Francesco's attendance cannot depend on a single person, he is a student like us and should not be treated differently. Let's unite to protect Francis if the institutions don't do it".

The guardianship

Nicolò Deiana had explained the requests they would have made to the school to protect their partner : «We will ask that Francesco be assigned two collaborators to accompany him to the bathroom, and that he has access to all the equipment as is his right. Parents have had to buy a computer keyboard out of their own pocket, and that's not good. The problem is the institutions and certainly not the comrades who have never made him feel alone". And the comrades have also raised the possibility of organizing a strike if the situation does not unblock itself.

The family

The fact is that, however, to date, nothing has changed . «The situation is always the same», says Francesco's mother, Sara, «we have had no feedback other than the interest in our situation on the part of the national news programmes. We don't want to expose ourselves and we don't want to put on a show. The only thing that interests us, as already mentioned, is that the dignity of Francis be respected". A boy who, quadriplegic since birth and confined to a wheelchair, is obviously suffering from all this situation. He who would just like to go to school and follow lessons like all his classmates do. And as is his right.

Giorgia Daga

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