This Wednesday, the communication service of the Diputación de Badajoz sent to the media a press release and several photographs of the visit of the president of said institution, the socialist Miguel Ángel Gallardo - mayor of Villanueva de la Serena - to Chipiona . There, "on the beachfront", as stated in the statement, visited the facilities of the villa - Villa Conchita - that the Diputación has in property on the Cadiz coast. Since 2008, about 10,000 people have passed through this house, according to the data of the Diputación itself, thanks to an agreement signed with the Plena Inclusión de Extremadura collective .

Every summer, more than 800 people enjoy the holidays thanks to this agreement, most of them - according to the press release - people with disabilities, "many of whom have been able to see the sea and the beach for the first time thanks to this initiative ".

The sale of the benefits of the Diputación with Villa Conchita was also carried out through the official social networks of the public institution.

The president of the Diputación highlighted in Chipiona in his appearance before the users his satisfaction: "Initiatives such as these are those that value politics as an instrument, improving people's lives and making people with different abilities happy. That is why , sharing this morning with these boys and girls, many of whom have been able to see the sea for the first time, gives me great satisfaction. "

The holiday season takes place over six months. It starts at the beginning of May and lasts until October, until the Puente del Pilar. "However, this year the demand has made it expand until the last days of October," it is reported, adding that groups of up to 30 lodged pass through the facilities of Villa Conchita "between people with intellectual disabilities and professionals from support for".

However, since last night a video on social networks is going viral in which you can see a video that collects the visit of the president of the Diputación, just at the moment when a photograph is prepared posing at the foot of the beach with several of the users. Miguel Ángel Gallardo is the only one who poses in the video with a jacket. So far everything is right. However, as soon as the official photographer finishes taking the picture, you can see how the only user that appears in the image sitting in a vehicle adapted for people with disabilities, and to whom the president of the Provincial shakes hands, gets up calmly and without any problem once the photograph has already been taken and begins to walk with absolute normality in the subsequent moments.

That image of five people - including the president of the deputation - who form the entourage for official photography, along with the person with alleged disability sitting in the special vehicle in which he allegedly has to be transferred before the impossibility of moving, is the which was subsequently sent officially to the media of the region.

Another version

Faced with the controversy created, the Badajoz Provincial Council, in its official Twitter account , has branded the publication of the video as "false news", calling it " fake news ". In addition, the Plena Inclusión de Extremadura collective has issued a statement that highlights that the man who gets up from the adapted vehicle and begins to walk with absolute normality after photography "is a person with intellectual disability, user of Inclusive Plena Inclusión Villanueva de La Serena. " In addition, he adds that his intellectual disability is associated with a serious illness: "There are people with intellectual disabilities who suffer repetitive and drug-resistant epileptic seizures. For that reason - they even include - to guarantee their safety, the use of an amphibious vehicle for bathing is indicated. the sea". Finally, the group is grateful for the visit to Chipiona of the president of the Provincial Council "to be interested in the state of housing that is made available to people with different abilities, in what is a pioneering project throughout the country."

According to the institution, the public facilities of the Diputación - located 20 meters from the beach of Regla de Chipiona - meet the necessary conditions "so that people with intellectual disabilities and support companions can have leisure and rest activities in a holiday environment. "

In addition, during this time the conditions of the house have evolved and improved to adapt to the special characteristics of the users. Works have been done to provide an adapted bathroom, an access ramp has been built and steps and barriers have been removed to facilitate the wandering of people.

In the last year, and "fruit of active listening", as Gallardo indicates, the Provincial Council of Badajoz has executed maintenance and improvement of the facilities: the upper part of the house has been closed, the enclosure has been improved of the terrace, it has painted all the dependencies and the air conditioning has been installed, to offer more comfort to the users. This summer, the house also has free Wi- Fi that allows better communication between children and their families. "In short, as the president adds," improvements that influence the well-being of all the people who are staying in the apartment " .

With this, says Gallardo, "we contribute to people with different abilities having fun spaces on the beach by sharing time between equals and, incidentally, we strengthen ties between two sister communities such as Extremadura and Andalusia , also affecting the local economy of Chipiona. "

The installation was acquired by the Diputación de Badajoz in 1982. The plot is located at number 72 of the Avenida de Sevilla de Chipiona and the constructed area is 335 square meters. The purpose of the purchase was to provide vacations to the children of the Children's Homes dependent on the Provincial Council, but when the provincial agency lost these powers, the chalet was destined so that the psychiatric patients could enjoy a holiday period.

Later also those competitions were eliminated and Diputación thought about developing an agreement like the one signed in 2008 with Plena Inclusión Extremadura.

The transfer of these facilities allows the direct benefit of these 10,000 people who participate in the Leisure and Vacation program . In addition, there are 10,000 families - which can amount to more than 40,000 people - who indirectly benefit from this assignment, since they can enjoy family reconciliation time while people with intellectual disabilities are in Chipiona.

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