After a few minutes of conversation with Antonio Miguel Rabasco at least two clear conclusions can be drawn: it is the flag Rojales and the Oriolan region downpour, roots and a totally in love with football especially her beloved Elche, who always wears it as a montera “on her chest.”

This 21-year-old from Vega Baja is a well-known 33% mental retardation and with great effort, and even after overcoming incidents of bullying in high school, Elche CF players from the original Santander League.

Organized by this competition La Liga Foundation represents professional football’s commitment to diversity and inclusion. In his case, after the agreements with his club, he came to drink the honey of success in the group, Adjective Elche, with the franciverde team.

She understands stories like her Help break down the obstacles. That’s why he argues that adapted sports are still not made visible, and that at least in most of the small towns he lives in, like Rojales, there are still no clubs for people with functional diversity to improve their self-esteem and self-confidence. Autonomy thanks to the sports app.


Overcoming the highest obstacles with football

After trying to get into regular teams without success, “Rojales doesn’t have sports for the disabled, so I went to play at Elche”. assures it He came to write to the municipal authorities so that his town had a club. and to some extent disabled people are encouraged, because they force young people to leave by not giving them the opportunity, with the extra effort he put into them and the family.

He tells Elche that there is only one bus a day and it’s first thing in the morning, and it’s his parents who have to carry him most of the time. However, his perseverance and the support of the environment enabled him to achieve his goals.

Gardener

He takes the bus every morning and Adis de Orihuela center where he studied an advanced course in horticulture, which is his other passion. She admits that she wanted to work in a nursery because she had a penchant for treating plants.

He goes to practice several afternoons a week with almost no rest, which is one of the most enjoyable moments of the day for him. He says being in the club “made me braver, made me feel like I could go anywhere by myself, helped me see life better”.

His father Miguel Rabasco is proud of him because The promise that “everyone said when he was born that he wouldn’t be able to take care of himself” has not been fulfilled. The young man is stunned by “exploring the world” and remembers some of his achievements, such as battling Real Madrid at Las Palmas and winning Cartagena by one goal in the LaLiga, which ends on 9 June.


Components of the Elche CF team playing in the Genuine league INFORMATION

For her part, she explains that she has made some great colleagues at Elche Sin Adjectives, where she also practices. Basketball. He looks at the past only as it passes by and retains the good, because he is one of those who thinks that “karma pays back for your evil deeds,” referring to those who shoved it around during childhood and adolescence. while studying it in ordinary schools and institutes. He feels he has paved the way and hopes to stay in the future as he is now, “living a dream.”