Pablo Pineda

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Pablo Pineda

Pablo Pineda Ferrer (born August 5, 1974 in Málaga ) is a Spanish teacher ( educational psychology ), actor , author and the first European with Down syndrome to graduate from university.

Life and education

Pineda was born the youngest of three brothers. He learned to read at the age of four and only found out about Down's syndrome at the age of seven from Miguel-López Melero from the University of Málaga . Melero and his wife were very committed to Pineda's education and support. His mentor later recommended him to become a teacher, which Pineda began in 1995 and successfully completed four years later. He then began studying psychology. From March 2009 he worked at a school in Cordoba . Since 2010, Pineda has been giving lectures worldwide for the Fundacion Adecco , which is committed to the integration of disabled people. In autumn 2013 he hosted the program Piensa en positivo (German: think positive ) in the second program of Spanish television, La 2 .

Movie

In the movie Me too - who wants to be normal? (Yó, también) Pineda plays in the role of Daniel his freely told life story in the struggle for normality. For his acting performance, he was awarded the Silver Shell at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 2009 as best actor .

In the film Alphabet he is introduced by Erwin Wagenhofer as one of the protagonists who show that the existing school system has a one-sided image of man, which is characterized by competition, selection and obedience. For him, that's the concept of fear. He would like to promote the “concept of love” by working on this film.

engagement

As early as 1991, Pineda founded the Roma project for the targeted support of children with Down syndrome with appropriately developed curricula.

Quotes

“It's not a disease! It's a condition, a state. Just as one of them is blonde, I have Down's syndrome. "

“But not for moral reasons, but for reasons of experience. They are tough, but extremely enriching, experiences that one would never experience through an abortion of a disabled child. Parents with children who are “different” also improve as parents. They become more tolerant and show more solidarity. That's an opportunity that should be seized. The choice of the child à la carte is not good. Because in the end we choose the perfect. And when everyone is equal, we are much poorer. Flowers are also different and they are all beautiful. The drive towards social homogenization is an evil of society. If everyone thinks the same, looks the same, everyone is "uniform", then that is fascism. "

“For me there are two concepts: the concept of fear and the concept of love. And if we have lived with the concept of fear by now, it is time to leave it. "

"The biggest shortcoming of society is not being able to understand being different."

Works published in German

  • The challenge of learning: A plea for diversity, 2014
  • Advice to Parents of Children with Trisomy 21, 2017

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Pablo Pineda: soy realista. Yo no soy un actor . Es Mundo, September 27, 2009
  2. ↑ The Special , Sächsische Zeitung , June 25, 2014
  3. ↑ El actor Pablo Pineda anima a empresarios aragoneses a que incorporen en sus plantillas a personas con discapacidad (PDF) Nota de prensa de la Fundación Adecco. April 28, 2010. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  4. ↑ Piensa en positivo on rtve.es
  5. ↑ BBC News, September 28, 2009: Film prize for actor with Down's
  6. ↑ Die Presse.com, July 17, 2010: Pablo Pineda: "I'm not sick!"
  7. ↑ Die Welt Online, June 10, 2009: Europe's first teacher with Down syndrome
  8. ^ Leaflet for the film alphabet by Erwin Wagenhofer, 2013
  9. ↑ Die Welt Online, June 10, 2009: Europe's first teacher with Down syndrome
personal data
SURNAME Pineda, Pablo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pineda Ferrer, Pablo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish teacher and actor
DATE OF BIRTH 5th August 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Málaga