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beula was diagnosed with autism while still a child. now she's an adapted swimming champion. we'll just like i'm doing that. if we look back 30 years, someone like hulu, being a champion swimmer would have been unthinkable. one of her greatest achievements is to make autism visible. these are people who are capable of achieving whatever the aim for, provided we give them the tools. ah, ah, a so it, well, you know, i live in taught molina, so i work at an occupational therapy center. yeah, that was a i really like music and sports either. i'm a swimmer. i swim in the pool and in the c edge i've done a lot of sports athletic skating horseback riding, paddling,

being bad. i love sporty. may downtown love that brought this whole year there at the la jolla has spent her whole life to his sports, both adapted and inclusive. and they're both very positive for her adapted sport provides her was learning tools and inclusive role models of english hero moriello who his sister, christina, has supported her since our kids. the college psychology thesis was on autism. she is currently helping, julio. prepare for her next big goal at the national swimming championships. like that 50 meters backstroke one. 0, that's right. it was 2050 meters freestyle, one length us relays are 2 back stroke. those latter to lancaster back stroke either when the whole empathy on veg, when, when he and started competing, there were a lot of things she didn't understand about why did things have to be done one way and not another. but why wait so long? that will pictograms really help a lot of their her way of understanding the world, though he had a lessons with one who are another big help on that front. ah,

but little he one law when, when julio learns a new passage, she's very methodical and precise. i don't think sometimes she can concentrate more than other people. yeah. and sometimes when improvising, she has a remarkable sense of rhythm with, let's do an improvisation example. and how about a song with the black keys? glad to glinetta. yes. how about this 30? 0, you're choosing diagnosis was a tough blue williams family when did he think at dory hall, when you're told that your child has a disability and that she won't be like the others you dream that she will be like the others? and inclusion is really happening through sports in autism has many levels no 2

cases are the same. for example, at 1st it was complicated because many of the routines were very hard for her, which is why we included it in the therapy. i know that she's one metals at regional and national championships, but what we really appreciate are the sports benefits for julio lee. it means friends autonomy and new experiences. and amelia sport helps who to be happy that they bought a b. i knew that has been julio, gets up at 6 am to attend her training sessions. following routine is very important for her, such as keeping the calendars up to date and organizing all the activities on her agenda. ah ah.

i love in the morning and in the afternoon, the swimming young. ah, what money? money. good. my gold coast. i don't know. we do 50 meters back very fast. we're happy. francesco medina is julio swimming coach. he used to train spanish olympic medalists. the for him coaching. julio is a completely new challenge. when are you any of the vehicle? i have been at the top of the swimming world for this, and after that, i didn't see myself as qualified to work with someone like hulu, hulu, or ian. but she's now a source of pride and motivation for me. but what, okay, well yeah, me the, i'll really gives me something that no other swimmer can give you. it's really special to see someone with all her problems. so it gives you a feeling that it, oh, i just can't describe it if it makes my heart to me in context,

if suddenly you lack of a so awful head, don't lack of it. i don't, julia. not having that. don't hear. no ocoee not. they are going to breeze here. let's do it. thank i look wavy here now, and i say more the n v n b o. the company that i want internet modem, i'm considered a very tough quote, but with hulu, it's a different story company. i have to understand hulu, with hulu. i need to be ah, lincoln's anna that she loves swimming a few more than the only drawback julia sometimes has that you can't change her routine level when she doesn't swim. one that tells me she's too excited to have. you know, we need to do a lot more work with autism and the water we keep, but with professionals won't allow one bed. all professionally. did i do? well? yes. let me no more than half a bottle. no, no. glad. oh,

yes, i already half a bottle. okay, so that's it. yeah, mm hm. you know, swim now that know you're done with swimming, sweetie for you. i love with in your time with swimming is not the only thing helping. julio, get along in life, is also a vocal, c, o, o, o, o, therapist, such oboski is preparing her for the next championship. that'll give her julio has a new ro, developmental disorder of the cognitive area, affecting communication and social skills, or not. but she learns like you and me, but in different ways, better go will not be on the think i was on when bushel supports are very important, as is working on them beforehand. if we provide her with the right tools,

she'll be able to cope on if there's no background work done. she's in a permanent state of frustration and alarm to my father with bethany latimer. i mean a whole yeah. hey, here's the preparation that we're going to do before competing is before going to swim. and the bit are a few important things i got from my casa, we bought val, there. i don't settle or not, but we can't sit in those chairs. we go directly to the pu unless i, lima, i'll happy thing. and when we go out to the pool, they don't say hi to the public, but don't say hello, we just school, i'm, i'm in that office and i hadn't all dealing with it. normally, people with autism are difficulty with language to operate with expression communication or tonality. they need a speech therapist to work on tonality so they can have more fluid conversation that are going in in yellow math math. i knew that a way for me. oh may is gone. all goes there. is i leila?

no man guest. well he left both. okay. oh my god. deed of both. okay. well thought of via is the host of the spanish national championships through adapted sports where julio is participating in a range of races. alberto is the coach of her regional team will yeah. when it up i taught of yes, her poses a radical change for julio. another pool, another environments, another locker room, living with a manual, plus she's living in a hotel with her colleagues with one. and that's quite a big change in her routine. little bit together. but to say i go get enough of them off at that. what change is something that affects all of us? we smoke for someone with autism and the changes in routines. i mean a very big challenge f i for i don't know. so, but i, i thought from david on the holy as daily diary of everything she eats and does is a big help as his her sister, when it comes to choosing from the buffy camp. why that?

i mean, what can i eat without gluten or milk? with sal, lad, ma'am. let's check the dessert. they put it under cheap tank with the 1st day of competition is always hard for julio. she has difficulty controlling her excitement as easy. now. what does that mean? i. c oh, the other come in on a little de la, so ready on the way from the hotel to the bus. only she could think about was a pen drive when i live in those cases, they have an obsession with an object whole situation. at dublin. 2 bundle velez, julio begins her warm up. and as soon as she touches the water, she's 100 percent focused on the race. a rough,

mental 5th. think about the movement of your arms and very fast. okay. come on godaddy. i'm often low. yeah, yes. let's go with just minutes to go. it's time for julio to visualize the routines and pictograms. she's trained with how about us? ready? renella seated more. yes. good. let's go. i'm off. mm hm. yeah, i'm up. we slowly move, roll it up. ready. elbows down. your head i dive strongly. ah, he lied. ah, that feed into arms. yes. look up with the impulse and we have to,

i touched the wall. i great my teammates. we wait for the referee. sunny, we come out on the steps. the championships end with great results, the julio 1st placed in the 200 meters freestar in a 2nd and 3rd place in other disciplines. dying and phony. well, we know that already on this level qualifying 1st and 3rd, we're talking about the best spanish name is in her category a lot. okay, let us roll. the train is working with julio. the aim is to prepare for the next championships, which will be in berlin. id, i'm all badly near it. i want to take her to the olympics and i want her to enjoy it until then. julio will just enjoy the pool and the joyce swimming bring. so it's funny, she's happy and passes that on to others or go go to my i

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