It is estimated that in Spain there are some 35,000 people with Down syndrome. Although 23,000 are of working age, only 7% have a job. Despite the fact that social advances have helped the integration of this group into society, there is still much to do. To raise awareness about the low presence of people with Down syndrome in the labor market, wonderful people he devised one of his hidden cameras. In the situation raised by the Canarian Television program, a shop assistant was belittled by a client for the simple fact of having this genetic disorder.
While the role of the client was represented by an actress; the role of the shop assistant was played by Sara, a completely independent person who has Down syndromewho works in a bar and who wanted to collaborate with wonderful people. At first, the client asked if someone could help her. That is why Sara proposed to help her, but when the buyer realized that she had Down syndrome, she changed her face. “I don’t know if you’re going to be able to attend to me”the client told the clerk.
Although Sara made the feint of helping her, the client refused: “I’m in a bit of a hurry. I don’t want to have to explain everything to you. I need a size of this and I don’t know if you’re going to be able to help me,” the shopper snapped at the clerk, who wanted to get another size of the dress she was holding. Sara took the dress and told the shopper that it was one size fits all. However, despite the fact that the saleswoman took good care of the client, she was not happy and asked for a “real shop assistant” to come.
“I want someone to advise me, to a normal person who advises me“, specified the buyer. These words made Dunia, a stranger who was in the store, intervene to stop this unfair situation. “She is telling you that she is the store clerk, who else do you need to help you?“, the stranger asked the actress. However, the client stood by her guns and defended that she wanted to be treated by a” normal person.
These statements made Dunia explode against the client: “But she (Sara) is a normal person. It’s that you’re getting on my nerves. She is telling you that she can take care of you. I think that you are not normal, “said the stranger to the infiltrated actress. However, the client maintained that the shop assistant with Down syndrome was not qualified to carry out this work.
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Dunia again exploded against the client for her words and even invited her to leave the store: “Maybe (Sara) is more capable than you, but it doesn’t seem human on your part to me. She He is a person just like any other and he is telling you that he can help you. We must give him the right to work here like any of us, because he is also a person. If you don’t like anything in the store, take it and leave“.
After this, the infiltrated actress stressed that people with Down syndrome are not trained for this type of work and pointed out that it would be better for Sara to be inside the store so as not to damage “the image of the store”. Upon hearing this, Dunia charged the client: “I’m going to disrespect you and forgive me for telling you, but you’re short”. However, the infiltrated actress tightened the situation even more and asked for a claim sheet.
“Call the police”, Dunia told the clerk with Down syndrome, tired of the atrocities she was having to listen to. Eventually, the show team was forced to reveal this hidden camera, before things got even more out of control. Dunia was very surprised when she discovered that it had all been a hidden camera and confessed to the team wonderful people who has a 9-year-old son with Down syndrome. For this reason, situations of this type touch him squarely.
It is estimated that in Spain there are some 35,000 people with Down syndrome. Although 23,000 are of working age, only 7% have a job. Despite the fact that social advances have helped the integration of this group into society, there is still much to do. To raise awareness about the low presence of people with Down syndrome in the labor market, wonderful people he devised one of his hidden cameras. In the situation raised by the Canarian Television program, a shop assistant was belittled by a client for the simple fact of having this genetic disorder.
