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Mohamed A. Fattah, the father of a Special Olympics Egypt athlete, also heads up the Special Olympics Families Committee in Shoubra, one of the Program's six communities in Cairo.
Instead of focusing on an uncertain future for his son, Fattah educated himself about mental retardation and assisted Special Olympics Egypt in organizing competitions and increasing public awareness through lectures to other families that had children with mental retardation.
"My experience taught me … that the real disability is that of a human being who is unable to utilize his abilities to provide a more fulfilling life for people with mental retardation." |
