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You're used to grey England skies, cloudy days, colder nights, and your heart's not alright.

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Thought you'd be quite happy there, in that warm New York air, but your heart's not alright.

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But if you sang along with me, do you think you'd be happy?

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Here we have our work corner, where we spend a lot of time every day.

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Over here is a new corner, which we put up this year, which is our sensory corner.

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We have several boxes here that we change with different materials,

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and it's where on Mondays we do a sensory workshop and we do different activities.

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And over here is our assembly corner, which is where we start in the morning,

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where each child has a bit of an idea of what they're going to do during the day,

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and that's how we can participate if we try to explain it.

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We also have the dining room menu, which we change every day.

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And our last corner, which is the art corner, which is where we do more crafts,

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at least there's a half-prepared activity, and those would be all the corners we have.

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And well, as you can see, everything is very well-signaled,

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because our children need everything well-structured and marked to be safe.

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Let's start.

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Let's start by explaining what autism is, since people don't know what it is.

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Well, autism is a condition that accompanies a person since birth.

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It mainly interferes in two aspects of their life,

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in their communication, in their relationships with others and with the world around them,

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and in their flexibility or the ability that that person has to accept changes.

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Thanks for such a good explanation.

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Another question, what is inclusion for you?

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Well, for me, inclusion is that we all behave as we are,

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and then it's very important that we make ourselves more accessible

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and help a lot of people who may not have enjoyed their lives because they have autism.

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Did you always want to work with this type of child?

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Well, I always knew I wanted to be a teacher,

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but until I was at the university and I had to choose a little which way I was going to go,

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I didn't decide to be a teacher of autism.

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I didn't.

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At first, it was one of the subjects that called me the least attention when I started studying,

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and then, due to circumstances in the classes, I had to work at a center for autism,

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and since then I've loved it and I'm still loving it.

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And of everything you do, what do you like the most about your job?

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Well, what I like the most about my job is the amount of things I learn every day from my students.

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You also teach a lot of things to the teachers.

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And what I like the most is that no day is the same as the other,

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and that we also learn a lot from all the teachers, because we work with their students and we have a lot of fun.

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Interesting. Now in another order, when was the Abulatea created in this school?

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It was created six years ago.

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Since the Abulatea was established in the center, have we been better in your years?

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Well, when the Abulatea was created, neither Yeita nor I were here.

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Yeita is in the first year and I'm in the third.

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And yes, it's a little faster, a little slower, but it's all good.

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We have seen that you have filled the school with pictograms.

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What are they for?

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Well, the pictograms are images that serve to represent a whole usage.

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The idea is that a person, as soon as he sees that image, knows what he wants to communicate.

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So it's an easy way for everyone to know how to use the classroom.

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Here we have put in each classroom a pictogram that represents the library, management, nursery.

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And on each floor we have put a directory in the commercial centers,

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so that any father or neighbor who comes, or any child who does not have to leave the classroom,

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knows where to go when he wants to go to another space in the school.

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Are you satisfied with your work in the center?

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Yes, but we always believe that it can be improved.

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After all, we are demanding, and well, we never finish being 100% happy.

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Also because our work involves many people being coordinated,

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and sometimes it is not easy, nor do we want to spend time as we would like to be able to work together.

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Next.

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Do you think that society in general should have more information about autism?

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Well, I think so, because it is true that in recent years we can see more and more advances.

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We see supermarkets that have hours adapted without so much stimulation and lighting,

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movie theaters that have adapted sessions,

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in some environments they have put zebra prints, pictograms, to be able to work more safely.

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But it is also true that I think that there is also a lot of ignorance of everything that autism implies.

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People have some ideas in their heads that do not fit into reality.

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So there are many associations, many parents who are on social networks,

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and much more visibilization, but I think that people also need to get involved

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and look for information and want to receive that information.

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And to finish, what would you change in education to improve work with autistic students?

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Well, I would change, above all, the training of us, of the teachers,

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because it is true that those of us who are specialized in students with needs

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have a little more training, but in universities teachers of languages, English are also needed.

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When they arrive at a school, they know how they can adapt materials, exams, how to work,

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and I think that from there it would be a good starting point to improve the life of these students.

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And what I have said, that's it.

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And well, sometimes there are a lot of staff missing, staff to be able to share with the children.

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And then many times we lack time to be able to coordinate all the groups,

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and prepare materials, adapt exams, and many times we want to do things, but we lack time.

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A color.

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One, two, and three.

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Purple.

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A commercial brand.

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One, two, and three.

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Dog.

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A fruit.

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One, two, and three.

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Strawberries.

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A means of transport.

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One, two, and three.

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Subway.

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A visual tool.

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One, two, and three.

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A professional.

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One, two, and three.

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Teacher.

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One, two, and three.

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Spaghetti.

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A pasta.

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One, two, and three.

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Sausage.

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A woman.

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One, two, and three.

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Tortilla.

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A woman.

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One, two, and three.

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Cucumber.

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That they do not coincide in certain things in everyday life does not mean that Paula and Jaizan are not compatible.

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It is more than proven that the two form a great team.

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Well, this was the test, girls, what did you think?

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Well, very fun, especially the last test, I think you should incorporate it in the interviews.

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Without a doubt, we are highly compatible.

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And thank you very much for coming and spending this little time together.

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Yes.

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And to finish, who do you nominate for the next curriculum?

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In this interview, Jaizan and Paula have explained to us very well what autism is.

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They believe that inclusion is based on respecting the differences of others.

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The passion for their work came when they started working with these students.

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They love to learn from their students and that every day is different from the previous one.

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Finally, they think that they are taking great steps, but there is still a long way to go.

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This is a production of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders