while medals are great thats not really the point she says special educatorturnedcoach usha kumari says the abu dhabi outing has helped participants she has been skating for eight years now and is very particular about not missing her practice sessions with her coach gareth vaz every monday wednesday and friday leaving the house seeing so many people makes a real difference srivastava says shalu is part of her family for instance if kane didnt like someone their bag would be straight out of the window of a moving bus pegado notes winning or not winning that is not why we were there after that we connected a lot better trained in cutting grass and hedges saini works as a gardener at his old school amla birla kendra for special children pilani and parttime at peoples homes for the 22yearold thats a big deal the special olympics were not her first international event shalu has mild to moderate mental retardation along with speech impediments srivastava who is like a mother to shalu says the police brought shalu to the home when she was five years old im not sure what happened to her before she came here the change came after she started roller skating and began to go to preparatory camps she has managed to overcome her previously very limited speech soon she will be taking classes independently in 15k road race cycling 22last week dheeraj saini cycled his way to a bronzegold at the abu dhabi special olympics on a bike hed bought from his earnings sometimes i look at her and i feel such peace from within she just cried all the time and sucked her thumb she can behave like a fivesix year old with her parents but when shes at school shes a teacher on her part shalu was thrilled to be part of the powerlifting team at the abu dhabi games being a girl for her parents to be okay her with someone else for training especially outside goa is a huge deal says pegado vaz says avila was my first student with special needs and for a while we had a lot of trouble communicating a certified zumba instructor she participated in the dancing event at the games saini is hearing and speech impaired and has mild to moderate mental retardation the whole staff at the school cites saini as an example of a good work ethic he is such a hardworking honest and determined person her warmth makes her popular the athletes were given just caps at the games and she gave hers away for the last 15 years he had been attending the training camps of special olympics bharat focusing singlemindedly on cycling for the last five unified sports is an inclusive programme that brings together an equal number of special olympics athletes individuals with intellectual disabilities and partners individuals without intellectual disabilities on teams for competition after her win kane says she wants to inspire other kids and help people