
Gazeta Esportiva.com
·23 de agosto de 2025
Cássio opens up about struggles getting his daughter into schools in BH

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·23 de agosto de 2025
This Friday, Cássio used his Instagram account to vent about the difficulty of including his daughter, Maria, in schools in Belo Horizonte. The daughter of the Cruzeiro goalkeeper is a non-verbal autistic child.
The athlete revealed that several schools did not accept his daughter because of her aide, who has been assisting her since she was 2 years old. According to the goalkeeper, this person “would not interfere at all with the progress of activities.”
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Cássio also said that if it weren’t for a single school, Maria would have nowhere to study in Belo Horizonte, and that on many occasions he and his wife explain the situation to the schools, which still refuse her.
The goalkeeper, finally, emphasized the need for the inclusion of non-verbal autistic people, stating that “it’s not just a pretty word in advertising, it’s action.”
“Today, like so many other parents of non-verbal autistic children, I come to share something very painful. I have been trying to enroll my daughter in different schools, but the answer is almost always the same: she is not accepted.
All of this because Maria has a specialized person who has accompanied her since she was 2 years old. This professional came with us from São Paulo, knows Maria deeply, has her trust, and could help her in the classroom without interfering at all with the flow of activities. Even so, the schools do not accept this help.
Many times we are called in to talk, my wife and I go to the school, explain everything, show our willingness to cooperate. In the end, the answer is always negative. If it weren’t for a single school accepting my daughter, Maria simply would have no way to study in Belo Horizonte.
The saddest part is hearing this precisely from schools that present themselves as “inclusive,” that claim to accept all types of children. The reality, however, is quite different.
As a father, seeing your daughter rejected simply for being autistic is something that breaks your heart. Inclusion is not just a pretty word in advertising, it’s action. And we are still very far from truly living that.”
This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.