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00:00 A swipe that is still very new to Elena.
00:02 For the last two months she's been on Dinda,
00:05 the first meet-up application for people with disabilities.
00:09 That's the meet-up section where you can find all the users.
00:15 You can swipe right or left,
00:17 depending on whether you like the person or not.
00:20 Elena is 28 and has an intellectual disability
00:24 which has often made her relationships with others difficult.
00:27 She feels safer using Dinda.
00:30 On other apps there is a higher chance of being ridiculed,
00:34 of people laughing at you, but here it's natural.
00:37 Hi Laura.
00:39 The app is free, developed with the help of specialist associations
00:44 in order to guarantee the security of its 150 users.
00:48 Before the sign-up we spend an hour and a half with each user.
00:53 We analyse their profile and evaluate to what extent they're independent.
00:57 The application also offers organised activities.
01:03 Today Elena is meeting up with others via the app for a photo shoot.
01:07 Look at the top model, look!
01:09 Accompanied by social workers, the participants quickly get to know each other.
01:15 It's great to see how they're talking to each other.
01:18 They suggest activities.
01:20 Afterwards they go for drinks, they take pictures of each other and send them.
01:24 New friendships to share life's uncertainties and matters of the heart.
01:28 I don't like to be so stressed.
01:31 The app is currently available in just Barcelona,
01:37 but in the light of its success it will soon be rolled out to Catalonia
01:41 and then to the rest of Spain.