The "A picture is worth a thousand words" youth exchange programme was aimed at young Europeans who are in daily contact with disability. We wanted to give them the opportunity to gain experience in photography and video making, to express their feelings, joy, happiness, love and affection through the camera. We believe that the more and better we express ourselves through the media, the better we can improve the quality of life of young people with disabilities. In addition, facilitating interaction with non-disabled youth exponentially increases social interaction of youth with disabilities. Therefore, our primary goal has been to provide opportunities for young people with special needs to develop skills that will help them become more independent. We wanted to exchange experiences on how they use photos and videos in their daily lives and what basics they have. We learnt how to produce high quality creative audio/video products and how to use them to showcase our everyday lives. Learning these skills is also useful for the employability of people with fewer opportunities. We wanted to learn how to express our personality and culture through photography. We believe that we all have a message to send to the world. If you can do it with creativity, originality and clarity, you can get amazing results. We also aimed to use media to develop reasoning, problem solving and decision-making skills. Our participants were often confronted with games and activities in which they had to confront themselves and others. During these activities, they learned to communicate assertively, to reason, to handle conflicts in an appropriate way and with appropriate techniques. Our aim was that they would learn to apply the techniques they learnt here in their everyday lives. Our activities used non-formal learning methods to motivate children who, because of their disability, are ignored by traditional school systems. In this respect, during the exchange we designed programmes where non-formal learning methods dominated. We provided them with information on the mobility and development opportunities offered by the Erasmus+ programme. The world around us is changing wildly, and it is increasingly difficult to keep up with the news, even for young people, who are usually the first to notice new trends. Not a day goes by without "posts" and "selfies", nowadays the trend is "must join". We wondered if these are real interactions or just a substitute for reality and hide the loneliness behind. Unfortunately, we have found that children and young people with disabilities are often passive consumers of digital products, which encourages them to neglect real communication. We wanted to inform them about the negative effects of media. In fact, we believe that by using these powerful tools, young people can consciously mitigate these phenomena and use the internet proactively to improve their social relationships or even to find employment. In addition, Article 26 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights recognises the right of persons with disabilities to "benefit from measures designed to ensure their independence, social and occupational integration and participation in community life". People with disabilities now make up more than 15% of the EU population. Our youth exchange idea was inspired by this article. We believe that with this project we can broaden our understanding of where Europe is going and focus on young people with special needs. Above all, we wanted to increase the participation of people with disabilities, we wanted to see them, contrary to popular belief, as active citizens, productive and contributing members of society. The aim of the exchange was to discuss how the EU helps people with disabilities and how it could do more to help them. "Reducing social exclusion, removing barriers and difficulties, facilitating mobility and harnessing information technology" - these are the goals of the European Community and our own. The problem of disability takes different shapes from country to country, but there are common points that bring us closer and make us stronger in the fight against injustice. We wanted to find solutions and make our voices heard on the issue. The project's activities have promoted European values such as equal opportunities, peace, dialogue, social inclusion and respect for other cultures, especially for young people with fewer opportunities.