International day of the rights of people with disabilities

03 December 2021

On the 3rd of December 2021, International Day Of The Rights Of People With Disabilities, EU for Trisomy 21 celebrated the rights of people with Down Syndrome. During this important date, members of the European Parliament asked some political questions to people with Down Syndrome from around Europe.

With this campaign, we are empowering people with Trisomy 21 to raise their voice and speak about their political opinions on different topics. People with Trisomy 21 are citizens with full democratic rights and as such their insight not only matters but is vital for a full civil society discourse that the European Parliament should listen to them. The democratic institutions are not yet ready to listen to people with Trisomy 21, but they should start working to adapt, so every European citizen can participate in the European democracy.

Different topics were treated by people with Down Syndrome:

Thank you to Radka Maxova, Brando Benifei, Dragos Pislaru, Katrin Langensiepen and Rosa Estaras Ferragut, members of the European Parliament that supported our campaign in favour of the visibility of people with Down Syndrome on this important international day of the rights of people with disabilities.

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