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Comments for EESC Plenary Debate A resilient EU and the role of civil society on the EU recovery. During the plenary of the European Economic and Social Committee on the 18th to…

On May 11th to 16th Sif Holst visited New York in order to further her candidacy to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, CRPD, and to talk about…

We are taught that the ideal is to be flawless, to have a perfect life, the perfect body, and the perfect mind. And when we are less than flawless, we should fight…

On Friday the 29th of April the Danish Minister for Development Assistance Flemming Møller Mortensen visited the House of Disabled People’s Organisations for a talk about people with disabilities and development work;…

People with intellectual disabilities and their families face discrimination, they are impacted on their rights and their life. The Danish organization for persons with intellectual disabilities, LEV, and the Nordic sister organizations…

Disability and The EU In May of this year, I participated in a meeting arranged by the Danish youth Organization European Youth. The purpose of the meeting was in the context of…

Before Easter I shared the following story with The Ehlers-Danlos Society. It’s my story of living with a rare disability.

EESC – Thematic Study Group on Disability rights When you are young and have a disability, your path can be filled with barriers. That is the focus of today’s Remote Public Hearing…

Last week I had the honor of taking over as chair of the Danish Knowledge Centre on Disability. The Danish Knowledge Center on Disability works to ensure that people with disabilities have…

The Council of Nordic Coorporation on Disability – March 2022 With the CRPD, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, we have promised to promote, protect and ensure the full…