Jean-Christophe Parisot de Bayard (20 June 1967 – 18 October 2020) was a
French political scientist
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and
disability activist
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It is made up of organizations of disability activists, also known as disability advoca ...
with
tetraplegia
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due to
myopathy
In medicine, myopathy is a disease of the muscle in which the muscle fibers do not function properly. This results in muscular weakness. ''Myopathy'' means muscle disease (Greek : myo- ''muscle'' + patheia '' -pathy'' : ''suffering''). This meani ...
.
Early life and education
He was born in
Douala
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,
Cameroon
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. At ten he was diagnosed with
limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. His two sisters also have this condition. In 1989 he became the first disabled student to graduate from the
Sciences Po
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, mottoeng = Roots of the Future
, type = Public university, Public research university''Grande école''
, established =
, founder = Émile Boutmy
, a ...
.
. In 1997 he established the National League of Disabled Students. He graduated in 1995 and became a doctor in political science.
Career
Parisot served as a ministerial delegate in the French
Ministry of Employment and Disability Integration. He was also the president and founder of the ''Collectif des Démocrates Handicapés'' (Collective of Disabled Democrats). in 2002 and 2007 he ran for presidency just to show that disabled people also can take difficult tasks.
Parisot died on 18 October 2020 at the age of 53.
Jean-Christophe Parisot, préfet et diacre, est mort
See also
*List of disability rights activists
A disability-rights activist or disability-rights advocate is someone who works towards the equality of people with disabilities. Such a person is generally considered a member of the disability-rights movement and/or the independent-living mo ...
*List of French people
French people of note include:
Actors
A–C
* Isabelle Adjani
*Renée Adorée
*Anouk Aimée
*Flo Ankah
*Arletty
*Antonin Artaud
*Fanny Ardant
* Jeanne Aubert
*Jean-Louis Aubert
*Jean-Pierre Aumont
*Claude Autant-Lara
*Daniel Auteuil
*Charle ...
* List of physically disabled politicians
*List of political scientists
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* Robert Abelson - Yale University psychologist and political scientist with special inte ...
References
External links
Le site Force Citoyenne
Le collectif des démocrates handicapés
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1967 births
20th-century French politicians
21st-century French politicians
French civil servants
French disability rights activists
French political scientists
2020 deaths
People from Douala
French politicians with disabilities
French male non-fiction writers
French scientists with disabilities
Activists with disabilities
French writers with disabilities