Jean-Christophe Parisot

Jean-Christophe Parisot de Bayard (20 June 1967 – 18 October 2020) was a French political scientist and disability activist with tetraplegia due to myopathy.

Jean-Christophe Parisot
Jean-Christophe Parisot in 2008
Born(1967-06-20)20 June 1967
Douala, Cameroon
Died18 October 2020(2020-10-18) (aged 53)
Montpellier, France
Occupation • Disability activist
 • Political scientist
Years activeLate 20th into 21st century

Early life and education

He was born in Douala, Cameroon. At ten he was diagnosed with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy. His two sisters also have this condition. In 1989 he became the first handicapped student to graduate from the Sciences Po.[1]

. In 1997 he established the National League of Disabled Students.[2] He graduated in 1995 and became a doctor in political science.[3]

Career

Parisot served as a ministerial delegate in the French Ministry of Employment and Disability Integration.[4] He was also the president and founder of the Collectif des Démocrates Handicapés (Collective of Disabled Democrats).[5] in 2002 and 2007 he ran for presidency just to show that disabled people also can take difficult tasks.[6]

Parisot died on 18 October 2020 at the age of 53.[7]

See also

References
  1. "A Champion of France’s Downtrodden, With Limits of His Own", The New York Times
  2. Jean-Christophe Parisot de BayardPolitologue
  3. Jean-Christophe Parisot, diacre, préfet et myopathe
  4. McGinty, Craig (22 March 2007). "Disabled People for Integration?". This French Life. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  5. Schofield, Hugh (10 January 2002). "Disability Ruling Caused Huge Offence". BBC News. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
  6. Jean-Christophe Parisot, premier handicapé dans le fauteuil d'un préfet
  7. Jean-Christophe Parisot, préfet et diacre, est mort (in French)
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