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
Died18 October 2020(2020-10-18) (aged 53)
Occupation(s) • Disability activist
 • Political scientist
Years activeLate 20th into 21st century

Early life and education

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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 disabled 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

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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

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References

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