How does it feel to be the first person with intellectual disabilities to have a seat on the UN Committee? I feel pretty proud being the first person with a learning disability on the UN Committee. I want to do my best to represent people with learning disabilities and speak about their problems. the first person with learning disabilities I’m but I to be the last one. don’t want I like to think that many other people can do the same. I also would like to thank all the people that helped me to be here. How was your first day at the UN CRPD Committee? The first day I was a little nervous. I did not know what was going to happen. I knew it was going to be hard and that I was going to work a lot. But I have the experience of being involved in the Convention and being at the UN before. The other people on the Committee supported me a lot. They accepted me as a committee member and I made a lot of new friends. What are the challenges in your daily work and what do you like most? One of the difficult things in my work is to read the documents and choose what to ask. I have 2 assistants that help me with the texts and in the meetings.
How does it feel to be the first person with intellectual disabilities to have a seat on the UN Committee? I feel pretty proud being the first person with a learning disability on the UN Committee. I want to do my best to represent people with learning disabilities and speak about their problems. I’m the first person with learning disabilities but I don’t want to be the last one. I like to think that many other people can do the same. I also would like to thank all the people that helped me to be here. How was your first day at the UN CRPD Committee? The first day I was a little nervous. I did not know what was going to happen. I knew it was going to be hard and that I was going to work a lot. But I have the experience of being involved in the Convention and being at the UN before. The other people on the Committee supported me a lot. They accepted me as a committee member and I made a lot of new friends. What are the challenges in your daily work and what do you like most? One of the difficult things in my work is to read the documents and choose what to ask. I have 2 assistants that help me with the texts and in the meetings.
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