Jean-Christophe Parisot

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

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

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 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

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

• List of disability rights activists
• List of French people
• List of physically disabled politicians
• List of political scientists

References

1. "A Champion of France's Downtrodden, With Limits of His Own", The New York Times
2. Jean-Christophe Parisot de BayardPolitologue^[dead link‍]
3. Jean-Christophe Parisot, diacre, préfet et myopathe Archived 2020-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
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)

External links

• Le site Force Citoyenne
• Le collectif des démocrates handicapés