Jan Savage, director of ENABLE Scotland talks about their work and impact on self-advocacy groups

Sebastian Foreman talks about the Campaign4Change and he reads a poem he wrote about living in isolation during the pandemic

This year, because of the pandemic situation, the Hear our Voices Conference was different.

Self-advocates from all over Europe got together in their own countries and organised several events to talk about how was it for them to go through the COVID-19 situation.

We interviewed Valerie Van Hees for Inclusion Europe Radio. Valerie is the coordinator for the Support Centre of Inclusive Higher Education in Flanders, Belgium. The support centre for higher education was founded in 2009 when Belgium ratified the UN convention for persons with disabilities.

Houston Vandergriff was born with Down Syndrome. While many doctors told his parents that he wouldn’t be able to achieve much in life, Houston, at age 23, has managed to chase his passion for photography, winn awards for his work, and inspire countless people along the way. Houston and his mother Katie joined us on Inclusion Europe Radio to talk about Houston’s journey.

Melanie Wimmer talks about her use of social media in her work as a self-advocate, her job at Atempo and difficulties faced in education and later in employment.

Myrto and Soufiane spoke about daily life

Myrto and Soufiane also talked about COVID-19