I am Dávid Aranyos, from Hungary.
I am a member of the Hungarian Association of Persons with Intellectual Disability (ÉFOÉSZ).
It is the organisations of people with intellectual disabilities.
I went to Brussels.
I took part in the LevelUp training,
at the European Parliament.
Blog post written by Dávid Aranyos – self-advocate and Special Olympics athlete, Hungary
I had a great time.
I went to workshops.
I learned a lot.
Sometimes they were difficult to understand.
There were a lot of young people,
from many countries.
We talked about our rights.
We talked about our lives.
We talked about decisions and decisionmakers.
We talked about how the EU works.
We talked about poverty
and how to support people in need.
We talked about how to work with politicians.
I shared my experience
when we worked with the United Nations (UN).
When we represented persons with disabilities from Hungary.
We learned about how to organize a conference
for everyone.
At conferences, speakers have to talk slowly.
The have to use easy words.
I said that people with disabilities need support.
We need assistants and accessible venues.
It was good to meet a lot of people.
I liked Brussels a lot.
I would like to go there again.
The hotel was really nice as well.
About Dávid
David is a self-advocate and Special Olympics athlete. In 2022, he won the second prize with his basketball team at the 3rd World Championship Down Syndrome. He is active in his community and a long-time member of the self-advocacy group in Budapest. Among other activities as a self-advocate, he spoke at several conferences on independent living, took part in writing a shadow report about the implementation of CRPD in Hungary. He also took part in a campaign to raise awareness about the voting rights of persons with intellectual disability, and helped preparing many easy-to-read documents.
Do you have a question for Dávid?
You can contact him:
- by email at bkati462@gmail.com (please make sure to add czako.tibor@efoesz.hu for translation)
About the Ascend project
The Ascend project is funded by Citi Foundation and coordinated by the European Disability Forum. This one-year programme is focussed on strengthening the capacity of the disability movement in Bulgaria, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia.
