Amir Alibabic

Member of EDF Youth Committee
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Biography

Amir Alibabic Biography

Amir Alibabić was born in 1995 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has many roles. He is currently finishing his Masters programme of Political theory, he is president of Slovenian Association of Disabled Students, one of the best slovenian para dancers and most important loving and caring brother of two sisters and uncle of two boys. At the early age of six, he had an accident when he was snow sledding, which resulted in a brain stroke. Since then he has been in a wheelchair, already 21 years. His mission is to help people with disabilities, to encourage them and help them to develop. His stand is “nothing about disabled people without disabled people ” and ” we are here, we know who we are and what we want ”. We don’t need medicalization of disabled, we need inclusion, socialization and most important equity. He has one piece of advice for all people with disabilities, especially the young ones, ” Be strong, be persistent, always keep your goal in sight and don’t let anyone stop you on your way “.