Nicholas Herd is a campaigner and from June 13 to 15 he had the opportunity to travel to the United Nations office in New York to participate in talks related to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

“I have lived with discrimination for part of my life. When I was young, and growing up, I was bullied because of my disability. But now I can use that voice, from the child that I was, to be heard, louder and louder. I can shout it on the top of a building or off a mountain bigger than the UN so that persons with disabilities are included at the table. 

That’s how big our voice should be around the world. That’s the reason why we’re here in the United Nations. We want to be included.” 

This is my first time at the UN. I felt a bit emotional yesterday because I couldn’t believe that I’m here doing this.” 

Read the whole story at https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/06/1137702

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