“We contain” highlights successful merging stories

The activities of the World Conference 2025 “We Humanity” witnessed a dialogue session that dealt with the needs of people with determination, who have high support needs, or have a limited ability to speak, or they cannot speak at all, and participated in the session moderated by the CEO of the Down Syndrome Association in Australia, Daril Steve, a number of parents, supporters and international experts, including the president of the Comprehensive International Control Organization, So Swinson, Jane Faust from Germany, Elena Dal Bou from Argentina, Jerki Pinuma from Finland, and Stephanie Gottlieb from Australia.

The President of the Comprehensive Human Right Organization, Sue Swinson, reviewed her personal experience as a mother of a child with rare disabilities «Charlie», and explained that her continuous support for her child enabled him to learn and pass the exams, stressing that family and societal support networks have made great strides to hear the voice of these groups and overcome the challenges in front of them at the local and international levels.

For her part, Jin Niklas Faust, from Germany, talked about her daughter Eva’s journey, which suffers from epilepsy and other health difficulties with the inability to speak. She affirmed her keenness to teach her ways to express her basic needs, so that today, 32 years old, is more independent and lives a semi -normal life. She emphasized that continuous family support despite the difficulties is the basis for paving the way for children with disabilities to achieve concrete developments.

A member of the International Human Right Organization, Jerky Benoma, from Finland, spoke about his experience with his two sons (Marcus – born in 1987) and (Robin – born in 1991), who suffer from a severe and double disability that started with a visual imbalance, and he explained that with his wife they sponsored them and taught them sign language with the help of many specialists over more than 40 years until they have today their own home Elena Dal Bo, from Argentina, touched on her experience with her son (Juan – 34 years old), who was born with paralysis according to medical diagnoses, under difficult economic conditions and a different societal view, and made it clear that she resisted the pressures that denied his right to education and integration, and began the journey of self -learning and cooperation with international organizations to enable him to confront isolation and change the societal view.