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VIDEO. Municipal candidate and Down's syndrome candidate, Eléonore Laloux campaigns for more inclusion

2020-02-16T14:05:42.501Z


Eléonore Laloux, 34, is on the list of outgoing mayor in Arras. She is the first candidate with Down's syndrome to elect


“The mayor trusts me because he knows that I am a determined young woman who loves life. I know what I want, I have a crazy temper, but I'm happy [that] he accepts me as I am. Activist for the autonomy of disabled people for many years, Eléonore Laloux would like to carry her commitments to the town hall of Arras if she is elected.

By her candidacy, the young woman present on the list of the outgoing mayor, would also like to show that she can live normally: "With Down's syndrome, at the very beginning I suffered from it, now I suffer from it the more I live with and i agreed to live with. I am independent, I have my apartment, I live like the others, I am fine, ”she says.

Source: leparis

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