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The chairman of the Danish Muscular Dystrophy Foundation, Simon Toftgaard Jespersen, has a set strategy for meeting new people.

Are you also uneasy around people with disabilities: »If you have a question, it’s best to just ask it«

Simon Toftgaard Jespersen does not believe that »disability phobia« is widespread in Denmark, in the sense that people distance themselves from people with disabilities. But he does experience a great deal of uncertainty. Foto: Finn Frandsen
Simon Toftgaard Jespersen does not believe that »disability phobia« is widespread in Denmark, in the sense that people distance themselves from people with disabilities. But he does experience a great deal of uncertainty. Foto: Finn Frandsen
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We’re being dragged back to »the dumbest corner of the schoolyard«.

That’s Simon Toftgaard Jespersen’s analysis of what happened on a Radio IIII program that aired over Easter.

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