Dunja Fuhrmann – That's how she rolls

15.11.2017

Dunja Fuhrmann wants to go high up - climbing is her passion. The idea of inclusion is particularly close to her heart. What else she is committed to and what kind of group she would like to recruit, she tells on REHACARE.com.

Photo: Dunja Fuhrmann; Copyright: Peter Müller/RiNK Rehaservice

Name: Dunja Fuhrmann
Age: 37
City: Saarbrücken, Germany
Occupation: Certified social pedagogue
Impairment: Wheelchair user, volunteer for BSK e. V., municipal disability commissioner

Click here for her German Facebook page: facebook.com/dunja.fuhrmann

What makes you laugh?

Dunja Fuhrmann: Live, good movies and books.

What have you always been wanting to do and why have you never done this so far?

Dunja Fuhrmann: I try to do anything I want to do.

Which person has influenced you most? And why?

Dunja Fuhrmann: My Professor Bernd Haupert: He has taught me how to question things critically .

You have the chance to become the Commissioner for the Disabled in your country. What would you do first?

Dunja Fuhrmann: To recruit a quick-witted group of consultants and activists from the scene.

Gif animation: REHACARE 2026 from 23 to 26 September 2026 in Düsseldorf/Germany, linked to "More information about the Trade Fair"

Photo: Dunja Fuhrmann and her climbing friend Joachim Fries; Copyright: Peter Reichert

Whether with or without disability: Dunja Fuhrmann and her climbing friend Joachim Fries want to bring people to the climbing wall together.

What is it that is most important to you?

Dunja Fuhrmann: Accessibility and inclusion.

I would like to be ...

Dunja Fuhrmann: Invited for a speech to the German Bundestag.

Which questions would you like answered the most?

Dunja Fuhrmann: When will discrimination finally be prosecuted in Germany?

What else I wanted to say...

Dunja Fuhrmann: Click for Joachim and Dunja at "Aktion Mensch - We together".

Grafik: So tickt; Copyright: beta-web/Schmitz

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Dunja Fuhrmann – That's how she rolls

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