More than twenty years ago, I met a young girl full of entrepreneurial energy, ready to put her knowledge at the service of those whose lives she wanted to change through her actions, a girl who came back from a "welfare" society where everything was much, much more organized and defined.

Selma came to her city, to her country, to open new perspectives for children and young people with disabilities, to influence changes in the attitude of society, experts, parents, institutions, and the public towards the rights and opportunities of children and young people with disabilities.

It was a time of challenges, a time of creation, a time of sharing knowledge, a time of encouraging both experts and parents and children and young people with disabilities.
Selma was always there to reassure all those who doubted the possibility of something different, better, with her professional attitude, smile and cheerfulness. We, the employees and activists of the Information Center for Persons with Disabilities "Lotos" have gained an ally, a friend, a collaborator, who understood and selflessly supported and participated in our efforts to promote the rights and dignity of all persons with disabilities.

And Selma unexpectedly left. She left the way good, great people leave, because when such people leave us, it is always sudden and unexpected and always leaves a void that cannot be replaced. And we wonder what and how to proceed? All that remains is to remember, to talk about everything good and beautiful that we had working and hanging out with Selma, to learn about commitment, consistency and perseverance in the fight for goals that we are sure will enable a more dignified and better life for generations of people with disabilities. And that is the way that Selma continues to live in our memory, in our actions, in our efforts to continue advocating and implementing everything that Selma started.

With sadness for the irreparable loss, but also with pride that we knew her, we will cherish the memory of everything that Selma meant to generations of children and young people with disabilities, contributing to the realization of one of their basic rights, the right to quality and inclusive education, to generations of parents to whom she instilled hope, to generations of teachers to whom she opened new perspectives and imparted new knowledge, to generations of activists with whom she stood shoulder to shoulder as an advocate and voice for the rights and dignity of people with disabilities.

May you be eternally blessed and blessed by the motherland of Bosnia, dear Selma.

Employees and activists of the Information Center for People with Disabilities "Lotos"