Kathleen Marshall, who signed up for classes last week, said: "It is important that I can communicate with as many young people as possible."
She wants children with disabilities to be consulted on, and included in, her work.
To that end, she plans to recruit an equality officer and has consulted wheelchair users on access plans for her new office, next to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. Plans for the office, which will house 16 staff, include an activities area for young people and chill-out zone. Marshall aims to move in before the Parliament opens officially on 9 October.
She involved young people in recent interviews for a chief officer, a head of policy, and head of participation in her office.
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