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Hearing impairment
Two deaf young people win seats in Welsh Youth Parliament
Deaf Barry resident Dan Downton, 12, and Swansea resident Kelsey Brookes, 13, have been elected to the Welsh Youth Parliament.
Dan, Kelsey and the six other deaf young candidates were mentored and supported through the application process by the National Deaf Children’s Society and Swansea-based Talking Hands Deaf Children, Young People and Family Services, two of the 18 partner organisations of the Welsh Youth Parliament. Dan and Kelsey emerged as the winners once the votes were counted.
The National Deaf Children’s Society and Talking Hands will now work together to support Dan and Kelsey through their two-year tenure in the 60-strong parliament.
The two charities want to see the interests of Wales’s 2,500 deaf children and young people represented in the Welsh Youth Parliament, which was first convened in 2018, with the support of the Senedd, to raise awareness of issues affecting young people and call for change.
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