Radio Interview by Heart

A few days ago I was told that Heart Radio wanted to interview me about the campaign I have been doing with the YAB for the NDCS.
So yesterday night, I was sat by the phone waiting for it to waiting for the phone to ring, bouncing up and down in a sort of panic. I had in front of me a list of possible questions they could ask and some quick answers that I was going to say and a five past six the phone wrung.
I was very nervous when I picked the phone up, but then the adrenalin kicked in. The questions were what I had been practicing answering, things like why do the campaign? How did I get involved? Why learning BSL in schools is important? and things like that.
I really enjoyed doing it and hope I have another opportunity like it again one day. The interview will be out on Monday and I'll post a link then.

1. I am ...

We are going to die tonight, me and my brother. I’ve heard them whispering in the halls, there is a threat coming to England. Uncle wants us to be dead so we cannot be used against him.
I am,

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!  👏

Sign Language in Schools

So hello.
I am on this thing called the YAB (Youth Advisory Board) for the NDCS (National Deaf Child Society) and we are doing this campaign to make sign language available in schools.

Here it is:
https://cypteam.typeform.com/to/yM5HHJ
It’s also in Welsh, https://cypteam.typeform.com/to/GxVvsb if you can read welsh.

Unfortunately you can only do the survey if you live in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Sea creatures

Here is the story I wrote on the second day of the UCL summer school.

Collin the shark, with his old friend, Harold the prehistoric sea creature, went to see the other sea animal's so that they could all become friends.
The first creatures they saw was a pair of crabs arguing, so Collin went up to them.
"What is the matter?" He asked.
"Hermin won't come out of his shell, he wants music." But Collin did not know where to find music, then Harold remembered that he has seen a conch shell along the way.
"Let's go"
So Collin, Harold, and Sebastian the extroverted crab went to get the shell when they got back they had a party.

UCAS Personal Statements

All this information has been given by UCL, if you tutors or teachers say something diferente listen to them, this is just went as a guideline.

Road trip to Portugal

So my dad had this crazy idea of driving to the South of Portugal from Oxfordshire, just below the middle of England. It was me, my dad, granddad and brother and sister. It was very long and tiring but also very good and the scenery was just so beautiful.

Tae Kwon-Do/ Any Other Sport with Hearing Aids.

First thing make sure your instructor knows that you have hearing difficulties, after telling him this my instructor (Lets call him Mr Sabum, his wife is Mrs Sabum) said that if I had any problems hearing him them I had to raise my right hand and cup my left ear with my left hand to let him know that I could not hear him.

The second thing is when wearing a helmet it is not always possible to wear hearing aids, as they may not fit comfortably under the helmet or could get damaged if you fall and hit your head or get punched. You can wear them if you think it will be okay but I personally do not wear mine when I'm sparing. When I'm sparing I make sure that my instructor and partner knows that I'm not wearing my hearing aids. When sparing make sure you watch your partner if they stop and make sure that you can see your instructor to know what to do next.

Finally if you are at a grading let the grading examiner know that you have problems hearing and what they can do to help you, for my grading we are shown the action that they want us to do as they tell us, for example if they want us to do an inner forearm block they show the action as well. If your grading has a spoken section feel confident to ask them to repeat the question if you are not confident that you heard it correctly. 

South West Every Deaf Child Matters Conference

This is what I wrote about the South West Every Deaf Child Matters Conference

Mi introdciol an espanol

Quería probar a escribir una introducción en español, si hay algún error por favor dígame.

  

Hola, mi nombre es Erin, tengo 16 años y tengo la pérdida auditiva moderada, también tengo dislexia.

Quiero escribir este blog para compartir mis experiencias de ser sordos así como algunos de mis propios escritos.