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Family blogs

We've put together a group of amazing bloggers who are parents or family members of a deaf child or young person. You can search the blogs by topic or see the latest below!

If you'd like to see a blog on a particular topic or want to be a family blogger yourself, please email and let us know at [email protected]. 

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Girl sitting on a wall

Ticking the disability box on a job application form

Danii talks about her experience of applying for jobs and why she still feels anxious ticking the disability b…
Little girl with blonde hair holding a poster she's made with cut out pictures stuck on

Sybil's back to school experience

Holly tells us about how her daughter Sybil settled back into school.
Photo of mother, father, daughter and son standing in front of a tree with fairy lights on. Daughter is wearing a silver cycling helmet

Getting used to hearing aids again

Bodhi was reluctant to wear his hearing aid again back at school, but mum Helen is encouraging him.

Fighting for my son’s Education, Health and Care (EHC) plan

Emma explains the process of applying for Isaac's EHC plan.

Settling into secondary school

Lindsay explains how adapting Sonny's EHC plan and using a soundfield system has helped him move up to seconda…

Our lockdown audiology appointment

Maria tells us what happened at Oliver's first audiology appointment in a while.

Keeping busy in lockdown 3.0

Nicky tells us about how her family have passed the time during lockdown.

Cooking with your hands full

Jennie takes us through her family's kitchen traditions.

Primrose pushes forward

Joseph continues to update us on Primrose's progression over the last year.

Featured Posts

Young girl sitting in a theatre seat

Subtitles make all the difference

For Nicky and her family, subtitles play an important role in giving them access to theatre and film.
Dylan (8) wraps his arm around little sister Millie (2). Both are wearing cochlear implants.

Both my children are deaf

Chloe shares how she felt when they found out their second child was also profoundly deaf.
Isaac (9) sitting in a restaurant booth, smiling

My son wants to know why he's deaf

Isaac has started wondering why he's deaf, and why he's the only one in the family who wears hearing aids.