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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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Kenzie (5) with his scooter

Kenzie taking control of his cochlear implants

Now Kenzie is five, he's starting to become more independent with his cochlear implants.
Sybil (6) and brother Francis (4) in front of Lion King poster

The Lion King subtitled performance

Holly reviews going to a subtitled performance of The Lion King at the Lyceum Theatre.
Parents Louise and Daniel with George (1) and Theo (4)

George's half-brother Theo

How parents Louise and Daniel decided to explain George's deafness to his half-brother Theo.
Kenzie (5) holding a balloon and candle in the shape of a 5

Kenzie turns five

Kenzie celebrated his fifth birthday with a dinosaur disco party!
George (1) sitting in a baby swing at the park

After switch-on

Louise shares how George is getting on five months after getting cochlear implants.
Mum Yasmin holds her toddler Olivia on a beach in Portugal

Our first family holiday

From a great flight experience to friendly hotel staff, Yasmin, Scott and Olivia had a great vacation to Portu…
Four secondary school students chat together

The importance of not suffering in silence

For her A-level exams, Jenny now wishes she had spoken up about having single-sided deafness so she could have…
Lucas (2) sitting in a parent-facing buggy

Parent-facing buggies for holidays

Tess compares three buggies that have a parent-facing option, which can be especially useful for deaf children…
Kirsty celebrating with her rugby team for winning the championship

Wales Deaf rugby champions

Teacher of the Deaf Kristy was thrilled when her team, Deaf Wales, won the World Deaf Rugby Sevens World Cup c…

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Mum and teenage son

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Ann shares her top tips when applying for Disabled Students' Allowance (DSA).
Boy kicking a football away near a goal post

Jack's a goalie with progressive hearing loss

When Jack started to lose his hearing at age 6, he embraced his new deaf identity and dreams of playing for En…
Boy in an audiologist office with earmould plasticene in his ear

Oliver's audiology appointments

How Oliver's audiology appointments have changed from when he was 3 to now when he's 10.