We've got Big Plans for deaf children and young people in Scotland

Our question: Do you?

At the end of 2007, NDCS conducted the biggest ever national conversation with deaf children and young people. By the end of the exercise, almost 2,000 deaf children and young people had responded to the consultation, including 200 from Scotland.

NDCS Scotland has been campaigning to make sure that the Scottish Government, MSPs, local councils, NHS boards and youth service providers listen to what you had to say.

In October 2007, we managed to secure the first every Member’s Business debate in the Scottish Parliament on NDCS. 

MSPs from all parties signed a motion welcoming the Change Your World consultation, and then debated the issues in the Chamber of the Scottish Parliament.

We asked the Scottish Government to listen to what young people had to say - and they have! 

On 18 June 2008, we invited people from all walks of life to come to Committee Room One of the Scottish Parliament to celebrate the launch of the NDCS consultation responses.

Lots of enthusiastic young people attended. NDCS is particularly grateful to the girls from Dalziel Academy in Motherwell and from Dingwall High School in the Highlands who came to the Parliament to explain what needs to be done to change the world for young deaf people.

We asked everyone who attended what their Big Plans for deaf children and young people in Scotland were. 

Here are some of the comments we received:

• "The Scottish Government believes that all young people should be given the opportunity to be heard, and to feel part of their community.  The NDCS Change Your World consultation is to be welcomed". 
  Adam Ingram MSP, Minister for Children and Young People
  
• "I would like all hearing people in the world to be deaf aware and start learning sign language and speak very clear. Thank you!"
  
• "I would like to see sign language being delivered as part of the education curriculum as I feel this would further the inclusion of deaf people into society."
  Sandra White MSP
  
• "For all children in Scotland to have the same rights."
  
• "I would like to be involved in more activities with hearing people."
  
• "To give every young person a voice in 21st century Scotland." 
  Kenneth Gibson MSP
  
• "Congratulations NDCS for Change Your World. I look forward to more focus on what young deaf people want."
  
• "To give all young people a proper education to make the most of their lives." 
  James Kelly MSP
  
• "I believe that education is more than learning, and that all young people should be free to develop their creative abilities and share as full a life as possible with all their peers."
  Robin Harper MSP

• Parliamentary motion on Change Your World  >
  
• What the MSPs said during the debate >
• Parliamentary motion about our Big Plans >

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