The Conservative Disability Group CDG, campaigns to break down barriers for disabled people to participate equally in politics and life. As a friend of the Conservative Party, the CDG would like the next Prime Minister to have particular focus on:
I was born and bred in Cheshire, born Deaf to Deaf parents, with British Sign Language as my native language and this has allowed me a long and welcome affiliation with the Deaf Community including representing and contributing at a local and national level; I have been an advocacy campaigner and
In 2009 at the age of 19, I became the youngest County Councillor in the country. If this wasn’t newsworthy enough, the story was made that bit juicer by me having cerebral palsy.