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My Life: Laura Fagan, 19 Armagh, Northern Ireland

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I live with my mum, dad and brother. I am a young person with a disability called spina bifida and hydrocephalus. This means that I cannot walk and I have fluid on the brain. However my disability does not hold me back.

I am an outgoing person and I like to have a laugh. But my life has not been plain sailing. In order to have my needs met my mum has fought for me throughout my life.

In the past year I have become an advocate for disabled children and young people to help make a difference to service provision. I am chairperson of a group called 6th SENSE who are the eyes and ears of children's services planning in the southern area and the voice of disabled children and young people. I have presented issues to professionals nationally and internationally, including a workshop at a Barnardo's conference in London last week.

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