Before the next election, we wanted to make sure young people's voices are heard by politicians making decisions about what they will promise to do for disabled children.
We wanted to involve lots of young people, so we asked young people from across the country to send in their views. We also talked with groups of young people.
We made a DVD to go with the manifesto. I enjoyed being involved in planning and filming it as I am doing media studies and hope to get a media job one day, so this was great experience for me.
Every Disabled Child Matters launched our manifesto at the party conferences this autumn. I was on the young people's panel at the Conservative event. I introduced the DVD and asked MPs a question. This was the first time I attended a party conference and it was really exciting to be part of it all.
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