成人快手

My name is Hafwen. I'm from Wales. I'm 19 and my dreams and aspirations for the future - beauty therapist or hairdresser. I've also been volunteering for St John's Ambulance for a long time, so I've been teaching hearing people how to sign and how to communicate with deaf people.
So you are a woman of many talents, what do you aspire to do or be?
Well very recently actually I achieved my gold Duke of Edinburgh award and when I got the email to say that I got it, they said we would like you to deliver a speech at Buckingham Palace to receive your award. And you know royalty would be there, and I was thinking, my gosh what do I do? I'm not sure. But my dad said yes go for it and the staff at the Deaf Academy at residential said yes go for it, so I agreed to. So I typed up my speech myself, talked about my past, everything I'd achieved, everything that's in St John's Ambulance and everything I'd been kind of going through. And then I went up to Buckingham Palace with two interpreters and my dad, and I just saw it and went, wow. I met Tim Peake and then when it was time to do my presentation. It was full of people, hundreds of people, watching me do my presentation in BSL, which went very well and later on, I taught people how to say thank you. I was just kind of going around having a chat with people and I was really lost for words because Prince Edward signed thank you to me and then lots of people were asking me questions and for interviews - asking me about myself and now I think I've had over 200 people talking about how I've been the first person to deliver a speech in British Sign Language at Buckingham Palace ever.
What do you make of that as an achievement?
I feel so confident. I feel less nervous about things and I feel you know I've really been assertive and ignored people's kind of negative attitudes about what I couldn't do because I'm a deaf person. So you know for example, I came up against lots of struggles and difficulties about being told what I couldn't do, and me and my family have really fought for me to get where I need to be, and you know I really feel that deaf people can achieve their dreams and get through any barriers.
So what's your dream now?
Well I've got lots actually - I've got a list. With St John's Ambulance I want to continue there. Guess I'd like to go back to Buckingham Palace and do another speech. Possibly working as a beauty therapist or hairdresser so maybe doing a course in either of those in the future. I'm not sure. Plus I would like to help teach BSL to children in the future. I want deaf people who are maybe thinking about what they want to do and what they can do to, you know, see what I've achieved and what I've done and think to themselves that they can do it as well. You know, I want to be an inspirational role model for other deaf people too. Really deaf people can show the world what they can do. And it's really about never giving up and getting what you want for your future.