Growing up deaf, 19-year-old Louise Sloan, from Mauchline in East Ayrshire, often felt isolated from her peers when she took part in sports. But now thanks to the work of a Scottish charity, she is not only participating but is in training to become a swimming instructor - something she never would have dreamed of as a child. Heather Gray, director of NDCS Scotland. Picture: John Devlin/TSPL Launched last year, the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) Swim Project gives instructors communications skills and techniques which they can use to teach deaf children and young people how to swim. Louise is the first...
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