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15/07/2014

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Good afternoon, guys. You are watching Newsround with me, Jenny.

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15-year-old Kieran is one of 11 million people

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He got in touch with Newsround to tell us how difficult it was

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for him to travel around his home town of Wick, in rural Scotland.

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For lots of people, getting around can be really challenging, and they

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often need things like ramps to get help to get from place to place.

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We sent Martin to meet Kieran, and hear his story.

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I have come to Wick way up in the North of Scotland to meet Ciaran who

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has cerebral palsy just like me but what is life like getting around a

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small place like this? Cerebral palsy is a condition that can affect

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your movement and coordination and, like me, Kieran spends a lot of time

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in his wheelchair. It basically affects my two legs which can make

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mobility and issue around school, around town and around buses. Can

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you give us an insight into what challenges you face? Steps

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everywhere. Bumps in the pavement. Just generally trying to get around

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places. How does it make you feel? Sometimes it is OK to get help but

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in other situations you kind of just want to say, please, leave me to get

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on with it, but sometimes that is not an option. I am a teenager and I

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am seeing all of my friends go off and become very independent and not

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need as much help as I do. Why is access ability such a problem?

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Because there are so many old buildings, stone built buildings,

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narrow doorways, it can be a bit of a challenge. What are the main

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reasons why the changes are not being made? Everything comes down to

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finance. If we had unlimited funds and the shopkeepers and unlimited

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funds it would be done tomorrow. What would Ciaran like to see in the

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future? A lot more ramps and the potholes are a lot more fixed and

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the new pavements put in. I am not going to let this, this hunk of junk

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get in my way because I know what I want to do. What job do you want to

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do when you grow? I wanted your job, I am coming for you, mate!

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If there's an issue you feel strongly about,

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contact us on the Newsround website and tell us about it.

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Newsround's back, bright and early tomorrow morning at 8.15am.

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