English: I have done a very small amount of work with children and their families who have hearing problems, and obviously in my work as a social worker have encountered children and young people who are deaf. As we've heard, the issue is one of figures. We're not clear how many people, children and young people across Wales actually are deaf, but around 3,200 children in Wales are deaf according to the National Deaf Children's Society in Wales, and they say, through their research, that around 60 per cent are more likely to experience mental health problems than other children. I just want to touch very briefly on child protection issues in children and young people who are deaf. There is research to demonstrate that adverse childhood experiences, known as ACEs, are higher in children who are deaf. They are more likely to be abused for many reasons. For children who are deaf, signs of distress are often mistakenly assumed to be related to the child's impairment rather than recognised as an indication of abuse. There is a lack of awareness or agreement about what constitutes the abuse of deaf and disabled children, and this leads to ambiguity in the minds of both children and adults regarding the most appropriate course of action. Finally, the NSPCC tell us that deaf and disabled children are often invisible in terms of talking with them and consulting with them. In some cases, services were absent from their lives and for others provision was inadequate or inappropriate. So, just to finish, in this very brief contribution, deaf children and young people in Wales and their families need additional support and help to be able to connect with their communities. There needs to be additional training and support to those working with them, particularly around their mental health, and our systems, such as our youth justice system, need to adjust their practice to ensure they meet their needs. Once again, I thank Mark for this debate. Thank you for allowing me to take part, and thank you to Joel as well. Diolch yn fawr iawn.
Welsh: Rwyf wedi gwneud ychydig iawn o waith gyda phlant a'u teuluoedd sydd â phroblemau clyw, ac yn amlwg yn fy ngwaith fel gweithiwr cymdeithasol rwyf wedi dod ar draws plant a phobl ifanc sy'n fyddar. Fel y clywsom, mae'n fater sy'n ymwneud â ffigurau. Nid ydym yn glir faint o bobl, plant a phobl ifanc ledled Cymru sy'n fyddar mewn gwirionedd, ond mae tua 3,200 o blant yng Nghymru yn fyddar yn ôl y Gymdeithas Genedlaethol i Blant Byddar yng Nghymru, ac maent hwy'n dweud, drwy eu hymchwil, fod tua 60 y cant yn fwy tebygol o brofi problemau iechyd meddwl na phlant eraill. Rwyf am sôn yn fyr iawn am broblemau amddiffyn plant gyda phlant a phobl ifanc sy'n fyddar. Ceir ymchwil sy'n dangos bod nifer y profiadau niweidiol yn ystod plentyndod yn uwch mewn plant sy'n fyddar. Maent yn fwy tebygol o gael eu cam-drin am sawl rheswm. Yn achos plant sy'n fyddar, yn aml tybir yn anghywir fod arwyddion o drallod yn gysylltiedig â nam y plentyn yn hytrach na chael eu cydnabod fel arwydd o gam-drin. Ceir diffyg ymwybyddiaeth neu gytundeb ynglŷn â'r hyn a olygir wrth gam-drin plant byddar ac anabl, ac mae hyn yn arwain at amwysedd ym meddyliau plant ac oedolion ynghylch y camau gweithredu mwyaf priodol. Yn olaf, mae'r NSPCC yn dweud wrthym fod plant byddar ac anabl yn aml yn anweledig o ran siarad â hwy ac ymgynghori â hwy. Mewn rhai achosion, roedd gwasanaethau'n absennol o'u bywydau ac i eraill roedd y ddarpariaeth yn annigonol neu'n amhriodol. Felly, i orffen, yn y cyfraniad byr hwn, mae angen cymorth ychwanegol ar blant a phobl ifanc byddar a'u teuluoedd yng Nghymru a help i allu cysylltu â'u cymunedau. Mae angen hyfforddiant a chymorth ychwanegol i'r rhai sy'n gweithio gyda hwy, yn enwedig mewn perthynas â'u hiechyd meddwl, ac mae angen i'n systemau, megis ein system cyfiawnder ieuenctid, addasu eu harferion i sicrhau eu bod yn diwallu eu hanghenion. Unwaith eto, diolch i Mark am y ddadl hon. Diolch am ganiatáu i mi gymryd rhan, a diolch i Joel hefyd. Diolch yn fawr iawn.