AN AWARD-WINNING campaigner from Otley has been named one of the most influential people with a disability in the UK.

Twenty year old Chloe Tear was included in The Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 List at a launch event in London this week.

Former Prince Henry’s Grammar School student Chloe is an active blogger who writes about her experiences of mild Cerebral Palsy, chronic pain and visual cortex disorder.

For the past five years - while working through school exams and, currently, her studies at Leeds Trinity University in Horsforth - she has been running the Life as a Cerebral Palsy Student blog.

The blog has attracted more than 70,000 views and led to Chloe working with more than 50 organisations including Scope, RNIB, Huffington Post, the BBC, Cosmopolitan and The Mighty.

Chloe, who is also an Honorary Otley Ambassador and Assistant Coordinator/Ambassador Programme Lead for the CP Teens UK charity, said: “What an honour!

“I am absolutely amazed to have made the Disability Power 100 list and cannot believe I have been recognised at this level.

“I thoroughly enjoy the work that I do as it is something I am extremely passionate about.

“It is a privilege to be amongst a list of such incredible people.”

More than 700 nominations were received for this year’s Power List which is compiled by an independent judging panel chaired by Kate Nash OBE, the Ambassador of Disability Rights UK.

Interim Chief Executive of Shaw Trust, Nick Bell, said: “Congratulations to Chloe.

“The judges were beyond impressed by the standard of nominations but selected the most influential people who are proving that disability or impairment is not a barrier to success.

“One of our aims for the Disability Power 100 list is to demonstrate to young people that they can achieve their ambitions.

“At Shaw Trust we work with government, local authorities and employers to support people overcome barriers which hold them back from achieving their potential.”

Chloe, who is studying Psychology and Child Development at university, started writing about her experiences in the hope of both helping others in similar positions and raising awareness.

She is also active in politics and worked with former Leeds North West MP, Greg Mulholland, to get issues surrounding disability hate crime discussed in Parliament after being involved in an incident herself three years ago.

Currently the Disabilities Officer at Leeds Trinity University, she is aiming to improve the university experience for disabled students.