Blind Man Seeks Work

Today on Radio 4 @ 3.45pm the BBC’s disabilities correspondent Peter White presents the first in a week of programmes about jobs where one would think that being able to see was something of a necessity.
Blind since birth, Peter puts his hand to being a vet, cricketer, rock star, pilot and a spy. The idea behind it is to show that he is more that capable and that his other senses help him to fulfill the task.
“Touch, sound and - occasionally and accidentally - smell are all important,” he is told when he goes along to try his hand at dental work on a horse and then sticking his arm up a cow's bottom. “Being able to see probably helps you put your hand in the right hole,” one vet suggests, but White, with his heightened sense of touch, does better with his first feel of a pregnant cow's insides than most sighted students.
The show sounds very interesting and we can’t wait to hear how Peter gets on. For more information about the show click here.
HR Departments should do more to support people who are visually impaired. From producing Contracts of Employment, training manuals and more importantly health and safety and fire procedures in preferred formats, employers have a duty under the DDA.
The governments Access to Work scheme gives visually disabled people and their employers advice and support with extra costs which may arise because of specific needs in the workplace.
For more information about Access to Work click here