Dianne Buswell explains how she trains with blind Chris McCausland on Strictly Come Dancing. McCausland said that Dianne is 'really patient' and 'really bringing the best out of me'.
For those who are unfamiliar with the comedian Chris McCausland, his appearance on BBC 's Strictly Come Dancing will have come as a revelation. Many will already be familiar with his tremendous sense of humour, irrepressible personality and willingness to have a go at anything.
As a politician, it was drummed into me to never put myself in a vulnerable situation – at least if I could help it. This is why I have turned down, on numerous occasions, appearing on Have I Got News For You; and, once, the £25,000 I was offered to go on Channel 4's The Friday Night Project. For a comedian, though, taking such risks, as Chris has done, is second nature.
But what he is doing is more than entrancing viewers with ingenuity and talent to pull off remarkable feats of mobility and creativity. His partner on Strictly, Dianne Buswell, was queried by sceptics who wondered how she would cope with the challenge. Her encouraging response was that going in 'simply to win' wasn't the point. Though, given Chris's popularity, the sky could be the limit.
That's how things were in those days. Expectations were low, opportunities limited and the liberation of the visually impaired young today in the form of audio technology, was a lifetime away. For Chris, losing his sight in adulthood was, as he has said, 'scary and embarrassing', where asking people for help was a life skill he had to learn fast.
And social media, for all its ills, has opened up a world of social connections to children unable to leave the house as much as able-bodied kids can.
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