| Description | Interview with John Watt, Edinburgh. He continues to talk about opportunities for blind people in employment, and considers how far the experiences of blind workers differ according to their social status or class. He thinks that such differences are primarily economic and have an impact on the standard of living possible for blind workers and sighted workers. He feels a sense of inferiority and wonders whether this is due to people's attitudes towards his disability and his social background. He talks about the difficulties in forming relationships with girls, as a blind teenager, his worries about meeting girls when going to dances, and his own attitudes to mobility aids and using a stick. He thinks that social independence is just as important as being fully mobile, talks about the travelling he does, and discusses the potential benefits of the long cane and the possible reasons why training is not offered more widely or accepted by more blind people. He thinks that the majority of blind people do not have the opportunity to go out socially, talks about his own visits to the pub where he plays the piano and meets friends and discusses injuries he often gets when walking in cities and considers the policy of the National League of the Blind on mobility training with the long cane. He thinks that blind people live their lives under more strain than sighted people do, and talks about the difficulties faced by blind workers after they retire, when they lose a form of social life they had while at work, and the pensions they receive. He thinks that most blind workers feel grateful to have a job, and mentions that he earns extra money playing the piano at weekends (tracks 1-11).
Track 12: silence 1.24 mins
Total: 35.21 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0769580 |