| Description | Interview with Jack Gray from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He talks about his relationship with his wife, how they divide household tasks and how they have made adjustments to home decorations. He discusses his emotional response to his loss of sight and his worries about the reactions of others, the physical effects of gradually losing his sight, going out drinking as a way to deal with what had happened to him and how he dealt with and accepted his loss of sight, reading braille, accepting the help he needed and overcoming his embarassment to use a white stick at the rehabilitation centre in Torquay. He mentions the psychological barriers that younger blind men have about their loss of sight, and their refusal to accept their condition, and talks about how using a stick can impede progress in crowded cities (tracks 1-5).
Total: 16.43 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF534B0396080 |