A Blind Guy on HIGNFY

I think I ought to draw everyone’s attention to something rather cool which I noticed last night, which I thought was fairly significant. On this weeks edition of Have I Got News For You, Paul Merton’s teammate was comedian Chris McCausland. McCausland is blind, so I noticed Merton describing things to him when he needed to, such as pictures. He did so casually and matter-of-fact-ly, and not much attention was drawn to it. I just think this was quite cool because it’s a clear example of a person with a disability being included in a mainstream, primetime TV show, as well as an example of how people with disabilities can be included without the issue becoming too overt.

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