Graeme McCreath is a physiotherapist in Victoria and he's training for an up-coming 10-kilometre race. So he runs this route about three-times-a-week. When Graeme says this is a challenge, he's alluding to the fact that he is blind. His running partner and the two seeing-eye dogs -- one retired, one still working -- are all there to help nudge him out of harm's way from time to time. But apart from that, Graeme charts his own course.
In many ways, Graeme defies the typical profile of a blind Canadian. In Canada, most blind or partially sighted adults don't have work. Many live in poverty. And that's why he has written a new book called The Politics of Blindness: From Charity to Parity. In it, he calls for a complete overhaul of how blind people are treated in our society. And he lays out a manifesto for blind citizens. Graeme McCreath was in Victoria
In many ways, Graeme defies the typical profile of a blind Canadian. In Canada, most blind or partially sighted adults don't have work. Many live in poverty. And that's why he has written a new book called The Politics of Blindness: From Charity to Parity. In it, he calls for a complete overhaul of how blind people are treated in our society. And he lays out a manifesto for blind citizens. Graeme McCreath was in Victoria
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