Does He Take Sugar

After having interviewed Alan Hills (Middlesex Chairman Blind Association) he gave us a great insight about how and what it feels like to be blind. He suggested that we looked into a BBC radio talk series ' Does He Take Sugar.' This radio series was launched roughly around 1973 where disabled people put views forward and highlighted the real need for everyone to accept that all have the same right to dignity, respect and access.
These were focused on current events, people where interviewed, stories told and poetry read.

The effect of the launch was tremendous. Disabled people felt they had a voice that people listened. Normal people in society realised that they had been causing problems for many and learned to adapt. Things gradually changed.

There was one piece of simple advice from the series affected one listener greatly.
"Make eye contact, if necessary, get on the same level, and do your best to make both of you comfortable. Smile. Talk naturally - assume intelligence lives behind those eyes.
Most people appreciate that you are making an effect, and will respond positively."

As told by some callers many people will happily tell you things if you ask them respectfully, but don't focus entirely on their disability - one caller, Beverley used to say "I am not my disability". They want to talk about politics, sports and all the things you want to talk about.

All in all, the information that we have gathered was very useful for our project especially the listeners and views of people who were on BBC's 'Does He Take Sugar' that was suggested by Alan Hills.

We all need the same services, the same products as everyone else. No-one likes to be ignored, so treat everyone as human beings. Oh, and for goodness' sake, ask them if they take sugar.

From what we have researched on about 'Does He Take Sugar' it has giving us a great insight to what and how disable people feel about society today. The benefits of knowing these information from blind people is so that we have a platform to what our room inside should be like etc.