Posting on a mission to change things with disability rights activist @blinddad_uk
Season 2, Episode 28, Oct 26, 2021, 06:00 AM
This time we're chatting to Dr Amit Patel @blindad_uk. Amit lost his sight overnight (heads up that he talks about this early in the episode) just a year after he got married.
Unable to do his old job as a trauma doctor, or move about safely on his own - Amit says he was 'saved' by the arrival of his guide dog, Kika.
Now he's a writer and speaker and disability activist using Twitter and Instagram to amplify his message.
We talk about,
Unable to do his old job as a trauma doctor, or move about safely on his own - Amit says he was 'saved' by the arrival of his guide dog, Kika.
Now he's a writer and speaker and disability activist using Twitter and Instagram to amplify his message.
We talk about,
- what it's like to use Instagram when you've never seen it
- how we can make our social posts more accessible
- finding happiness in unexpected places
Amit's written a book about his story, Kika and Me: How One Extraordinary Guide Dog Changed My World.