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In Touch: Guide dog refusals, Deafblind signing

Guide dog refusals, Deafblind signing

BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Guide dog refusals, Deafblind signing

A look at the law around refusing guide dog owners access to commercial properties.

MP Alex Chalk talks about his efforts to change the law governing businesses which refuse guide dog owners access to commercial properties.

Stories about guide dog owners being refused entry to businesses and taxis are depressingly common. 
But the MP Alex Chalk has been raising awareness about a discrepancy which sees taxi drivers who don't know the law being treated differently to the owners of bricks and mortar premises like restaurants. 

We hear from Dr Amy Kavanagh about her campaign to urge people to ask before manhandling blind and visually impaired people who they think need help.
 
And Emma Boswell tells us about a world record attempt with her employers Sense and Mazars - to create the biggest half hour-long deafblind manual signing lesson. 

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Produced by Kevin Core

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