17/11/2009

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Geoff Long withdrew £120 at his bank. He wasn't offered a receipt and found out later that £170 had been taken from his account. The bank's area manager met Geoff to discuss his needs. Even so, he feels blind customers shoud be provided with a witness to avoid discrepancies. Lee Kumutat reports from Sight Village London and looks at some of the latest access technology there. Tim Gebbels is a blind actor and one of six disabled people starring in a new drama from Channel Four, about a group of disabled people who are in a reality TV proramme. Tim talks about the personal challenge he faced on his first major drama. Working with five other disabled people was not as easy as non-disabled people might imagine. Each person knows how to deal with their own particular disability but not necessarily those of others.