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Strictly winner Chris McCausland to address ableism in Channel 4’s Alternative Christmas Message
Strictly Come Dancing winner Chris McCausland is set to address ableism and call for changes as he becomes the first blind person to deliver Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message.
He'll kick off his message with a light-hearted apology for being caught "with a mouthful of mince pie", before using his love for the festive treat as a metaphor for equality. "Delays to this service strip away our confidence, our dignity, and our purpose in the workplace and I think, probably, also risk an employer’s desire to recruit anybody else in the future who may require adjustments," he explains. Channel 4's Alternative Christmas Message, which first aired in 1993 as a counterpart to the King's annual speech, has featured a diverse range of speakers over the years, including Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Stephen Fry, Edward Snowden, John Bercow, and Danny Dyer.
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