Blind musician: 'Always told we have to be better than sighted people'
Heidi McGeough is a singer and music teacher from Merseyside, and she also happens to be registered blind.
She wants to fight negative attitudes towards musicians with disabilities, which she often comes up against when arriving at gigs with her guide dog.
While performing in a venue in the North West of England, Heidi said the landlord approached her after the performance and told her, when he first saw her, he had wondered "what the **** has the agent sent us?"
"We've got to continue challenging attitudes, otherwise people forget," said Heidi.
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