Just Jill: The Autobiography of Jill Allen-King OBE: The Autobiography of Jill Allen-King MBE

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Just Jill: The Autobiography of Jill Allen-King OBE: The Autobiography of Jill Allen-King MBE

Just Jill: The Autobiography of Jill Allen-King OBE: The Autobiography of Jill Allen-King MBE

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While ticket office opening hours are currently protected, unions fears closures will pave the wave for many more unmanned stations in time. The rights of blind people are continuing to not be considered, so I will keep working to fight that,” says Jill. Southend West MP Anna Firth has previously led a campaign for Mrs Allen-King to get a new guide dog and to be placed on the “priority list” for a sighted guide.

On Friday Mrs Allen-King met with Ms Firth and BBC radio presenter Justin Dealey, who are bidding to raise awareness of the issue. Jill currently chairs the European Blind Union Commission on Mobility and Transport - a position she has held for the past 13 years - and the National Federation of the Blind’s Environment Committee. She has been particularly associated with campaigns for access to transport and the built environment, to make our streets and pavements safe for pedestrians to walk in and to have household goods manufactured according to design for all principles so that everyone can use them.

The briefings are heard by blind and partially-sighted people across the UK, the briefings are mainly downloaded and used by local talking newspapers and radio stations in their own audio publications and programmes. According to the charity Guide Dogs, dogs usually retire when they are between nine and 11 years of age. The activist had to have one of her eyes removed as a baby due to measles and lost her sight fully aged 24, on her wedding day, due to glaucoma. NHS Digital data shows that 1,135 people in Southend were registered as being blind or partially sighted in March 2017.

She has had seven guide dogs in the last 51 years and relies on them both when she is out of the house, and at home in Westcliff.To lessen the impact on people faced with these problems, some claim in mitigation that blindness “is not so much a disability, rather an inconvenience”. This book, following close on the heels of Jill s autobiography, Just Jill, is a heartfelt tribute to her trusted four-legged friends, who have given her companionship, instilled her with confidence and guided her safely in both her personal life and in her incredibly important voluntary work throughout the UK.

We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues.Mrs Allen-King splits her time between her seafront bungalow, in Point Clear, and her home in Southend. My vision had started to go blurry the night before but the doctor said it was probably just nerves. The strength of her campaigning came from her personal experience and it was that which caught and held the attention of Government ministers, rail company chairmen and many others.



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