Comedian Chris has officially made history as the first blind contestant to take part on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing - and here is everything you need to know about him
The Liverpool native has risen through the ranks in recent years to become one of Britain's top comedians and is not only a success on the stand-up scene, but on TV too.
Read more: Inside Strictly Come Dancing judge Anton Du Beke’s family home with wife Hannah and kids How Chris McCausland lost his sight and when he went blind Chris is blind due to the condition retinitis pigmentosa, which impairs vision in low light conditions and lost his sight aged 22. "So you stop being able to see in the dark, or seeing dusk, or see your computer screen, or read a printed book, all of these different things happen at different times. But I kind of say late teens to early twenties, that kind of five-year period from maybe 16 to 21 is when the bulk of the useful stuff just went.""I'm blind but I don’t see black. I still see light and space. I still have an awareness of the space around me.
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