Blind students at Hereford college embrace ballroom dance classes

One student, Amy Griffin, said she had always loved watching Strictly and was inspired by McCausland’s win.

“I’ve always loved watching Strictly but I’ve obviously never been able to see the dancing, so i’ve wanted to know, ‘You know, what does it look like’ – so it’s really given me the opportunity to visualise it because I’m doing it,” she said.

“I’ve really enjoyed it, it’s given me the opportunity to dance.”

Fellow student Freeman Fox, said it was an opportunity that did not come around often.

“I jumped at it, because, who knows?,” he said. “It’s an option that you don’t expect to see on a regular basis and when you get that shot, you take it.

“I’m at that right level where I am both mature enough to stick with it after I leave, but also young enough where I don’t wake up in pain afterwards.”