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Radio 4,09 Apr 2013,20 mins

09/04/2013

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The new benefit Personal Independence Payment replaces Disability Living Allowance this week, Matt Davies of the Royal National Institute of Blind People on the impact of the new benefit and advice for those who may need to apply for it in the future. Plus Peter White talks to two writers of historical fiction: Rosemary Aitken who is sighted whose series of historical novels set in Cornwall deal with the life of a blind woman and Christine Malec who's virtually blind and has written a book based in Sixteenth century Scotland. How do they go about creating their stories . Presenter Peter White Producer; Lee Kumutat.

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