Andrew Marr: stroke has made me more aware of people with disabilities

Andrew Marr says he has become more aware of people suffering from disabilities – whom previously he "simply didn't see" – after the stroke that nearly killed him in January.

"You definitely see the world differently, actually. You move more slowly. You suck up experiences more intensely and you live the day more," the 53-year-old presenter said in an interview with Radio Times magazine. "And you're much more aware of all the people all around us who have got really, really difficult disabilities who are looking after their parents, perhaps, and who frankly most of the time, like most people, I simply didn't see them. I wasn't thinking about them. That has changed. I do see them now, I do think about it."

The presenter returned to his Sunday morning BBC1 current affairs show on 1 September after a nine-month absence.

Full Article on Guardian Media