A blind man attached a GoPro to his guide dog – the results are horrifying

A blind man attached a GoPro to his guide dog - the results are horrifying. Amit Patel, a 37-year-old former A&E doctor, lost his sight in 2012 and relies on his guide dog Kika to navigate his way around the capital during rush hour. When he gets back home, his wife Seema reviews the video to see if they have done it deliberately, and then shares videos and pictures on Kika's Twitter account to raise awareness. I told her I couldn't walk up the escalator because of my dog. She had a go, saying was going to miss the train because of my dog," Patel said. But 1% of the people are "rude and arrogant" "People distract her (Kika), get in the way, try to be funny or bump her," he said. "Once someone told me that since I have a guide dog I should be respectful if she wants to pet the dog." On another occasion, Patel was humiliated on the bus by a lady who shouted for 20 minutes that the dog had rabies and should get off. Patel lost his sight in 2012 because of a condition called Keratoconus, which changes the shape of the cornea. "Once I got off at the wrong station and Kika got lost.

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A blind man has strapped a GoPro camera to his guide dog to record the daily discrimination he faces during his London commute.

Amit Patel, a 37-year-old former A&E doctor, lost his sight in 2012 and relies on his guide dog Kika to navigate his way around the capital during rush hour.

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The decision to fit his guide dog with a camera came out of frustration over the number of incidents he faced on a daily basis, but could not see for himself.

“People barged me out of the way, Kika got abused, hit with umbrellas, bags,” he told Mashable.

When he gets back home, his wife Seema reviews the video to see if they have done it deliberately, and then shares videos and pictures on Kika’s Twitter account to raise awareness.

One particularly bad incident involved a woman who had a go at him for holding everyone up on the escalator: “I was with my 2-month old baby on my chest, the dog on the left side blocking the escalator. A lady came running behind us. I told her I couldn’t walk up the escalator because of my dog. She had a go, saying was going to miss the train because of my dog,” Patel said.

Despite these incidents, Patel says 99% of the time he…

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