My dad, Fred Reid, who has died aged 87, was a historian at Warwick University, author of several books and a campaigner for blind people.
Totally blind since the age of 14 from double detached retina, Fred helped to improve access to work and inclusive mainstream education for visually impaired people, through his roles as president of the National Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted (1972-75) and trustee of the Royal National Institute of Blind People (1974-87 and 1999-2006).
