Steven Morris, who is deafblind and the campaigns officer for the disability charity Sense, said the win shows people "can break down barriers many wrongly don't think are possible", and said it would "lead to many more disabled people being included in the biggest TV shows".
Strictly Come Dancing crowns its first blind winner Comedian Chris McCausland has become the first blind contestant to win Strictly Come Dancing.
Calling his triumph "astonishing," he said: "I honestly thought I could go out in the first week or two, and I know no one went out in the first week, but I still thought I could".
Disability charity Sense and the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) praised McCausland's success, and for raising the profiles of people living with disabilities.
Speaking after his win, McCausland said: "This is for [Dianne] and it's for everyone out there that thought and got told they couldn't do something.
