Publisher's Synopsis
A part of the Average Person's Guide to Interacting with People with Disabilities, this book covers the topic of people with vision loss or are blind.
Did you know there are standards and methods to helping someone with vision loss or are totally blind? Have you wondered how you can step in and give someone a hand but were afraid to because you did not want to offend them? Do you want to get to know the blind person you see on the street? This book covers 14 different topics and tricks meant to teach you the reader on how you can guide the blind, how to talk to them, handling service animals, and other topics.
- Topics Covered by Chapter
- What Blindness Is Not
- The Stigma
- Talk About It
- Identify Yourself
- Talking To Themselves
- If You Want To Help, Just Ask
- Colors and Contrast
- Disorientation
- "Just Look Around More!"
- Strategic Patience
- Use Locator Words
- Guiding
- Service Animals
- Use of White Cane
