disability etiquette
Disclaimer: I am not speaking on behalf of anyone I am just paraphrasing a few conversations I have had with some consumers and friends with vision loss. Blindness and low vision are not that common (thank goodness). But there are still many people who have vision loss. I’ve said in a blog before unless you’ve known…
Read ArticleIf you can’t see it, it’s not real. Right? But we don’t see the air that we can feel in our lungs. We don’t see the wind that we can feel on our skin and blow our hair. And the same goes for people with disabilities that we (society) can’t see, they can feel them and…
Read ArticleIf you have not had many interactions with persons with disabilities, you may not know exactly how to act. For example, you may ask yourself “how do I talk to someone in a wheelchair?” or “how do I interact with someone who is blind or deaf?” These questions often come to our minds whether…
Read ArticleWhile walking one day you see a man standing at an intersection holding a white cane. Does he need assistance? Is he okay? How does he know where he’s going? ASK HIM! Just walk up, tap him on the shoulder and say in your normal tone of voice “Do you need any assistance? Are you…
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