Use precise locational language using hard directions or clock face
Clock face position
Try to use sounds and locations, the sound is very important to visually impaired people!
Social Interaction
Talk to visually impaired and blind people directly if you need to address them instead of their group, they are there, they exist too!
We are blind not deaf! You don’t need to yell at us. Just talk to us like regular people
When meeting somebody for the first time, ask them in ways that are polite. How much vision do you have? Can you see colors? Can you read a certain font?
When greeting a visually impaired or blind person for the first time in that instance make sure to say who you are by name
We’d prefer you to ask people with canes or guide dogs what they’re level vision is or the general situation
Specify if you’re done talking and when you’re leaving so they know.
If you have to leave a blind person behind, don’t leave them without them set to something.
Guiding and Contact
When guiding make no abrupt or harsh contact
When guiding a blind person, ask them if they want to take their elbow, be suggestive
Do not touch a visually impaired person if they don’t ask. Respect their personal space.
Use audio cues when trying guide a visually impaired or blind person to a specific locations and areas to sit
Do not abruptly stop in front of visually impaired or blind people, they may not be able to recognize that and bump into you.
