[humanser] Letting them know you're blind

[Christopher L. Smith, LMHC, LMFT]

For me, this may be affected by the clients being served as well as the
type of blindness one has.

I have disclosed to most of my clients, because I want them to have direct
answers from me if they would see me walking with my cane. My issue is loss
of peripheral vision and other difficulties in central vision, but I have
been able to accommodate well in session. While I think in person
conversation is best, when disclosing is appropriate or recommended, I will
be placing a little content about this on our redesigned website.

Christopher

On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 6:40 PM, Cheryl Wade via HumanSer <
humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Greetings, listers,
>
>
> Have any of you pondered the idea of letting new clients know that you, as
> a therapist, are blind?
>
>
> In a former job, I used to ask if the person were allergic to or disliked
> dogs, and then mention I have a guide dog and am blind. I have not used
> this technique in my new job. I have lost a couple of clients, for reasons
> I'm not sure about, and my supervisor wonders if  I should make the fact of
> my blindness known to clients before I meet with them. Perhaps they are
> uncomfortable? If I do let them know, what might be some good ways to go
> about doing that?
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Cheryl Wade, MA, LLPC, CRC
>
>
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