[nabs-l] Educating staff?

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Alex,
Oh yes, I meant human guide; that is more accurate; I just grew up calling 
it sighted guide but in later years they called it human guide; that seems 
more appropriate.
There are more effective ways than others and some things are down right 
rude such as grabbing a person.
So that is why  I'd just pass along some tips if I could.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Alexander Castillo
Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 2:10 PM
To: nabs-l
Subject: [nabs-l] Educating staff?

Hi Ashley, I would let your fellow staff members know that it's not
"sighted guide" as many blind people quite often lead blind people,
and use a phrase like "human guide," as opposed to dog guide, or
animal guide.

I think you are correct in your approach in saying that we are all
different. There is no one way of interacting with someone blind, but
there are more effective ways than others.

For example, if you are going to do human guide, the person following
should lightly place their hand on your elbow: you should not grab
someone by the shoulder and lead them.

Your question for me, is one which is always  strange to consider, as
I wouldn't think of training  fellow staff on how to interact with
Latinos, unless they were traveling to a particular Spanish speaking
country and needed to understand cultural differences in etiquette and
such.

So, is there such a thing as blind etiquette?

I would stick to the basics, Human guide...

What are the typical interactions which your fellow staff members have
with blind individuals? This might help in determining  the approach
you  might want to take on when doing this training.

Thanks for reading,
Alex

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