[nabs-l] Regarding Another Blind Student on Campus

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Vejas,

Remember this, people's regard for their waining eyesight and its 
aplication, it would seem to me, is a very personal 
experience.    __At 10:59 PM 11/15/2016, Vejas Vasiliauskas via NABS-L wrote:
>Hi,
>I had known there were 2 other blind students on my campus, which is 
>fairly small, and met one of them last week.
>This student is still very high-vision but uses a cane.  He can 
>travel quite well during the daytime, but not in the dark.  He uses 
>magnification, and although learned Braille as a high-school student 
>when his mother wanted him to, does not use it anymore.
>This I consider mostly fairly normal for a student with lots of 
>functioning vision.  The main concern that I have, though, is that 
>he still looks at the screen on his phone and, when it gets too 
>sunny, avoids use of it altogether.  This could land him in 
>potential problems in the future if it has not already.
>Although he would definitely benefit from learning about Voice-Over 
>and training center opportunities, I barely know him.
>What approach would you use to tell them about the help they can 
>get, knowing that they may not even want the help?
>The only idea I can think of is to take him somewhere for lunch on 
>campus and casually bring things like how to use Voice-Over up 
>without making it sound like a big deal.
>What are your thoughts?
>Vejas
>
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