Sighted Guide - How To Lead Blind People Safely

#blindness #guide #howto

If there’s one thing that sighted people can do to help those with a visual impairment or blindness it’s offer sighted guide! I’m always tickled when someone knows to offer me their elbow. But be sure to respect if someone declines your help! What are your tips and tricks? Are there any variations I forgot to mention?

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Thumbnail Description: Robbie leading Tamara with sighted guide while patience walks beside them on leash. They are standing next to a brick wall. Text says guiding the blind.

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[LearnEnglishWithMatta]

My partner is currently experiencing blindness, we’re happy to have discovered your channel, thank you for producing such amazing content.

[chuckmanofgod]

Some people might have the instincts to do it correctly, while others don’t.

This woman is just breaking everything down and getting into the specifics about guiding the blind. If you break something down, there is actually more to it than what you might think. It seems easy, but there might be a few things that many people don’t know that maybe this video could educate them.

[OurFamilyJourney]

As a disability support worker, I really appreciate that you broke down many different scenarios and how to guide. I am about to take on a shift with someone who requites sighted guide, and this information has made me feel much more confident.

[coachedbyjade]

I will be working with a visually impaired client and I want to be as supportive as possible, as I have no experience with this. Your video is great, thank you so much! I found it really helpful 😃

[barrytaylorprofoundlydeafi]

A friend of my went blind after having a brain tumour removed! She came to visit & I had to be shown what to do! I ended up stepping on the roller tip & breaking it!
But a few months later an eye doctor tried a series of injections in her eye & one day she pointed out someone filling their car with fuel! She only has one good eye now but good enough to drive again!
Whereas my sight got worse & I have to use a deaf/blind cane at night & in poor light! Plus I had a severe hearing loss which has now become profound! I can only hear muffled sounds or an odd word!I am waiting on more powerful hearing aids or maybe a cochlear implant! So life is not easy but your helping from the other side of the water! I love watching your video's especially on how to use a long cane! I do know some neighbours think I am faking! One day I will have my cane the other without! It's always in my bag! And why is it able bodied people think all blind people should wear dark glasses?
Thank you for all your help 💖💖

[aysel]

Thank you for your useful videos, im watching you from Jordan, im a specialist of early intervention for visually impaired, thank you for this useful channel

[starjestis]

Thank you so much for doing this video helping sighted people learn how to guide as properly. I really enjoy your videos they are very helpful.

[henrikharbin]

I'm legally blind and disabled; I use a walker. I used to use an adaptive bus service called LIFT. One of the newer drivers got impatient that I was too slow getting in the elevator and YANKED my walker so hard that it came out of my hands and I almost fell forward. NOT the best way to do it.

[lorrettaprest]

My client is both blind and hard hearing. So we need help with some body who is blind and hardly hears.

[jholly]

Hi Tamara, love your channel.
I am blind and it happened last December, so I’m getting used to using my white cane and having my husband be a cited guide for me. It took him some getting used to having him as a side of God, but now I think we’ve got into the groove. I am a shy person and if there is someone else that wants to be a cited guy I find it difficult to correct them when they try and grab me. How do I correct people when they just grab me?
Thank you.

[jayrhodes]

May I ask where you received your guide dog from?

I’ve been looking at Mira in Québec for quite some time as I’m Deaf and Blind but they’re not currently accepting new clients

[traumatizedchaoschronicles]

this girl makes sighted guide sound so much more complicated than it truly is