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- A sighted guide can be used to help a blind or visually impaired person
move through space safely and efficiently.
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- When you are going to offer sighted assistance you would just ask the
person, “Would you like some sighted help today?”
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- The sighted guide would then touch the blind or visually impaired
person’s arm with their hand so that he/she can easily locate the
sighted guide’s elbow.
- The grip will be above the elbow with the fingers on the inside, thumb
on the outside of the arm.
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- The blind or visually impaired person will be walking about a half step
behind and beside the guide so that they can be a buffer through space
for him/her.
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- As they begin to walk, the blind or visually impaired person will be
able to feel the motion of their guide’s body. If the guide decides to
turn right or left then he/she can feel that or the guide can tell
him/her whether they are turning right of left.
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- If the guide were to come to a curb or stairway, they tell them whether
the stairs/curb go up or down and would pause long enough for him/her to
find the first step.
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- For example, entering the auditorium for a concert, the guide will lead
him/her.
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- As the guide starts to turn they’ll move their hand behind their back so
that the blind/visually impaired person can move behind them taking up
less space. The guide will tell
him/her which way the door opens and they can reach out to grab it
thereby moving through the doorway together.
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- Once inside the auditorium the blind/visually impaired person may need
help finding a seat. If the guide
had left him/her, there might be an usher who doesn’t know sighted guide
technique. The person may offer
to help by asking if he/she needs to find a seat and grab him/her by the
arm and start to drag him/her along.
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- The blind or visually impaired person will ask to take the person’s
elbow, and allow the person to lead them.
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Notes
