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.
I'm so glad you found this helpful! I know that a lot of these things can feel a little daunting at first, but once you do it a few times, it becomes fairly second nature. I hope your shift goes well. :)
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.
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 😃
I'm glad to be of service. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask away. Otherwise, I'm sure your client will be able to tell you how best to assist them. :)
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
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.
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.
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 💖💖
That people think you're faking it is so irritating. Recently a shop assistant in a drugstore refused to show me where the toothpaste is because I was holding a shopping list.
@@discodiscordia being deaf or blind or both is a broad spectrum! At the moment I am profoundly deaf! I am waiting on more powerful hearing aids which may boost what little hearing I have left! I use my phone for live transcript to show shopkeepers! As for my sight I was told it was usher's syndrome type 3 but they are not sure! But they do think the final bit of hearing loss is down to menieres disease! But in poor light & at night I finally accepted I needed to use my red/white long cane(deafblind colour for the UK) it's hard to accept I am officially DeafBlind on my medical records! But when able bodied people question this diagnosis it really gets to me! I also have an indwelling Foley catheter & in the summer I got trolled so much on social media for showing a bag of pee strapped to my leg! It's my external bladder! I have been told ignore these people but it's hard when it's constant & i had to take myself off social media! It was kind of you to reply & understand what a lot of us go through! At least I cannot hear people saying I am a fake haha! 💖💖
It is shocking how people make assumptions about our experiences and needs. Unless you’re living it it’s impossible to know what someone is going through. I’m sorry people around you are assuming you are faking. I’m glad you are still choosing to use your cane when you need it though! I have absolutely no idea where the sunglasses thing came from. I did talk about some of the reasons why people choose to wear them in a different video, but it’s silly how people generalize. I’m so glad you are enjoying the videos. Be well. :)
@@barrytaylorprofoundlydeafi2479 If you would like an amusing and happy anecdote in that manner. Some time ago I was in a grocery store shopping. I am rather tall and a very short woman came up to me and told me she was visually impaired and asked if I could tell her what was on the top shelf because it was far enough away that she could neither see nor reach it. She could only tell that I was tall and not that I was visually impaired also. I got my lighted magnifier out, look at the labels, told her what they were, reached down what she wanted, and we got every thing sorted. A literal case of the blind helping the blind.
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
I got my dog from GDB (Guide Dogs for The Blind in California), but I must caution that while my initial experience was fabulous, when I needed some help for additional mobility needs I ended up in a bit of a pickle. So I'm not sure how they would do with Deaf/Blind. I do have a friend who got a dog from BCGDS(BC Guide Dog Services) who was also Deaf Blind so they may be able to help. :)
@@Positivekitten I know she's trying to explain it well, but it doesn't matter so much which side to use, and you don't have to touch their hand, just touch their arm somewhere so they can find your arm. The super basic version of it is basically just let them hold onto your arm just above your elbow and let them know what's ahead.
My partner is currently experiencing blindness, we’re happy to have discovered your channel, thank you for producing such amazing content.
Thank you so much! Glad I can be of assistance. :)
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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.
I'm so glad you found this helpful! I know that a lot of these things can feel a little daunting at first, but once you do it a few times, it becomes fairly second nature. I hope your shift goes well. :)
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.
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 😃
I'm glad to be of service. If you have any other questions, please feel free to ask away. Otherwise, I'm sure your client will be able to tell you how best to assist them. :)
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
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.
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.
Yikes! That sounds horrible. No most certainly don't yank someone's mobility tool away from them. That's incredibly dangerous.
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 💖💖
That people think you're faking it is so irritating. Recently a shop assistant in a drugstore refused to show me where the toothpaste is because I was holding a shopping list.
@@discodiscordia being deaf or blind or both is a broad spectrum! At the moment I am profoundly deaf! I am waiting on more powerful hearing aids which may boost what little hearing I have left! I use my phone for live transcript to show shopkeepers! As for my sight I was told it was usher's syndrome type 3 but they are not sure! But they do think the final bit of hearing loss is down to menieres disease! But in poor light & at night I finally accepted I needed to use my red/white long cane(deafblind colour for the UK) it's hard to accept I am officially DeafBlind on my medical records!
But when able bodied people question this diagnosis it really gets to me! I also have an indwelling Foley catheter & in the summer I got trolled so much on social media for showing a bag of pee strapped to my leg! It's my external bladder! I have been told ignore these people but it's hard when it's constant & i had to take myself off social media!
It was kind of you to reply & understand what a lot of us go through! At least I cannot hear people saying I am a fake haha! 💖💖
It is shocking how people make assumptions about our experiences and needs. Unless you’re living it it’s impossible to know what someone is going through. I’m sorry people around you are assuming you are faking. I’m glad you are still choosing to use your cane when you need it though! I have absolutely no idea where the sunglasses thing came from. I did talk about some of the reasons why people choose to wear them in a different video, but it’s silly how people generalize. I’m so glad you are enjoying the videos. Be well. :)
@Melinoë I’m so sorry you had that experience! That’s awful people are denying you service because of assumptions about your vision.
@@barrytaylorprofoundlydeafi2479 If you would like an amusing and happy anecdote in that manner. Some time ago I was in a grocery store shopping. I am rather tall and a very short woman came up to me and told me she was visually impaired and asked if I could tell her what was on the top shelf because it was far enough away that she could neither see nor reach it. She could only tell that I was tall and not that I was visually impaired also. I got my lighted magnifier out, look at the labels, told her what they were, reached down what she wanted, and we got every thing sorted. A literal case of the blind helping the blind.
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.
Thanks so much Star! I’m so glad you are finding r videos useful. :)
My client is both blind and hard hearing. So we need help with some body who is blind and hardly hears.
Thank you for all your videos
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
I got my dog from GDB (Guide Dogs for The Blind in California), but I must caution that while my initial experience was fabulous, when I needed some help for additional mobility needs I ended up in a bit of a pickle. So I'm not sure how they would do with Deaf/Blind. I do have a friend who got a dog from BCGDS(BC Guide Dog Services) who was also Deaf Blind so they may be able to help. :)
@@UnsightlyOpinions oh? It’s odd that most organizations that I’ve read about don’t have options for those of us with more assistance.
this girl makes sighted guide sound so much more complicated than it truly is
No, she is just breaking it down for people that are unfamiliar with sighted guide and explaining how different people react to different situations.
@@Positivekitten I know she's trying to explain it well, but it doesn't matter so much which side to use, and you don't have to touch their hand, just touch their arm somewhere so they can find your arm. The super basic version of it is basically just let them hold onto your arm just above your elbow and let them know what's ahead.