so how do you guide a blind person it's
a question that I get asked all the time
my name is Omri Latif and I'm the
founder of travel eyes and we take
thousands of blind untruly sight people
on adventures all over the world so here
are my top tips on how to become a
fabulous sighted guide the best place to
start is by introducing yourself how are
you doing I'm good
likewise when you can't see it's hard to
recognize unfamiliar voices so remember
to say your name
so how does this whole tithing thing
work it's easy just ask your partner
I'll take the back of your right arm
please
perfect that way I'm a step behind you
and it means if you fall off the edge of
a cliff I know when to stop and see your
arm instead of having it up do you want
to put it down ah
and just relax it I don't want you to
end up with a stiff arm yeah let's go
everyone's different some blind people
might prefer to put a hand on your
shoulder or if they have more sight they
may just walk beside you so what do you
do when it gets a bit tight for space
okay
the best thing to do is if you drop your
arm behind you and when we get there and
then I following behind you perfect
that's great
excellent
is it still narrow always let the person
you're guiding know when the narrow
space is passed by bringing your arm
back to your side
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so how do you tackle those pesky stairs
remember to say if they're going up or
going down going down oh thanks for let
me know okay let's go down them you know
sometimes people think that they should
count the number of steps but I've just
had so many situations where they always
get it wrong so we don't want any
disasters to me so the best thing to do
is just let me know when we get to the
last step I think thank you and always
offer a handrail if it is one you can
take your partner's hand and place it on
the rail and don't forget to tell your
partner to duck just let me know when to
duck sometimes people are too busy
looking at the ground and they forget to
check for low-hanging obstacles when
you're out in a boat it's great to know
what's around you some simple
descriptions can help bring everything
to life there's nice what's your like
and it's faded stone and tumble down
walls
lots of arches Wow and how big is it Wow
I'd say the where the roof is it goes up
to probably about five stories right
Tower is about seven stories high hold
is a tower actually do you mind taking
my hand and drawing the outline it kind
of just gives me a little idea is okay
with the arches yeah here's the tower
uh-huh goes like that yeah there's the
rooftop and
and as any windows had long gone but is
bathed in beautiful sunlight oh that
sounds great well thanks that's a great
description but don't worry it's just
like having a conversation
if you can't see even a few simple
descriptions can make a world of
difference I can't believe it either
oh no I'm only joking and don't worry
about it a lot of people say that you
know I don't want you to feel like
you're walking on eggshells you know a
little slip of the tongue it's not the
end of the world is it on the other hand
people can be concerned about coming
across patronizing but I say just by
being aware of this means you'll
naturally get the balance spot-on
so anybody fancy a bit of lunch okay the
best thing to probably do is put my hand
at the back of the chair
okay so that's culture or fantastic and
then of them upsetting my future's in my
time we surprised like so many people
trying to manhandle you into chair but I
found that this is a slickest way to do
it really oh it's a huge menu our is it
the best thing to probably do is read
the different sections then oK we've got
pizza makes it good
we've got pasta your salads actually on
salads is what I'm interested yeah
anything with chicken oh yeah we've got
chicken and avocado so perfect and I'm
gonna have an extra hot decaf latte okay
cool
what about you and you and when the food
arrives you can ask your partner if
they'd like to know where things are on
the plate using the clockface method
chickens at 6 o'clock okay so just let
me know if it's opening towards me or
away from me okay and whether the hinges
are on the left to the right okay okay
so the door swings away from you hinges
are on the right hand side super so if
you want a head to and I'll follow your
lead
brilliant and I'll take the door on the
right thank you very much Wow fabulous
remember guides always need to go
through first it's hard to guide from
behind with hotels it's great to know
where things are so ask your partner
what they'd like to know
fantastic so Andrew what would be really
helpful is just a little orientation
just let me know example where the
towels are bedside table okay Pera
sockets right and airconditioning okay
okay so well this is the foot of the bed
here okay okay and if towels are at the
foot of the bed
okay it you've got bedside tables either
side and there's actually plug sockets
on both sides of the bed as welding and
the air conditioning is just over here
Oh
Eileen so I can can keep cool at night
yes definitely
but the most important thing that I like
to know is is they mean biscuits no you
do have a kettle though and a MOOC at
the leftovers idea bed oh okay I can at
least concern myself with a cup of tea
yeah but no biscuit no business no and
in the bathroom it's helpful to know
which is the shower gel and which is the
shampoo and also how the shower works
looks like your chariots arrived I'm off
well great
just place my hand on the door handle
let me know whether it's left or right
and obviously whether it's a front door
or the back door front seat are great
under that's perfect
well thank you very much are over I'll
see you later bye hello driver how you
doing right let's roll
now if that seems like a lot of things
to remember trust me it soon becomes
second nature remember the golden rule
is communication because everybody's
different it's always best to ask so
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