Sighted Guides
Sighted Guides work with a person who is sight impaired or severely sight impaired.
A person with a visual impairment might have a Guide dog and feel confident in familiar routes, but feel unsure in getting around unfamiliar surroundings. They may have a long cane or symbol cane but feel worried about the lack of tolerance and having someone to support them provides an additional level of security and safety.
Sighted Guides can provide physical or verbal instructions regarding hazards in and around the community and activity. For instance, our Sighted Guides will alert our customers to kerbs, pavement furniture and low branches. When out and about, our Sighted Guide will ensure that the visually impaired person is never left in “free space”. This means the individual can be confident that their safety and security are not compromised.
Our standard techniques of sighted guiding can be adapted to accommodate people with additional disabilities as well as diversity needs relating to gender and height.
Our Sighted Guides promote a person’s independence. We do not do things for the person. We ensure that they participate as fully as possible in their chosen activity, be it shopping, the gym, reading and managing their correspondence or doing a crossword puzzle.
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