What to do When You Meet Someone Who is Blind

A remake of the classic AFB training film made by staff members at the Southeastern Blind Rehabilitation Center for the 50th Anniversary of White Cane Day.

[@jamesa7506]

Great info in a lighthearted video. ROLL TIDE!!

[@shans930]

This is an amazing video! I’m starting to date someone who is visually impaired so this definitely helps since I do not want to offend her.

[@wonderguest]

Thank you. This will remind me too. A very helpful video.

[@lizwehling9186]

Bill, I am giving a speech tomorrow and was looking for ideas and POOF i came across this gem. We met in DC at the NOAH conference I am Liz (with Buttercup), you had Cactus at the time. I was listening and was like... hmmm I know that voice! Great video!

[@DottyGale8]

Very good info to know. Thanks for sharing this!

[@joannakoter9159]

Thank you! Very useful.

[@adamguymon7096]

I loved when you said I will have to call the ADA on you. I could imagine two big buff agents dressed in navy blue with ADA in bold white lettering on them saying while grabbing her, This is the ADA we're here to take you away to the pokie. 🤣🤣

[@dreamveda4573]

Good vid :)

[@mikael26288]

I enjoyed your video except the part about ordering food.The white cane should never be placed on a table, the tip or roller ball on the cane has come in contact with everything nasty on the ground, especially if you use a roller tip.You don't go to a place to eat and put your shoes on the table, putting your cane on the table is about the same thing, but your roller tip touches more of the ground. This is one of the first things you learn in blind rehabilitation when being taught how to use a cane.

[@blindhawkeye68]

Thank you so much, and trust me as an O&M I understand what you are saying, but not everyone follows all the rules, and also it was a way to show who was visually impaired at the table.

[@bunyah]

good job Bill!

[@jamesmonaco9659]

I try to say "I understand" rather than "I see". I don't take offense from people who make peculiar assumptions about what I can sense. I know that my situation is different from their normal encounters.