Mindful Manners: Navigating Etiquette for the Visually Impaired/Blind

Dear Listeners,

Bermuda's community is extremely diverse, filled with people with different ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, different abilities, different beliefs and so much more. As we navigate through our society interacting, connecting and communicating with our fellow Bermuda residents we impact the lives of those we interact with in many ways. The impact we have is significant weather it be positive or negative. Bermuda, consider your interactions and how you impact those that you help, care for, or have just met. 

This episode of Bermuda Health-Abets, a podcast where we discuss everything from A to Z on healthy living, is dubbed Mindful Manners: Navigating Etiquette for the Visually Impaired/Blind.
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Our guest this episode is Patti-Jean Roberts, teacher of students with visual impairment and orientation and mobility specialist from the Department of Education.  This episode Patti-Jean provides insight on how persons should interact, communicate, and assist individuals with visual impairment. Ms. Patti talks about the importance of not being condescending, remembering that people who are visually impaired are the same as anyone else, being considerate of how and when you give assistance, and overall etiquette of how we should interact with members of our community who are visually impaired or blind. As you tune into this episode think about how you impact those around you.

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Thank you for listening!

Empowering, Informing and Motivating Bermuda Residents to Live Well