- Visual Impairment Tips
- Create and implement buddy system
- Whether at work or at home always know about emergency exit
- In case of fire, do not try to extinguish it but go out as soon as possible
- Know your alternate transit
- Do not use elevator
If you have some vision, place security lights in each room so that they light up automatically if there is a loss of power
- Install smoke alarm at your home
- Store high-powered flashlights with wide beams and extra batteries
- Keep service animals confined or securely leashed or harnesses
- Plan for using the auditory clues
Take guide’s arm just above the elbow. Do not hold it too tight to cause discomfort
- You should remain one step behind the guide
Mark emergency supplies with large print, fluorescent tape or Braille Emergency Kit
- Whether at work or at home always know about emergency exit
- In case of fire, do not try to extinguish it but go out as soon as possible
- Know your alternate transit
- Do not use elevator
If you have some vision, place security lights in each room so that they light up automatically if there is a loss of power
- Install smoke alarm at your home
- Store high-powered flashlights with wide beams and extra batteries
- Keep service animals confined or securely leashed or harnesses
- Plan for using the auditory clues
Take guide’s arm just above the elbow. Do not hold it too tight to cause discomfort
- You should remain one step behind the guide
Mark emergency supplies with large print, fluorescent tape or Braille Emergency Kit
- Whether at work or at home always know about emergency exit
- In case of fire, do not try to extinguish it but go out as soon as possible
- Know your alternate transit
- Do not use elevator
If you have some vision, place security lights in each room so that they light up automatically if there is a loss of power
- Install smoke alarm at your home
- Store high-powered flashlights with wide beams and extra batteries
- Keep service animals confined or securely leashed or harnesses
- Plan for using the auditory clues
Take guide’s arm just above the elbow. Do not hold it too tight to cause discomfort
- You should remain one step behind the guide
Mark emergency supplies with large print, fluorescent tape or Braille Emergency Kit