[vicsireland] FW: Two free e-books on the Perkins website

From: "Gerry Ellis" <gerry.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'List for discussing news and issues relating to the visually impaired in Ireland'" <irelandvipnews@xxxxxxxx>, <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2017 15:38:25 -0000

Hi,

The email below is from Tracy in NCBI in Dun Laoghaire.

Take care,

Gerry Ellis

If you dont know where youre going,

How will you know when you get there?

From: Tracy Penston [mailto:Tracy.Penston@xxxxxxx] ;
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:05 PM
Subject: Two free e-books on the Perkins website

Hi all,

I found two free e-books on the Perkins website. They offer helpful
information for people with sight to interact with people who are blind or
visually impaired. The first book is in relation to interactions regarding
employment and in the workplace and the second is about everyday
interactions that could be more productive and or inclusive in a variety of
locations. I will copy and paste the links and content summary below, and
under those couple of sentences, is the main article introducing the
background of the production of the two ebooks. They are born of American
research.

Ebook 1 is called
<http://www.perkins.org/services/workplace/employers/ebook> Working
Together, Every Day the title was the link to the webpage. It gives
readers a three-step tutorial in inclusive hiring. There are tips on
eliminating barriers in the recruitment process, interviewing candidates who
are blind, and building accessible workspaces for new employees with visual
impairment.

Ebook 2 is called
<http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/perkins-social-inclusion-ebook.p
df> Including Everybody, Every Day the title was the link. It encourages
people who are sighted to include their neighbor or colleague who is blind
in social events, and to say hello when they pass someone with a white cane
on the street. It includes a list of suggestions for interacting with people
with visual impairment in public, at the office and at parties or playdates.

The article from the Perkins website:
How to talk to someone who's blind.
Would you hire someone who is blind? Invite him over for dinner? Say hello
if you passed her on the sidewalk?
If you answered no, youre not alone for many Americans, blindness
conjures up feelings of awkwardness, pity and even fear. Its something they
simply dont know how to deal with.

Theres often all this anxiety from people when they see me or another
blind person, said William Budding, a young professional living in Boston.
All the flags go up and theyre like, What do I do? How do I act?

To answer those questions, Perkins School for the Blind has released two new
e-books that encourage more interaction between the sighted public and
people who are blind.

The e-books, available for free on the Perkins website, offer
straightforward tips on how to interact with people with visual impairment
whether theyre applying for a job, sitting in the office breakroom or
riding the subway.

The first e-book, titled
<http://www.perkins.org/services/workplace/employers/ebook> Working
Together, Every Day, gives readers a three-step tutorial in inclusive
hiring. There are tips on eliminating barriers in the recruitment process,
interviewing candidates who are blind, and building accessible workspaces
for new employees with visual impairment.

For employers who are on the fence about hiring someone who is blind, the
e-book gives them the knowledge to move forward confidently.

Once you educate yourself, you find out how easy it can be, said Richard
Curtis, vice president of talent acquisition at State Street. Individuals
who have visual impairment are just as capable as anyone else, as long as
they have the correct support.

The second e-book,
<http://www.perkins.org/sites/default/files/perkins-social-inclusion-ebook.p
df> Including Everybody, Every Day, urges readers to reach out to people
who are blind in social situations. It encourages people who are sighted to
include their neighbor or colleague who is blind in social events, and to
say hello when they pass someone with a white cane on the street. It
includes a list of suggestions for interacting with people with visual
impairment in public, at the office and at parties or playdates.

The e-book notes that 55 percent of Americans havent interacted with a
person who is blind in the past year, according to a study commissioned by
Perkins. Many couldnt remember the last time they saw a person with visual
impairment.

Sighted people often dont realize that people who are blind enjoy many of
the same hobbies and activities they do. One of those people is Perkins
teacher Kate Katulak, whose photo appears on the e-books cover.
I like to karaoke, I like to sing, I like adventure sports like skydiving,
she said. The older I get the more Im wanting to experience all there is
in life.
Perhaps the most important piece of etiquette advice for sighted people is
to relax and be yourself. After all, as the book notes, Interacting with
someone who is blind isnt rocket science.
Thats something Budding agrees with wholeheartedly.
Blindness is a normal thing, he said. We have normal social lives and run
businesses and do all these things that everybody else does.

End of article,

Tracy

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