This short presentation is a snapshot of the Street Works Awareness and Safety Workshop available fr

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This short presentation is a snapshot of the
Street Works Awareness and Safety Workshop
available from Guide Dogs
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Guide Dogs Vision Support Services Awareness and
Safety at Street Works Workshop
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Aims Objectives

• At the end of the session participants will
• have a better understanding of visual impairment
• be able to communicate more effectively with
  visually impaired people
• be able to use Sighted Guide Techniques
• have a better understanding of some common eye
  conditions.
• know some practical ways to assist visually
  impaired people.
• understand the reasons for signing lighting and
  guarding street
• works properly

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Words of a visually impaired traveller

• There are just so many things that can go
  wrong. I worry about them all the time. As soon
  as I get where I am going, I start worrying about
  having to come back.

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Normal Vision
Normal Vision
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Macular Degeneration
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Diabetes
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Glaucoma
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Cataract
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Visual Impairment

• Whatever the degree of visual loss,
• it often tends to fluctuate from day to day,
• and even during the course of the day.
• Residual vision will often play tricks, objects
• may appear closer or further away and
• people may "see" one thing only to discover
• it is something else.

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Sighted Guide Skills
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Mobility
Different types of canes Guide Dog Sonic Aids
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• Practical Exercise Outside

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Street Works

• New Roads Street Works Act 1991
• One of the key elements of the legislation is the
  duty on Street Authorities to attempt to
  co-ordinate all works in the highway
• One of the main objectives of the co-ordination
  is to
• ensure safety, minimise inconvenience to people
  using the highway, with a specific reference to
  people with a disability

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WARNING
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Consequences of getting it wrong are

• 3rd Party insurance for accidents caused by badly
  set up sites
• Health and Safety Executive can become involved
• Court action
• Fatality

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• Some Dos and Donts

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• DONT speak through a third party.

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• DO warn in advance of such obstacles and hazards
  as steps, kerbs, overhanging branches and
  protruding hedges.

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• DONT leave a visually impaired person standing
  alone in space. This can be dangerous and
  disorientating.

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Questions about visual impairment

• People who are registered blind see nothing at
  all
• True False
• Blind people have a better sense of hearing
• True False
• All blind people use a white cane or a guide dog
• True False
• A red and white cane means a person has a sight
  and hearing impairment
• True False

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Questions about visual impairment

• All blind people learn Braille
• True False
• It is best not to talk to a blind person when
  walking with them so as to avoid disturbing
  their concentration
• True False
• It is not important to tell a blind person when
  you are leaving them
• True False
• An eye examination is necessary only if youre
  having problems
• True False

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Aims Objectives

• Do you feel confident that you

• have a better understanding of visual impairment
• will be able to communicate more effectively with
  visually impaired people
• be able to use Sighted Guide Techniques
• have a better understanding of some common eye
  conditions.
• know some practical ways to assist visually
  impaired people.
• understand the reasons for signing lighting and
  guarding street
• works properly

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Feedback
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• For further information please contact
• Mick Sullivan
• Vision Support Services Manager
• Email michael.sullivan_at_guidedogs.org.uk
• Tel [phone]