THE GOLDEN RULE: ASK the Person with the Disability
Sourced from the Western Cape Association for People with Disabilities website.
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| Do not assume that a blind person requires help. First introduce yourself and ask whether he / she requires assistance. | Moet nooit aanneem dat ‘n blinde person hulp nodig het nie. Stel jouself eers voor en vra of die person wel hulp nodig het. | Musa ukuzicingela ukuba umntu ongaboniyo udinga uncedo. Qala ngokuzazisa kuye wandule ukumbuza ukuba uyaludinga na uncedo. |
| Do not push or pull a blind person. Rather touch their hand slightly and ask if he / she would like to take your arm. | Moet nooit ‘n blindepersoon stamp of trek nie, vat eerder liggies aanhulle hand en vra of hulle jou arm will neem. | Musa ukumtshova okanye umtsale umntu ongaboniyo. Shukumisa kancinci isandla sakhe umbuze ukuba angathanda na ukubambelela engalweni yakho. |
| When serving food to a blind person, tell them what food is on the plate and where it is on the plate, e.g. meat at 12 o’clock and potato at 3 o’clock or top, bottom, left and right. | Wanner jy kos bedien aan ‘n blindepersoon se vir hulle wat se kos op hulle bord is as ook waar dit is, bv. Vleis is by twalfuur en aardapels is by drieuur of bo, onder, links en regs. | Xa unika umntu ongaboniyo ukutya, mxelele kokuphi na ukutya okusesityeni nokuba kukweliphi icala. Umzekelo: inyama ikwintsimbi yeshumi elinambini, iitapile zikwintsimbi yesithathu, okanye umxelele ukuba kokuphi ikutya okuphezulu, ezantsi, ekunxele okanye ekunene. |
| Don’t ever walk quietly into a room without saying anything and quietly leave, and think that a blind person was not aware of someone in the room. Tell the person when you leave. | Moet nooit ‘n vertrek stil binnekom en weer verlaat nie met die meening dat die blindepersoon nie, bewus was van jou teenwoordigheid nie. | Musa ukungena egumbini sogqiba ungathethi uphinde uphume, ucinge ukuba umntu ongaboniyo khange azi ukuba kukho umntu egumbini. Mxelele umntu ongaboniyo xa uphuma ukuba uyahamba ngoku. |
| Do not assume that a blind person recognizes your voice. Always introduce yourself. | Moet nooit aanneem dat ‘n blindeperson jou stem herken nie stel jouself altyd voor. | Musa ukucinga ukuba umntu ongaboniyo uzokuva ngelizwe ukuba ungubani, zazise rhoqo kuye. |
| Speak directly to the blind person and not to his / her guide. He/she can speak for himself/herself. | Praat direk met ‘n blindepersoon en nie met hul gids nie, die blindepersoon is instaat om jou te beantwoord. | Thetha ngqo nomntu ongaboniyo, hayi nomntu omncedisayo. Uyakwazi ukuzithethela. |
http://www.wcapd.org.za/index.php/community-awareness/