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    1) When interacting with a person with a disability, ask before helping, be sensitive about physical contact, and avoid personal questions. 2) Think before speaking, be considerate of extra time needed, don't make assumptions, and respond graciously to requests. 3) The document provides guidance on appropriate language to use, greetings, communication styles, and ways to assist people with various disabilities, such as physical, visual, hearing, speech, intellectual, and mental health disabilities.

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    1) When interacting with a person with a disability, ask before helping, be sensitive about physical contact, and avoid personal questions. 2) Think before speaking, be considerate of extra time needed, don't make assumptions, and respond graciously to requests. 3) The document provides guidance on appropriate language to use, greetings, communication styles, and ways to assist people with various disabilities, such as physical, visual, hearing, speech, intellectual, and mental health disabilities.

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    1) When interacting with a person with a disability, ask before helping, be sensitive about physical contact, and avoid personal questions. 2) Think before speaking, be considerate of extra time needed, don't make assumptions, and respond graciously to requests. 3) The document provides guidance on appropriate language to use, greetings, communication styles, and ways to assist people with various disabilities, such as physical, visual, hearing, speech, intellectual, and mental health disabilities.

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    How to Interact with

    PHD
    Ask Ask before you help

    Be Be sensitive about physical contact

    Avoid Avoid personal questions

    The Basics Think Think before you speak


    Be considerate about the extra time
    Be it might take for a personal with a
    disability to say or do something
    Don’t
    Don’t make assumptions
    make
    Respon
    Respond graciously to requests
    d
    Language Do’s and Don’t

    • Do’s
    • Don’t
    • Cripple/crippled person • Person with a disability-has a disability
    • Deaf & Dumb/deaf-mute • Deaf or Hard of hearing, people/person
    • Differently-abled/ Handi-capable with hearing loss
    • Handicap • Has a disability
    • Handicapped Parking/ restrooms/ • Disability
    seating • Accessible parking/ restrooms/ seating
    • Mental retardation/ mentally retarded • Intellectual disability, person with an
    intellectual disability “Cognitive
    Disability”
    • A handshake is not a standard greeting
    for everyone. A smile and spoken
    When greeting is always appropriate

    Meeting a • Speak to the person not their attendant


    • Treat adults as adults
    Person With • Be patient and listen. Don’t pretend to
    a understand
    • It’s ok to use common expressions
    Disability… • Relax and have a sense of humour
    When Assisting a Person with a Hearing
    Impairment

    1 2 3
    Let the person Talk directly to the If the person lip reads,
    establish the person even when an speak clearly with a
    communication mode – Interpreter is being moderate pace
    lip reading, sign used
    language, writing notes
    When
    Meeting • Be patient, listen closely. Do not finish a
    With a sentence for the person
    Person With
    a Disability • Ask the person to repeat what they said
    if you don’t understand it.
    That Affects
    Speech
    When Interacting with a person with a visual
    impairment…

    When greeting identify yourself and the others who may be present

    Don’t leave without excusing yourself first

    When asked to guide someone never push or pull them. Let them take your
    arm and then walk slightly ahead.

    As you enter a room describe the layout


    When assisting a person who uses a
    wheelchair

    Do not
    push, lean Do not push, lean or hold on to the wheelchair. The
    wheelchair is part of their personal space.
    or hold on

    Try Try to put yourself at eye level

    Be prepared to offer assistance with reaching for, grasping,


    Be lifting, opening doors etc.
    When assisting a person who has a mental
    illness…

    1 2 3
    Remember they do not Remember they may Be understanding of
    have lower have difficulty the fact that some
    intelligences processing or people with mental
    expressing emotions illness may overreact to
    topics or conversations
    When
    assisting a • Discuss openly the preferred way to

    person who communicate

    has a • Remember that some information


    processing problems may impact social
    skills
    Learning
    Disability
    When assisting a person who has an intellectual disability….

    1 2 3
    Interact with the Break down Provide
    person first information into information in
    small easy to writing
    understand chunks

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