Cane Skills
The Grip
What is the part of the cane you hold in your hand?
Non-profit organization that you can take free online courses (like braille, business classes, independently living skills etc)
Hadley School for the Blind
A free app you can download on your phone that allows you to connect with volunteers who will assist you with visual tasks.
What is "Be My Eyes"
passenger trips are generated by calls from passengers or their agents to the transit operator, who then dispatches a vehicle to pick the passengers up and transport them to their destinations.
Demand response system - taxis, paratransit, car services
Title I of the ADA
What is Employment?
A technique used to provide a client with a systematic procedure for independently examining an unfamiliar room and for developing a clear understanding of the spatial relationships of objects within the room.
Room Familiarization
FSDB
What is the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind?
Gesture-based screen reader that lets you enjoy using iPhone even if you don't see the screen.
what is voice over?
Citrus Connection
What is the company contracted by polk county that manages the public transportation and para-transit system.
Requires public entities to make their programs, services and activities accessible to individuals with disabilities.
What is Title II - Public Services: State and Local Government?
an object or feature of a landscape or town that is easily seen and recognized from a distance, especially one that enables someone to establish their location.
landmark
863-299-3633
What is the Lighthouse for the Blind & Low Vision's phone number (Winter Haven)?
fully integrated magnification and reading program tailored for low-vision users.
What is Zoomtext?
The number that you would call to file a complaint with Polk County regarding dangerous intersections, if a bus driver is rude or when an APS system is not working properly.
What is 2-1-1?
These types of animals must be allowed on a property even if you have a "no pets allowed" sign.
What is a service animal?
Rolling Marshmallow, Dakota Disc, Roller Ball, Jumbo Roller, Ceramic, Metal Glide
What are cane tips?
A national organization that provides sports opportunities to thousands of children, youth, adults and veterans who are blind and visually impaired.
What is the United States Association of Blind Athletes?
An app that connects you to an operator that helps you navigate airports, publix and other stores.
What is Aira?
Public entities must provide this type of alternative transportation if they offer a public transit system.
What is para-transit?
Squaring off
What is placing one’s backside against an object in order to obtain a perpendicular line of direction?
A free braille and talking book library service for people with temporary or permanent low vision, blindness, or a physical disability that prevents them from reading or holding the printed page
What is the National Library Service (NLS) or "talking books"?
A web-based service from NLS that provides access to thousands of special-format books, magazines, and music scores
What is Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD)?
bus that can lower its body or entrance door to facilitate boarding by the elderly or people with disabilities
What is a kneeling bus?
The ADA became a law in what year?
What is 1990?