When interacting with someone with a disability, treat them with kindness, respect, and patience. Offer assistance at their pace and be careful when providing support to avoid causing falls or injuries. Ask how you can help before providing physical assistance. Use clear, simple communication and be aware of visual or auditory limitations.
2. * When speaking, do not use nicknames to refer to them. * Treat them with kindness and respect always.
3. * If the disabled person has trouble walking, accompany them at their own pace. * If you use crutches or a cane, take care that other people do not stumble .
4. * In use, ensures that their crutches or a cane has always near. * When getting off a means of transport, do not touch your cane or crutches.
5. If the disabled person using a wheelchair, ask if you need assistance and how you can help. Avoid sudden movements that may make you fall of your chair.
6. By helping a person in a wheelchair, be careful when descending curbs and whenever there is a recess. * Never take the chair arms.
7. If possible, to help a person in a wheelchair, sit down to talk. * Given a blind or low vision, ask if you can help only if you see flickering or against an obstacle.
8. * If the blind person wants to cross a street, offer your arm. Never take it. * If the blind person needs to board a conveyance or a ladder, take your hand and support it on the banister or handrail.
9. In explaining to a blind person a direction, if possible, accompany to the place you want. Do not you tell by signs or nods. Though you can see, have them always the word and look into his eyes.
10. * If the person is mentally retarded, never talk about it as if it were in front. * If the person is deaf or hypo accused, speak slowly and looking into his eyes so that you can read your lips.
11. * Do not yell, be clear and concise. Use simple words. If you do not understand, write it down. * Be patient.