How to Use Public Transportation as a Blind Person | Tuesday Tea

This webinar was recorded on 1/26/2020. Presenters: Michael W. Deolloz COMS, Mesa Public Schools & Ammar Tarin, 12th-grade student, Mesa Public Schools. In this webinar, we will be discussing "tips and tricks" about how you can use public transportation as a blind person. We will be discussing the 7 major components of bus riding: 1) Planning for your tip, 2) Locating the bus stop, 3) Boarding the Bus, 4) Riding the bus (communicate with the driver, appropriate seating, maintaining orientation), 5) Signaling to stop, 6) Deboarding the bus, 7) Finding your final destination. You will hear from a COMS instructor as well as a blind high-school 12th grader who uses public transportation regularly. Presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/... How to use Public Transportation as a Blind Person by Ammar Tarin and Michael Deolloz, COMS: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D... -----------------------------------------------Resources mentioned----------------------------------------------- Apps: ➡Aira: https://aira.io/ ➡Businesses that partner with Aira: https://aira.io/access-partners ➡Be My Eyes app: https://www.bemyeyes.com/ ➡Be My Eyes iPhone app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/be-my-e... ➡Be My Eyes Google Play app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... ➡BlindWays | Perkins Access: https://www.perkins.org/access/inclus... ➡BlindWays iPhone app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blindwa... ➡Blind Square: https://www.blindsquare.com/ ➡Blind Square iPhone app: https://apps.apple.com/app/blindsquar... ➡Lazarillo app: https://lazarillo.app ➡Lazarillo iPhone app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lazaril... ➡Lazarillo Google Play app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... ➡Moovit iPhone app: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/moovit-... ➡Moovit web-based platform: https://moovitapp.com/ ➡Moovit Google Play app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... ➡Soundscape: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/resea... ➡Transit app: https://transitapp.com/ ➡Transit Google Play app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... ➡Transit iPhone app: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-stor... COVID Virtual O&M Ideas ➡Perkins School for the Blind created a Lesson Library for TVIs and O&Ms to share their remote lesson plans. The O&M section has many videos about a variety of topics, including echolocation, map concepts, road numbering systems, streets, and more. https://www.perkinselearning.org/tech... ➡Washington State School for the Blind Video Clips on Blindness Tips: video clips on art, buttoning, cafeteria skills, cooking tips, Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI), folding clothes, folding money, labeling, making a bed, matching clothes, prosthetic eye, room familiarization, science techniques, self-medicating, shaving techniques, sighted guide technique, strategies for integration, strength and core training, sweeping skills, typing shoes, white cane techniques, zipping, and more. https://www.wssb.wa.gov/welcome-to-ws... Ellie Kneer: Student with Low Vision’s YouTube Channel    / @thefakeellie