Becoming a Streetwise Traveller

Strategies and Resources for Blind and Vision-Impaired Travellers

A Guide to Staying Safe

by Charlene White
Orientation and Mobility Specialist, BALANCE for Blind Adults
Copyright BALANCE for Blind Adults, 2008

• Introduction
• General Precautions
• Considerations for Persons with Impaired Vision
• Sexual Assault
• Assertiveness
• Fear and Intuition
• Public Transit
• Hitchhiking
• Hypothetical Situations
• Resources for the Streetwise Traveller