To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3rd December), MRU students, in collaboration with ERUA, are organising an online workshop dedicated to raising awareness on how to correctly support a visually impaired person — and why it matters.
🗓 December 3rd, 12:30–14:00 (GMT+2 / Vilnius time)
💻 Online | Join here: https://shorturl.at/gsMKu
Around the world, over 2.2 billion people live with some form of visual impairment, and many of them face everyday barriers, since often the environment around them is not designed with them in mind. Studies show that even one moment of appropriate assistance — offered correctly — can significantly reduce stress, increase safety, and improve a person’s sense of belonging in public spaces.
A small action, done right, can change someone’s experience of a place. This workshop turns ERUA’s values of inclusiveness, respect and responsibility into practical skills for supporting visually impaired people with confidence.
What you will learn
- How to approach a visually impaired person
- How to offer help correctly
- What respectful communication looks like
- Safe guiding techniques
- What not to do — and why
- How to create a more accessible environment in your daily interactions
About the Speaker: Jakub Nowicki
- PhD student of philosophy
- Social activist in field of accessibility
- Writer of a fantasy book
- Passionate paleontology enthusiast
- Fully blind
Come as you are — and leave with awareness that makes our shared spaces a little safer, a little warmer, and a lot more inclusive.
