Sighted Guides

Sighted guides are provided to students for travel to an unfamiliar area on campus . A request for a sighted guide can be made at CAAR. Be specific regarding the time you will need a sighted guide, the location where you wish to meet your guide, and your destination. Requests should be made at least twenty-four hours in advance in order to guarantee service.

If you need sighted guide assistance on a regular basis for classes or other regularly scheduled activities, find  volunteer assistance:

• Check with friends to see if they would assist.
• Post requests on your residence hall floor or in other areas of your residence hall. You might make an announcement at a floor meeting. Students with similar schedules may be willing to assist you.
• Ask the instructor of your class to make an announcement during one of your initial class sessions. You might write an announcement for the instructor to read to the class.
• Requests for assistance could be posted in the building/area of the class. Also, requests could be made in classes that meet in the same general area.

Exchange address and phone numbers with your sighted guides. Have some "back-up" persons available in the event that a regular sighted guide is unavailable.