-    Always verbally introduce and excuse yourself when you join or leave a conversation with an individual who is visually impaired.
-    If an individual has difficulty speaking, do not assume they have an intellectual disability or alter your own speech or attitude.
-    Allow sufficient time for communication, do not attempt to finish their sentence or provide words before they can say them.
-    If a person has hearing loss, consider writing your message or having an interpreter, the majority of this population does not read lips.