Braille Restroom Sign

OK question here....... Why is it that on every hotel door and restroom is there a Braille signs. I mean dont they first have to find the Braille sign in order to read it. Just an off the wall question.

Not all visually impaired people are totallly blind. They may be able to see a sign, but not be able to read it. But they can certainly Braille it.

2007-04-02 21:15:48 by ladystar_nd

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If you ever notice the signs on the restroom doors are in braille.

blind people are people just the same as you or i. just because they are blind doesnt mean that they should live life in solitary. ive had many a blind person ask where the restrooms are. i usually have them put their hand on my shoulder and lead them to the facilities.

2008-12-07 04:57:36 by

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Easily recognizable graphics indicate a wheelchair accessible Men's restroom.
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Well, what's the point of having braille on public restrooms and other signs? If someone blind is in need of assistance, they'd most likely be with someone to direct them? And if they have a dog, or a walking stick, how are they gonna find there way to the bathroom? So what's the point of having it on signs? Either they're gonna find it by chance, and accidentally, or there gonna have someone help them? I'm not trying to say they bother me, or anything rude, i was always curious.
footprintz, youve never seen them? under Men, theres normally braille under it?

For someone who is blind, they often feel helpless because they are many things that they can't do and try to gain as much independence as possible. They may not drive, but somebody (sighted) does for them. They want to handle their own transactions (there's a brailled keypad for them if they get out and walk around to the drive-through -- for anyone who objects with the blind-people-don't-drive argument ). Even if they have a dog or a cane, either one will not tell them which sign is the MEN'S or the WOMEN'S restroom (the dog will just lead them to a door and cannot read to its owner what the sign says). The signs are up there to ensure they do not walk into the wrong room (which is just as embarrassing for any sighted person)

If it's a blind person's first time walking into a building, of course other people will direct them. Sometimes this is not always the case. Because then people will give out verbal directions, and the blind have to rely on their ears and follow it and "feel" for the signs.

There are many visually impaired people who strive for independence as much as possible, even if they have to rely on a bus or a private chauffeur, or use special equipment to function like we (the sighted do); whatever the case may be, they do not want to have to rely on others when they're 35 years old. This is the same feeling as if we are treated like children and our parents and friends won't let us do anything for ourselves. They want to be just as free as we are and function in society almost as though their blindness never existed.

Hope this helps :D

2009-12-13 20:34:18 by Uhh

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If an infinite number of rednecks riding in an infinite number of pickup trucks fire an infinite number of shotgun rounds at an infinite number of highway signs, they will eventually produce all the world's great literary works in Braille.


You Might Be a Redneck if...


You take your dog for a walk and both use the same tree.


You can entertain yourself for more than 15 minutes with a flyswatter.


Your boat has not left the driveway in 15 years.


You burn your yard rather than mow it.


The Salvation Army declines your mattress.


You have the local taxidermist on speed dial.


You come back from the dump with more than you took.


You keep a can of Raid on the kitchen table.


Your wife can climb a tree faster than your cat.


Your grandmother has "ammo" on her Christmas list.


You keep flea and tick soap in the shower.


You've been involved in a custody fight over a hunting dog.


You go to the stock car races and don't need a program.


You know how many bales of hay your car will hold.


You have a rag for a gas cap.


Your house doesn't have curtains, but your truck does.


You wonder how service stations keep their restrooms so clean.


You consider your license plate personalized because your father made it.


Your lifetime goal is to own a fireworks stand.


You have a complete set of salad bowls and they all say "Cool Whip" on the side.


The biggest city you've ever been to is Wal-Mart.


Your working TV sits on top of your non-working TV.


You've used your ironing board as a buffet table.


A tornado hits your neighborhood and does $100,000 worth of improvements.


You've used a toilet brush to scratch your back.


You missed your 5th grade graduation because you were on jury duty.


You think fast food is hitting a deer at 65 mph.


And last, but not least...


Somebody tells you that you've got something in your teeth, so you take them out to see what it is!
Martin I do not make these up. I get them off a site and copy and paste. So feel free to laugh, because that is why they are posted. Capish?
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I didn no the wal mart was a city??!!!?? The others make sence though. Cept that rag and a gas cap. Whats a gas cap?
Once my hat blowed off my haed and went in the pond,and my nephew went infinite and brought er back

2009-11-09 19:37:37 by Camille