[Blind-Rollers] A friend in need of a wheelchair who is told no because she is blind

[Karen Rose]

In other words, we barely know our neighbors here lol. Each person is pretty much on their own unless they are a couple

Karen Rose MFT/LPCC www.career-therapy.net

> On Feb 22, 2022, at 8:09 AM, Karen Rose <rosekm at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> Oh very intriguing. :-) No I live alone in a single-family home that I own in a neighborhood of other small homes in the city. :-) All of us are working many hours per week, to afford ridiculously high mortgages in Northern California lol
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> Karen Rose MFT/LPCC www.career-therapy.net
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>> On Feb 22, 2022, at 7:29 AM, Becky Frankeberger via Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>> No one in your building? Perhaps a kid walking to school. I obviously don't know anything about your life. There are no morning walking clubs. So these are only ideas to get your creative juices flowing. 
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>> Becky who takes transit and they walk me in the building I want to go in.  
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Karen Rose via Blind-Rollers
>> Sent: Monday, February 21, 2022 7:17 PM
>> To: Blind wheelchair users list <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
>> Cc: Karen Rose <rosekm at earthlink.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Blind-Rollers] A friend in need of a wheelchair who is told no because she is blind
>> 
>> Generally I do not have anyone to walk next to me. :-) There’s me and there is me :-)
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>> Karen Rose MFT/LPCC www.career-therapy.net
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>>>> On Feb 21, 2022, at 6:10 PM, Jane Lansaw via Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>> Sounds like a good strategy. As long as you’re not putting any weight on your walker when you push it forward, you will be able to pull back in time from anything weird.  As for being guided, looks like you have that nail down too. Another strategy is asking for verbal instructions from the person walking next to you.  I would only do that though if their hand on your walker was any kind of hindrance. If they have that part nailed down to, don’t worry about it.  The important thing is you get what you need, you get it in time and you feel safe without having to stop going.  For those of us from the NOMC persuasion, really the only unacceptable answer is to sit home and do nothing.  Sound like good strategies to me, keep rolling.
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>>>>> On Feb 21, 2022, at 7:58 PM, Becky Frankeberger via Blind-Rollers <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>>>> Jane that was me. I don't need the walker full help. So, I could catch myself if a wheel went over the side of a curb. Use the cane to go ahead of you, like a roller tip or ball, if you need the extra time to stop and rebalance yourself.
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>>>> The best way for me to walk pushing my walker and letting others guide me is when we walked side by side. They have one hand on the walker and I used one or two hands on the walker handles. They couldn't walk ahead of me or drag me. The walker would go all crazy and neith