[blindlaw] advice

[Mike Freeman]

Katie:

In my opinion (and it is only that), you can't have your cake and eat it, 
too. Either you proclaim your blindness by either (a) carrying and using a 
white cane or (b) being accompanied by a sighted guide, thus making it a bit 
less awkward to ask questions and/or ask for introductions -- or you "pass" 
as sighted and put up with the consequences, i.e., the awkwardness of trying 
to gather information on other conference participants unobtrusively.

Mike Freeman

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Katy Carroll" <kc2992a at student.american.edu>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List" <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 1:37 PM
Subject: [blindlaw] advice


> Hi List!
>
> I have run numerous times into the same dilemma and I am convinced this
> dilemma will become more and more of a problem as I move on in my career,
> unless I do something about it, which is why i am posing this problem to
> you:
>
> Recently I went to a meeting of a professional organization here in DC. 
> Not
> surprisingly, each of the attendees were given name tags with one's name 
> and
> either place of work or study to wear during the event, to help initiate
> networking. I am partially blind, and don't feel the need to carry a cane
> with me. However, I can't see other people;s name tags, and can't comment 
> or
> respond to what is written on them. I would like to be able to ask people
> who they are and where they work without seeming like I can't read. Has
> anyone perfected a introduction by which they can do this?
>
> I would appreciate any thoughts.
>
> -- 
> Kathryn CARROLL
> American University
> 631 521 3018
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