[Blindtlk] a question about getting lost

[Chris Nusbaum]

Exactly right, Judy! I know my sighted parents and other family 
members and friends have plenty of getting lost stories.  
Ironically, my mom's getting lost stories mostly happen when she 
is trying to get to the NFB national center in Baltimore! * 
Smile! She has now figured it out, with the help (ironically 
again) of a blind person!

Chris

Chris Nusbaum
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"The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight.  The 
real problem is the misunderstanding and lack of education that 
exists.  If a blind person has the proper training and 
opportunity, blindness can be reduced to a mere physical 
nuisance."
-- Kenneth Jernigan

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Judy Jones" <jtj1 at cableone.net
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:52:54 -0700
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] a question about getting lost

The way I see it, sighted vehicle drivers always have a 
getting-lost story.
It happens to everyone, whether you're a sighted driver or blind 
pedestrian.
I know I have my share of "lost" stories.  My sighted mom has her 
share,
too.

My husband, who is also blind says that the best way to learn an 
area is to
get lost one good time, and I believe him, since I've experienced 
it myself.

A driver I used to have on my job says that whenever she loses 
her way while
driving, she makes consistent right turns, and ultimately finds a 
familiar
landmark.

Tell your aide you're working at getting "unlost," and, like you 
said, using
your skills to find where you are is the big goal.  Way to go!

Judy

----- Original Message -----
From: "vejas" <brlsurfer at gmail.com
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>; <blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Sent: Monday, February 27, 2012 6:33 PM
Subject: [Blindtlk] a question about getting lost


 Hi,
 I am doing a pretty good job navigating my high-school campus.  
I hardly
 ever get lost, but I used to more often when I began.
 I had a question: is it a big deal when you get lost, but find 
your way
 COMPLETELY on your own?
 I'm emphasizing this because my aide used to always get mad at 
me when I
 got lost, even if I found my way using my skills.  One time he 
got upset
 because I was checking a room number on a door, but I needed to 
know what
 the room number was in order to get where I was going.  He 
treats getting
 lost and finding my own way just as badly as getting lost and 
needing lots
 of help.  Is this right?
 Vejas

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