[Blindtlk] Walking Straight Without a Shoreline

[Lauren Merryfield]

Hi,
You can have someone put twenty yards or a standard block or whatever of
string or rope on a wall and follow that a few times to get a feel of how
far that is. 
Or you can use a tactile tape measure and measure out the string or rope and
feel how long it is. If you have a ton of cardboard, you can measure it or
have someone measure it out and tape pieces together to represent the amount
of distance you want to know and lay it down and walk on it a few times.

Thanks
Lauren
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-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ericka
Short
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2014 3:54 PM
To: gwunder at earthlink.net; Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] Walking Straight Without a Shoreline

What do you do if you don't have sun?  I can see some and have no sense of
direction and can't understand "25 feet ahead" or something really specific
like that.  Unless I am in a familiar area I'm totally lost and people
aren't much help giving directions because I can't read street signs at all.

I carry a cane.  Any advice?  I know I'm limited by my directional
challenges.  How do people born totally blind understand distance?  I can
understand general  "not too far or to your left a block don." I've never
had depth perception and apparently  nobody  explained what longer distances
are  in a tactile way.  I mentally know a foot is so many inches, but can't
seem to apply it.  I guess I literally can't imagine outside a "yard" (isn't
that 36 inches?).

Ericka J. Short


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