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[Cheryl Echevarria]

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Awesome for you though.


Cheryl Echevarria, President
National Federation of the Blind's Travel and Tourism Division
A proud division of the 
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND - "Live the life you want"
www.nfbtravel.org
631-236-5138
cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com


The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the
characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the
expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles
between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want;
blindness is not what holds you back.


Cheryl Echevarria is also the owner of Echevarria Travel
www.echevarriatravel.com; 631-456-5394 or reservations at echevarriatravel.com
and  has partnered with Braille Smith. www.braillesmith.com for all her
braille needs.  Gail Smith is the Secretary of the NFB of Alabama



-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Szostak,
Christine via blindtlk
Sent: Tuesday, January 6, 2015 2:29 PM
To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
Subject: [Blindtlk] (no subject)

Hi All,
  I just received my new cane (it is a folding ambutek (sorry I think I am
misspelling it but have no motivation to go look up its spelling at the
moment:)) and  just took it for a short spin. I love the longer length as I
am finding  it is giving me more confidence when walking around outside as I
am a fast walker and keep worrying that I will not find obsticles until too
late. I have been using a cane that I was given about 10 or so years ago for
practice  that was probably about 3-5 inches shorter than my new one and I
found I was more apprehensive when walking with it. I love the feel of this
new one as the length seems just about right for me and it feels really
solid and firm when in use. I got one that was 52 inchs which comes right
to my lower lip. I also got the rolling marshmellow tip as I  find myself
feeling more confident when the cane has more surface contact than it does
wwhen tapping.

  Thanks to everyone for the help and tips for choosing a cane it really
helped as there is just too much out there for someone relatively new to
this.

  I am about 98% certain that I will switch to the cane when I retire my
current guide and if I do so,  I am just about as certain that I will retire
him this summer and make the change. 

  One thing that I am planning to do  this semester, is to start using the
cane to some degree while having my dog right with me so that I can get my
students and colleagues used to seeing me with it so that the change is not
extreme for anyone as I want my students to maintain their focus on me
rather than on   changes in mobility devices:).
Happy Tuesday,
Chris
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