[blparent] O&M advice

[Amanda Matheny]

I actually prefer a folding cane myself, or a telescoping one. It's
also easier to get in a car without being in the way. I have a jogger
stroller myself too, and have figured outa  cool way for my husband
and I to travel with it. I actually have enough usable vision to get
around familiar areas without a cane, but I use one anyway. For one it
allows me to use my vision on other things, like enjoying scenery, and
for another thing my vision is deteriorating, so I started early with
the cane so that I will adapt better. I adapt to the changes in my
sight as they come. Anyway, back to how we go with the stroller. My
husband is total by the way. We figure one of us has to walk in front
and one behind, so one of us walks in front and just beside the front
wheel, pulling the stroller by the front, while the other does most of
the hard work pushing it from behind. I am usually in front, using my
cane with one hand and steering the stroller with the other. Onl
problem with joggers is the buses don't like them because they don't
collapse as much as some of the smaller strollers, but they just have
to get over that. I would also never recommend a stroller with less
than a 5 point harness, especially once baby realizes they can sit
forward. I switched with my son and will never go back!

On 5/27/12, Jessica Trask <ashleejessandmark2012 at samobile.net> wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> I'm a cane user. I've hooked up with one of the Orientation and
> Mobility specialists at the New Hampshire Association for the Blind.
> I've met him once and I got a cane from the Free White Cane Program run
> by the NFB. It's one of the Solid White Canes and he prefers me not to
> use it during our Mobility lessons when we start. He said  he would
> prefer that I use a folding cane. I chose the rigid cane because I felt
> that it would work a bit better for me to use because the sidewalks and
> streets where I'm currently living aren't in the best conditions. In
> fact, one of the agencies that we are working with to get our daughter
> back was actually nice enough to buy me and my daughters father a
> Jogger Stroller for the fact I just mentioned above.
>
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