[blparent] A total stranger crosses the line

[Veronica Smith]

When it happened to me, I was new to blindness and my surroundings, but not
any more, not to say it won't happen again, but if someone grabbed me that I
didn't know, I will promptly wack them.

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Arielle
Silverman
Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 3:09 PM
To: Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] A total stranger crosses the line

Whenever I am grabbed I simply dig my heels into the ground and refuse to
move with the person pulling my arm or shoulder. This along with a firm
"please don't grab me" has always been enough to keep me from being dragged
somewhere I don't want to go. I am a small woman and still I've never been
successfully dragged anywhere against my will.
If the grabber persists I will sometimes also jerk my arm away from my body
which has always been effective.
Arielle

On 5/13/13, Star Gazer <pickrellrebecca at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm wondering if a women's self defense course may help with this problem.
> You learn how to get out of a hold that you don't want to be in. To 
> use Veronica's example, the guy grabbed her, it doesn't matter why, 
> but Veronica didn't want him touching her, so she'd have applied 
> pressure forcing him to break his hold.
> It doesn't matter what someone's intentions are, it matters that they 
> are at that moment doing something that is not ok with you and that 
> needs to stop.
>
> You also learn a lot of other very useful things as well.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of 
> Veronica Smith
> Sent: Monday, May 13, 2013 4:29 PM
> To: 'Blind Parents Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [blparent] A total stranger crosses the line
>
> When I was a student at the University, I was standing near a 
> restaurant waiting for a friend when a man grabbed my arm and 
> literally dragged me across the street.  All the time I was trying to 
> pull away.  When we got to the other side, he said, "there you are 
> mam!"  I was flustered and calmly said, "thanks, but I really didn't 
> want to cross the street, I was just waiting for a friend!"  He must have
been embarrassed as he fled and I had
> to make my way back across the street.   Sheesh, there are just too many
> helpful peeps in this world.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jodie 
> and Kahlan
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2013 3:37 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [blparent] A total stranger crosses the line
>
> I once had someone try to help me cross the street when that was not 
> at all what I was trying to do! I was going into my grandmother's 
> house, I made the turn to go in the driveway and this guy grabs me by 
> the arm and starts to lead me toward the street. I had no idea who he 
> was or what he wanted; he just grabbed me and told me to come with 
> him. My grandmother explained that I was going there and he let me go, 
> but it scared me. I don't remember how old I was, but I was definitely 
> old enough to know about stranger danger and when someone grabs you 
> like that you don't know what to think.
>
> --
> Hugs from Jodie and kahlan
> "Only a fool walks into the future backward."
> Terry Goodkind
>
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