[il-talk] Frustrated

[Francisco Chang]

As a sighted person I would find it extremely rude if someone grabbed me me if I seemed lost. It is ridiculous that many sighted people think that it is all right to grab a blind person because they are trying to help. A sighted stranger would not like it if a blind person grabbed his/her arm because he/she seemed lost. 

Francisco Chang, RN, BSN, AACC, CCRN, CVRN, 
EP Lab, Swedish Covenant Hospital, Sent from my iPhone

On Sep 26, 2012, at 10:43 AM, "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817 at att.net> wrote:

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> When they ask me if I know where I'm going, sometimes I say, "Yes - do you?" I love Mary Ellen Gabias' response to people who grab her: "Oh, can I help you?"
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patti Chang" <pattichang at att.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 7:55 AM
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>>> A guy just stopped me along Higgins. He watched me walk at full speed for two blocks and still assumed I was lost.
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