[il-talk] a funny story

[rcubfank at sbcglobal.net]

That is funny. good travel skills are so important. Also, it is good to be 
familiar with surroundings. I just mooved to Moreno Velly, CA a week and a 
half ago. I needed to make a trip to Orange County to see my neuro surgeon 
this past Tuesday. It took two pera transit and one city buss. It really 
helped that my travel skills were good and that I knew the building where my 
doctor is. Even though the building has no Braille anywhere, I was able to 
find my doctors office on the 4th floor. We always need to advocate that the 
blind community especially people who have just become blind get the best 
o&m training they can so that they can be indipendent.




Rob Kaiser
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Leslie Hamric via il-talk
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2015 12:37 PM
To: Iltalk
Subject: [il-talk] a funny story

Hi all. I just wanted to share a funny story that happened today. My mom was 
here visiting today and she dropped me off at the bank, or so I thought. She 
was giving me verbal directions from her car and she told me that the door 
to the bank was on the left. From the moment I walked into the building, I 
knew something was wrong. The inside of the building had a different smell 
than the bank and there was a chime sound when I opened the door. Then, the 
lady behind the desk asked if I had an appointment. I asked what building 
this was and she said it was medical center. I explained I was looking for 
the bank and she said it was right next door. As I was coming out of the 
building, my mom had gotten out of the care and I had heard her sa she was 
sorry but she guided me to the wrong door. Michael was in the car with her. 
Michael was still waiting in the car so after my mom had gone back in the 
car and I found the door to the bank, Michael said, "Grandma, why did you 
send Mommy to the doctor's office?" After I did what I had to do at the bank 
and came back out the door, I jokingly told my mom that that was the last 
time I'll rely on her for verbal directions. All three of us had a good 
laugh about what happened. This was one instance where I was grateful that I 
have good travel skills and that I was aware enough of my surroundings in 
order to know what was going on.
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