[nabs-l] Blindness and Safety

[Jamie Principato]

In addition to some experience with self-defense, or if you have no
experience in self defense yet, I would highly recommend a pepper sprayer. I
found a MACE brand pepper sprayer that sprays a rather wide stream, so as
long as I know what general direction the attacker is in, I have a good
chance of hitting. The pepper spray also contains a UV sort of ink that will
stick where ever it lands and be visible under UV light to help with
identifying a person, and it emits a very loud siren when sprayed, which
will help get the attention of people nearby (to some extent, at least.
Don't count on people to come help you!)

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Andi <adrianne.dempsey at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is true that atackers more often then not target people who they feel
> are weeker and easier to control.  This is a commen misperception of blind
> people as well.  Also atackers do not want to be caught by athorities so
> they feel a blind person would not be able to identify them, also a
> misconception.  So in answer to your question, yes blind people are more
> likely to be a target, however, we as blind people can use the stariotypes
> of helpless victems to our advantage.  Since atackers are not expecting
> their blind victem to put up much of a struggle, arrogance and ignorance  is
> their weekness.  I think all blind people especially women should take some
> sort of self defence corse.  Infact all women should take self defence
> sighted or not.  Men should also know how to defend themselves but they are
> not as big of a target.  If you are not experienced with a weapon do not
> carry one it can be used against you.  If you have not taken lessons in
> fighting or symple selfdefence you should.  Untell then remember to go for
> soft spots if your atact.  Eyes, nose, stummech, groin, and just under the
> ears are good places to hit hard or apply significant force to.  The smaller
> the target like eyes or under ears use finger tips.  For the nose use the
> heal of your hand and push up and back.  For all other places use fist elboe
> knee or what ever you have availible to you.  The weekest places however are
> a personts joints.  Unless a person is dubble jointed, their joints have a
> limited range of motion.  Knees do not normally bend backwards, kick them so
> they do.  Elbows don't twist or hyperextend use that, they brake easily.
> Fingers when bent the right way can bring a person to their knees do then
> and continuew till they all brake at once.  It is good to learn selfdefence
> but if you don't know complicated fighting techneeques this is a verry
> afective way to down an attacker.  Also there is a place on the inside of
> the thy about two inches above the knee that will temperarily parrilize a
> person if hit hard enough.  The effects only last five minuts so if you
> manage it run like hell.  Do not focus on just one form of atack use what
> ever the atacker gives you and he will give you places you can strike
> because he thinks you are defenceless.  Also do not underestimate gravity.
> Use his weight against him make him think he is winning then let his weight
> be his undooing.  Remember his voice, and speech patterns and body type for
> if he gets away and there are no witnesses and the police kneed to know what
> their looking for. If you notice anything about the material they are
> whereing it may give insite as to what ocupation thay have or be an
> identifying quality.  Step on his foot, is he whering boots, dress shoes, or
> tennis shoes.  Obviously you are trying to get away and down him, so you are
> not examining his looks and appairal, but notice what you can, anything
> helps. If you push on his pressure point below the ears try to brush your
> hand on his hair is it short long, volumous, cirly, strate.  You may not
> catch all this but you might.
> -----Original Message----- From: Nicole B. Torcolini at Home
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2011 12:30 AM
> To: NABS-L
> Subject: [nabs-l] Blindness and Safety
>
>
> One topic of interest/concern to me is blindness and safety. As a person
> who is blind, do people feel that they are more of a target for robbery or
> other assault? Given that we cannot see a person, how would we describe
> someone who tried to attack us?
>
> Nicole
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