[nabs-l] what do you do if you get lost

[Chris Nusbaum]

I=20usually=20do=20choices=20B,=20D,=20or=20E,=20never=20C.=20=20I=20can't=
=20believe=20an=20
OandM=20teacher=20taught=20you=20to=20do=20C!=20I=20wouldn't=20do=20A=20bec=
ause=20it's=20a=20
waste=20of=20time=20and=20money.=20=20How=20are=20you=20going=20to=20call=20=
the=20cops=20and=20
ask=20them=20where=20you=20are=20when=20you=20can't=20tell=20them=20anythin=
g=20about=20
the=20area=20around=20you?=20You're=20lost,=20right?=20And=20if=20you=20cal=
led=20911,=20
which=20has=20technology=20that=20tells=20the=20dispatcher=20where=20you=20=
are,=20
it's=20still=20a=20waste=20of=20time,=20as=20911=20is=20used=20for=20emerge=
ncies,=20and=20
getting=20lost=201,=20isn't=20an=20emergency,=20and=202,=20can=20be=20fixed=
=20in=20other=20
ways=20than=20by=20calling=20the=20emergency=20hotline.

Chris

"The=20real=20problem=20of=20blindness=20is=20not=20the=20loss=20of=20eyesi=
ght.=20=20The=20
real=20problem=20is=20the=20misunderstanding=20and=20lack=20of=20education=
=20that=20
exists.=20=20If=20a=20blind=20person=20has=20the=20proper=20training=20and=
=20
opportunity,=20blindness=20can=20be=20reduced=20to=20a=20mere=20physical=20=

nuisance."
--=20Kenneth=20Jernigan=20(President,=20National=20Federation=20of=20the=20=
Blind,=20
1968-1986

P.S.=20=20The=20I=20C.A.N.=20=20Foundation=20helps=20blind=20and=20visually=
=20impaired=20
youth=20in=20Maryland=20say=20"I=20can,"=20by=20empowering=20them=20through=
=20
providing=20assistive=20technology=20and=20scholarships=20to=20camps=20and=
=20
conventions=20which=20help=20them=20be=20equal=20with=20their=20sighted=20p=
eers.=20=20
For=20more=20information=20about=20the=20Foundation=20and=20to=20support=20=
our=20
work,=20visit=20us=20online=20at=20www.icanfoundation.info!

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=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20<frandi.galindo at gmail.com
To:=20"NFB"=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2013=20Nov=202011=2010:44:38=20-0500
Subject:=20[nabs-l]=20what=20do=20you=20do=20if=20you=20get=20lost

Ok,=20bare=20with=20me=20here=20for=20a=20moment,=20and=20excuse=20my=20lan=
guage.
When=20you=20get=20lost=20do=20you
a:=20call=20the=20cops=20and=20ask=20them=20where=20you=20are,=20and=20wast=
e=20money=20in=20
the=20process?
b:=20wave=20down=20a=20cop=20when=20you=20don=E2=80=99t=20know=20if=20one=20=
is=20near=20you?
c:=20wave=20your=20hands=20around=20and=20make=20other=20blind=20people=20l=
ook=20like=20
jak=20asses=20in=20the=20eyes=20of=20an=20already=20general=20populous=20wh=
o=20think=20
blind=20people=20are=20incapable=20of=20doing=20anything=20for=20themselves=
?
d:=20go=20in=20to=20a=20business=20and=20ask=20someone=20where=20you=20are,=
=20or=20just=20
simply=20try=20and=20ask=20someone=20on=20the=20street=20for=20directions
e:=20try=20to=20get=20your=20bearings=20together=20and=20find=20your=20own=
=20way.
I=20ask=20this=20because=20I=20know=20of=20someone=20who=20was=20tought=20t=
o=20do=20what=20a,=20
b,=20and=20c=20say=20to=20do.=20=20I=20was=20tought=20by=20two=20outstandin=
g=20mobility=20
instructors=20to=20do=20what=20d=20says,=20and=20tought=20myself=20e.=20=20=
I=20want=20to=20
know=20what=20you=20all=20out=20their=20think.=20=20I=20personally=20think=
=20that=20
making=20blind=20people=20look=20like=20helpless=20jack=20asses=20and=20was=
ting=20
money=20on=20unesesary=20calls=20is=20pointless.=20=20I=E2=80=99m=20almost=
=20sure=20most=20
mobility=20instructors=20would=20teach=20their=20students=20to=20do=20what=
=20choice=20
d=20asks.
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