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

[Chris Nusbaum]

Great=20strategies,=20Jewel!=20Whether=20blind=20or=20sighted,=20it's=20OK=
=20to=20get=20
lost.=20=20It=20happens=20to=20us=20all.

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!

Sent=20from=20my=20BrailleNote=20Apex

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Jewel=20<herekittykat2 at gmail.com
To:=20National=20Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Sun,=2013=20Nov=202011=2011:12:01=20-0500
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20what=20do=20you=20do=20if=20you=20get=20lost

The=20first=20thing=20I=20do=20if=20I'm=20lost=20is=20to=20see=20if=20there=
=20are=20other
pedestrians=20around.=20=20If=20so,=20I=20say=20a=20polite=20"Excuse=20me"=
=20and=20ask=20
them
what=20the=20street=20I'm=20on=20is=20(yes,=20I've=20strayed=20so=20bad=20t=
hat=20I=20had=20no=20
clue
what=20street=20I=20was=20on).=20=20Usually=20they=20know,=20and=20if=20I=20=
recognize=20the
street=20name=20I=20will=20also=20ask=20them=20what=20the=20nearest=20cross=
-street=20
is.
That=20will=20often=20get=20me=20unlost.

If=20this=20doesn't=20work,=20I=20will=20go=20into=20a=20business=20to=20ge=
t=20
directions.
I'll=20ask=20them=20their=20address=20and=20what=20the=20closest=20cross=20=
street=20is,=20
and
if=20I'm=20way=20off=20cross=20I'll=20ask=20where=20the=20closest=20bus=20s=
top=20is,=20
since=20I
know=20that=20by=20taking=20the=20bus=20to=20Moore=20Square,=20I'll=20be=20=

instantaneously
unlost=20(I=20do=20this=20only=20if=20I'm=20way=20off=20course=20and=20it=20=
would=20take=20
forever
to=20get=20unlost).

Pedestrians=20and=20businesses=20are=20definitely=20your=20friend,=20but=20=
what=20
if
you're=20in=20a=20residential=20area=20with=20neither=20of=20these?=20I've=
=20found=20
myself
in=20this=20situation.=20=20In=20this=20case,=20I=20flag=20down=20a=20car=20=
as=20I=20hear=20it=20
coming
up=20to=20me=20and=20ask=20the=20driver.=20=20I=20don't=20accept=20a=20ride=
=20from=20that=20
person,
but=20do=20ask=20them=20the=20nearest=20cross=20street=20and=20if=20they=20=
know=20where
such-and-such=20is=20from=20where=20I=20am.

Hope=20that=20helps,
Jewel

On=2011/13/11,=20frandi.galindo at gmail.com=20<frandi.galindo at gmail.com>=20
wrote:
=20Ok,=20bare=20with=20me=20here=20for=20a=20moment,=20and=20excuse=20my=20=
language.
=20When=20you=20get=20lost=20do=20you
=20a:=20call=20the=20cops=20and=20ask=20them=20where=20you=20are,=20and=20w=
aste=20money=20in=20
the=20process?
=20b:=20wave=20down=20a=20cop=20when=20you=20don=92t=20know=20if=20one=20is=
=20near=20you?
=20c:=20wave=20your=20hands=20around=20and=20make=20other=20blind=20people=
=20look=20like=20
jak=20asses=20in
=20the=20eyes=20of=20an=20already=20general=20populous=20who=20think=20blin=
d=20people=20
are=20incapable
=20of=20doing=20anything=20for=20themselves?
=20d:=20go=20in=20to=20a=20business=20and=20ask=20someone=20where=20you=20a=
re,=20or=20just=20
simply=20try=20and
=20ask=20someone=20on=20the=20street=20for=20directions
=20e:=20try=20to=20get=20your=20bearings=20together=20and=20find=20your=20o=
wn=20way.
=20I=20ask=20this=20because=20I=20know=20of=20someone=20who=20was=20tought=
=20to=20do=20what=20
a,=20b,=20and=20c
=20say=20to=20do.=20=20I=20was=20tought=20by=20two=20outstanding=20mobility=
=20instructors=20
to=20do=20what
=20d=20says,=20and=20tought=20myself=20e.=20=20I=20want=20to=20know=20what=
=20you=20all=20out=20
their=20think.
=20I=20personally=20think=20that=20making=20blind=20people=20look=20like=20=
helpless=20
jack=20asses
=20and=20wasting=20money=20on=20unesesary=20calls=20is=20pointless.=20=20I=
=92m=20almost=20
sure=20most
=20mobility=20instructors=20would=20teach=20their=20students=20to=20do=20wh=
at=20
choice=20d=20asks.
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