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

[Chris Nusbaum]

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

Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Jewel <herekittykat2 at gmail.com
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:12:01 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] what do you do if you get lost

The first thing I do if I'm lost is to see if there are other
pedestrians around.  If so, I say a polite "Excuse me" and ask 
them
what the street I'm on is (yes, I've strayed so bad that I had no 
clue
what street I was on).  Usually they know, and if I recognize the
street name I will also ask them what the nearest cross-street 
is.
That will often get me unlost.

If this doesn't work, I will go into a business to get 
directions.
I'll ask them their address and what the closest cross street is, 
and
if I'm way off cross I'll ask where the closest bus stop is, 
since I
know that by taking the bus to Moore Square, I'll be 
instantaneously
unlost (I do this only if I'm way off course and it would take 
forever
to get unlost).

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

Hope that helps,
Jewel

On 11/13/11, frandi.galindo at gmail.com <frandi.galindo at gmail.com> 
wrote:
 Ok, bare with me here for a moment, and excuse my language.
 When you get lost do you
 a: call the cops and ask them where you are, and waste money in 
the process?
 b: wave down a cop when you don’t know if one is near you?
 c: wave your hands around and make other blind people look like 
jak asses in
 the eyes of an already general populous who think blind people 
are incapable
 of doing anything for themselves?
 d: go in to a business and ask someone where you are, or just 
simply try and
 ask someone on the street for directions
 e: try to get your bearings together and find your own way.
 I ask this because I know of someone who was tought to do what 
a, b, and c
 say to do.  I was tought by two outstanding mobility instructors 
to do what
 d says, and tought myself e.  I want to know what you all out 
their think.
 I personally think that making blind people look like helpless 
jack asses
 and wasting money on unesesary calls is pointless.  I’m almost 
sure most
 mobility instructors would teach their students to do what 
choice d asks.
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