[nabs-l] Finding seats VI that does not use cane or dog

[Arielle Silverman]

I understand what you mean about not wanting to take time off to learn
speech technology, but I'm thinking that maybe there is a
lighter-weight way to combine the speech and the large print, like on
your laptop or an Ipad with a wireless keyboard. Also I am wondering
if you can ask your instructors to send you the notes from the board
by email so you can review them on your laptop rather than needing the
CCTV. Personally as a blind college student, I found the boardwork to
almost always be totally redundant with what was being said verbally,
and so usually wasn't necessary for me to follow closely. What are the
binoculars and monocular used for? It seems there might be a more
compact replacement for those too.

Arielle

On 9/19/13, Anna Givens <annajee82 at gmail.com> wrote:
> It seems to me like you are carrying way too much.  You say you can't go
> without any of it.  I understand, I used to be like that.  I got tired of
> it.  Relying on my vision just got too exhausting after a while, having to
> have kinds of extra equipment and different things for each part of the day.
>
> But that is my experience.
> I do understand not wanting to and feeling like you don't have the time to
> learn other ways of doing things.  It really is up to you, although I am
> quite certain that in the end, you would feel much better about it and
> yourself.
> But I will say, It doesn't seem to me like walking up and down every row of
> tables is a big deal.   Do what you gotta do, and use the techniques
> described by others.
>
> Anna E Givens
>
> On Sep 19, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:
>
>> I don't use a cane or dog but when I walk into a room like the
>> engineering
>> tutoring center, I find it very hard to know where an empty seat is.
>> these
>> are tables that hold 6-8 people.
>>
>> Being someone use does not use a cane I find people difficult if you say
>> for example "I am visually impaired would you mind showing me where an
>> empty seat is" It seems they have to go through the song and dance of
>> "you
>> don't look blind" "why don't you get glasses" but rarely answer the
>> question.
>>
>> Because I am not obviously visually impaired I feel very uncomfortable
>> just
>> walking up and down between all the tables looking for a spot when just
>> off
>> to the side I may have missed one. I feel like everyone is wondering what
>> the hell I am doing and thinking I look stupid.
>>
>> I know this comes from years and years and years of being teased and no
>> one
>> understanding legally blind and I should just get over feeling like they
>> think I look stupid. But in the meantime does anyone have any good
>> techniques?
>>
>> I did use a cane in high school. Partially for identification and partly
>> for mobility but I still had issues with people because I would ALWAYS
>> get
>> the comment "Your not blind" They could never just answer my question
>> like
>> what bus is this
>>
>> Suzanne
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