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

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, In my experience as a total, there's nothing wrong with 
simply using the back of your hand to brush a seet back to see if 
it's occupied.

Also works well for finding empty seats, on a bus or rain.
Good luck, with thaat load you carry!
for today, CarAt 01:29 PM 9/19/2013, you wrote:
>Not sure. I already have a lunch box on it. I can't bring smaller than half
>gallon because I am gone for 12 hours on Tuesday and thursday and really
>don't want to pay for water. I swear I need an assistant to help carry all
>my stuff lol.
>
>
>On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:11 PM, Anjelina Cruz <anjelinac26 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Could a bigger thermos attach to your bag so you'd have a hand free
> > for a lightweight id cane?
> >
> > On 9/19/13, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:
> > > It would be very difficult I use a roller bag because I carry 30lbs of
> > > equipment with me portable cctv, laptop etc and then I have to bring 1/2
> > > gallon of water in the other hand since I am on the surface of the sun in
> > > phoenix. I tried a backback but there is not one big enough for all the
> > > crap I bring.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:38 AM, justin williams <
> > > justin.williams2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Carry a cane would be my answer. Without it, it is diffidult to
> > indentify
> > >> you as visually impaired.
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Suzanne
> > >> Germano
> > >> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 2:12 PM
> > >> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> > >> Subject: [nabs-l] Finding seats VI that does not use cane or dog
> > >>
> > >> 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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