[nabs-l] The Importance Of Independent Travel

[Carly Mihalakis]

Good morning, Arielle,

Seems to me, a given situation as well as the traveler's level of 
comfort ought to call for however one needs to travel. THAT'S all I 
was seeking to say. If in fact, you are most comfortable as you 
repeat dutifully to go where you want, when you want, then do that! 
Just do what you feel.
Car

8/28/2014, Arielle Silverman via nabs-l wrote:
>Hi Carly and all,
>
>Again, for me traveling independently has absolutely nothing to do
>with proving a point to sighted people. I travel independently because
>it is most convenient for me, for others or both. I like being able to
>go somewhere when I want instead of waiting on people. And I don't
>like inconveniencing others when I can do something myself. It's not
>"super-blink" to utilize the same natural right of independent
>movement that everyone else in the world gets as a matter of course.
>
>Respectfully,
>Arielle
>
>On 8/28/14, Kirt via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> > Karlee,
> > In general, I trust members of a group to advocate that group 
> standards more
> > than, say, disillusioned outsiders. I'm not going to learn about Islam, for
> > example, from an evangelical Christian. Nor will I go to Sean Hannity or
> > Rush Limbaugh to learn about The policies of Barack Obama. For that matter,
> > I won't go to MSNBC to learn about the tea party. I think you see where I'm
> > going with this.
> > Best,
> > Kirt
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Aug 28, 2014, at 5:45 AM, Carly Mihalakis via nabs-l
> >> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> Good morning,
> >>
> >> Personally, I like to think of it as interdependent travel, recruting your
> >> fellow man, and sort of directing him where you need to go. Admittedly,
> >> this means of travel found me after becoming injured such that I was
> >> unable to keep track of direction and what they call rout reversal, became
> >> for me no more than a pipe dream.
> >>
> >> In my experience, however, if you just let go of this idea that to prove
> >> to Ol'Sighty of  blindness' being  what is it, little more than a mere
> >> inconvenience, everyone must be some kind of super blink whom, by simply
> >> waving his long, white cane can travel any course, under any circumstances
> >> in pitch ocular darkness. Sure, this social construct is certainly
> >> possible to live within and many people do it, but not everybody is super
> >> Federationist blink!
> >>
> >> After all, interpersonal contact, I believe, is more of a palpable,
> >> alternative to demonstrating to Ol'Sighty things of which most of us are
> >> capable, that Ol'Sighty might remember. I'm fond of iterating that
> >> Ol'Sighty cares not about the means to which the blink reaches the same
> >> ends, noticing only that, eventually he gets there. So, if it becomes a
> >> matter of walking through an airport, say, to demonstrate to Ol'Sighty
> >> ways in which most blinks can, and do advocate for themselves, it may be a
> >> plausible course of action to grab Ol'Sighty from one of the hoards that
> >> are invariably around and, placing your hand on his shoulder, tell him
> >> where you need to be and see if he can help you. Of course, should he be
> >> in a hurry you can find someone else, but wait for an indication of said
> >> sighted person being unable to help. It is in this way you can actually
> >> have a conversation with a sighted person, maybe even exchange names?
> >> Agreed, the super blink means of seamlessly gliding through a crowd is
> >> intimidating, and not exactly if I may say so myself, realistic of every
> >> blink. Let that go! Probably, you are not a super blink, at least by their
> >> rigid standards.
> >> for today, Car
> >> 408-209-3239
> >>  :52 AM 7/16/2014, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l wrote:
> >>> Dear Students,
> >>>
> >>> I'd like to discuss another topic with all of you.  On Monday I had a
> >>> conversation with my mobility instructor during my training session at
> >>> UCF.  We were talking about the importance of traveling independently as
> >>> blind individuals.  I got very emotional while we were having this
> >>> conversation and began to cry.  Because I've never traveled independently
> >>> in the community, I lack the experience of traveling on my own.  Can each
> >>> of you tell me your stories about inarependent travel? Hope to hear from
> >>> you soon.
> >>>
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