[nabs-l] mobility skills quesiton

[Jedi Moerke]

The skills you use to walk along the Street with no sidewalk are essentially the same skills you use when  following the wall inside a building. You just need to be able to tell the difference between an intersecting street in the driveway. Driveways have a sort of seam where they meet the street you were walking along. You can usually identify it because the texture on each side is different. The street is rougher and the driveway is usually smoother. They also create a sort of Valley where they meet. That valley is created by the downward slope of the street side and the upward slope of the driveway. Streets don't have this effect. The texture will also be the same no matter if you move your cane to the left or right. But streets have a general curve that takes you from the parallel street to the perpendicular street. This curve is usually quite subtle. You want to stop walking the moment you feel the peeling away of the shoreline in front of you. That way, you should be in line to cross the street and to the next corner. In any case, make sure you are close enough to the edge of the street so that, if you needed to, you could jump to the side. I like to stay close enough that I can reach my inside foot to the grass or curb if need be.

Respectfully,
Jedi

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> On Aug 31, 2014, at 3:39 PM, Carly Mihalakis via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Afternoon, John,
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> Well, and you, O&M people of course, jump in if you want, but while there is a skill set of non-side walk mobility, I don't know that such a skill, necessarily is transferable. But, it would seem to me, if so-called side-walk mobility is what you want, you might need to go to a residential center where you live on campus, having class daily yet, you gave us no information about which corner of this land, you call home. So, if you give us a bit more info, we can more completely answer you? Those are just a couple of notions off the top of my thinker just now.
> Car
> At 10:01 AM 8/31/2014, sandersj6--- via nabs-l wrote:
>> Hi, I do apologize if I’m posting to the wrong list. I don’t know where I should post this question but, I’m wanting to get better at my mobility training before I go and get a guide dog. I’m wanting to get some last minute training in. Where I live I don’t have any sidewalks around my area. I live out in the country. I hope to hear from you soon. Sincerely, John Sanders _______________________________________________ nabs-l mailing list nabs-l at nfbnet.org http://nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for nabs-l: http://nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/carlymih%40comcast.net
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