[nagdu] A Comment on White Canes

Fri Feb 20 12:15:51 UTC 2009

Dan,
    Those signs are not very sturdy but, since they are made of metal, they 
make quite a racket when they hit a tile floor! (smile)

Marion


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Weiner" <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 9:39 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] A Comment on White Canes


> Well, well, Marion.
> That must have hurt, but, the bigger they are, the harder they fall. 
> Could
> that sign have been a sign that you're a buffed guy and your sheer power
> knocked it over--grin?
> I know what you mean, though.  I was once being guided by some very nice
> passers-by  who were showing me to a bus stop.
> They seemed really sincere and nice, so I hated to point out that they'd
> just walked me in to a bench the front of which caught me in a very 
> private
> place.  We were walking fast and it was quite the collision. They told me 
> I
> turned white and from then on I at least have a cane with me, for
> self-defense if nothing else--smile.
> I had my cane with me, actually, but wasn't using it.
>
> Dan and the hounds
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Marion & Martin
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 7:17 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: [nagdu] A Comment on White Canes
>
> Rebecca,
>    When I am using sighted guide, I always use my cane, as well! When i 
> was
> dating my ex-wife, we were walking through the mall. Since this was very
> early in our relationship, she wasn't very knowledgeable or comfortable 
> with
> my blindness and wondered why, if she were guiding me, I needed my cane. I
> folded it up and stuck it in my back pocket. As we walked, she turned to
> look at something in the other direction and ran me into one of those 
> metal
> signs retailers put in front of their stores. It fell to the ground with a
> mighty crash! She said, "I guess that's why you use your cane, too!"
>    As Rebecca points out, the cane serves as identification, as well as a
> tool for mobility. Many will not use the cane, as they see the cane as a
> symbol of helplessness and dependency, buying into the myths and
> misconceptions held by the ignorant, misinformed public. The white cane,
> however, is a symbol of indepe3ndence and self-determination, as helpless
> dependent blind people don't need or use a cane!
>
> Fraternally,
> Marion Gwizdala
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (IT)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at ngc.com>
> To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 3:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] question
>
>
>> Allison, can you send me a copy of your article? This brings up another
>> question I have, when you (the collective you, not just Allison) go
>> sighted guide, do you use your cane?
>> I do because it lets me pick up on things the guide may not tell me
>> about. The cane also identifies me as someone who is blind.
>> Curious to know what others do.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Allison Nastoff
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 11:29 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] question
>>
>> Hi Lisa,
>> I must confess that I don't carry a cane in my backpack.  I do have a
>> cane at my house, but I have had so much more practice walking routes
>> with Gilbert on my college campus than I had with a cane that without
>> Gilbert, I'm lost.  You can read about my disastrous attempt at cane
>> travel on campus in the next issue of Harness Up.
>> I was a confident cane traveler around my high school, but nowadays, if
>> something happened to Gilbert, or if I were going to an event that was
>> inappropriate for him, I would much prefer sighted guide.
>> Allison and Gilbert
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Lisa" <lison1273 at live.com
>>>To: "seeing eye-l" <seeingeye-l at list.web.net Date sent: Tue, 17 Feb
>>>2009 16:32:57 -0500
>>>Subject: [nagdu] question
>>
>>>Hello everyone, I had a question for all of you.  Do you carry a
>> folding or telescoping cane with you at all times and if so why or why
>> not?
>>>Lisa
>>
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