[nagdu] Critical blind people

Tue Aug 3 18:06:15 UTC 2010

Tami,
Use what you have as long as you can!  People don't understand the "grey" of 
our lives. Sometimes, I just let people think I can't see anything! (grin!) 
I tell people that I can see enough to be dangerous!  That usually elicits a 
laugh from them and they learn something - that life isn't all black and 
white and no grey!

Being "dangerous" means that sometimes I do get into trouble by using my low 
vision - like a missed flight of steps and I stupidly didn't use my dog! 
UUGGHH!  I'm too old for that!

Lyn and Landon
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tamara Smith-Kinney" <tamara.8024 at comcast.net>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 12:39 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Critical blind people

> Lyn,
>
> Most of my stupids seem to come from being partial and forgetting not to
> look around to see stuff.  Sigh.  I'll get it licked, then I lose more
> vision, and the response of my brain seems to be to insist on trying to 
> see
> everything while I feel around vaguely not having a clue.  So then I have 
> to
> back step and retrain the stupid thing to accept that we're blind now and 
> it
> needs to use the *other* senses...
>
> At least I don't get completely hopeless confuddled anymore, but I can't
> wait 'til I can just finish gling blind and be done with it! /smile/  I 
> have
> a feeling Mitzi feels the same way.  When I remember to ignore whatever 
> may
> or not be going on in front of my face, her job is much easier.
>
> Tami Smith-Kinney
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Linda Gwizdak
> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2010 10:11 AM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Critical blind people
>
> Hi Dan,
> Yes, us partial vision guys have the same problem as you do as a partial
> hearing person. It seems that people can only think in black and white
> without the grey areas!
>
> I also have problems in hearing, especially in noisey areas.  Too many ear
> infections! LOL!
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Dan Weiner" <dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>
> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2010 4:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Critical blind people
>
>
>> Well, Rox, I give you a lot of credit.
>> I suppose I can understand people saying can you hear the fountain and 
>> all
>> that, but their reactions when I say that I hear it but I don't know 
>> where
>> it is t is can be rather tiring.
>> I'd say that's the most tiring thing for me about getting around myself,
>> that you can on such occasions feel rather alone, then my feet start
>> hurting
>> from walking around trying to find something--lol.
>>
>> We can continue this either on or off list, it's up to you.
>>
>> I would be interested in your methods for achieving consistent "find"
>> command results.
>> My last doggie, Evan, got very great at it but I worked a lot on it until
>> a
>> sort of light bulb went on in his head and he then just knew I needed
>> this.
>>
>> Results with the Carter Barter are mixed, but it's one day at a time and 
>> I
>> do love him.
>> I generally do think I would benefit from a dog who takes a lot of
>> initiative on things like this, but it does seem to me that guide dog
>> school  people don't really understand what my situation is.
>> All right, GEB and Leader have had both very good programs for deaf-blind
>> and they do understand that.
>> For someone with hearing limitations, however, no one seems to get it.
>> It's
>> either all or nothing. Perhaps that's what partially sighted people go
>> through, the all or nothing generalizations, either "you see" or you
>> don't,
>> with hearing either you ear or you don't, no in-between.
>> I'm not saying that people should automatically know what to do to help,
>> I'm
>> saying people are judgmental, but we've already established that--smile.
>>
>> If you know of people who do get it, schools, trainers, etc. let me know
>> off
>> list or on as it's good to know this for the future.
>>
>> An example, one way a guide dog helps is that, most blind people I know
>> will
>> leave a meeting or room by hearing where the door is, people talking, 
>> etc.
>> That does absolutely nothing for me, even though I may hear them--smile.
>>
>>
>>
>> Dan Dan the man and Carter Barter the dog
>>
>>
>>
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