[nagdu] re sighted guides

[Tamara Smith-Kinney]

That's a good way to look at it.  My ex was the worst, since he would clamp
my hand onto his arm so I couldn't escape, then take off like a wild mustang
through a crowded, obstacle-rich environment, completely forgetting that I
was still attached to him.  OMG!  We discussed it a time or two, then I gave
up any thought of going sighted guide.

When I had the opportunity to go with experienced sighted guides, I would
drive them nutty because I was too worried about what they might be about to
do to me to follow them.  /smile/

I must say that it is nice these days to have a conscientious human guide
when it's best to let him do that.  He understood the principles right off
and we've become very good at giving and interpreting our signals, so it's
all very relaxing now.  Whew!

Tami Smith-Kinney

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Wayne Merritt
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 12:30 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] re sighted guides

Reminds me of something I've quipped to students I work with regarding
using your cane while being guided: Just because someone can guide you
doesn't mean they're good at it.

Wayne

On 2/18/10, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net> wrote:
> I've been lammed into more things by sighted guides than I ever have by
> any of my dogs, and sometimes quite hard, too.  So I tend to avoid sighted
> guide unless using the dog instead is totally inconvenient.
> Those sighted people get window-shopping, or looking at a cute chick, or
> whatever, and suddenly there I am, pasted on a pole.  Good reason to wave
> my cane even while being "guided", or just use my dog.
> Tracy
>
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