[nagdu] Some one stole my cane !

Brenda bjnite at windstream.net
Wed Dec 21 01:46:02 UTC 2011 

Actually, I wonder if the person with RP can see enough to navigate 
tolerably.  People can tell if you have some remaining vision.  I was 
told by a mobility instructor "you have more vision then you realize."  
That comment alone made me consider putting my cane away and I 
questioned my attendance at the training.  A friend pointed out they 
would never had accepted me if they felt I didn't need the help, but my 
instructor's comment really bothered me.  For partial sighted people who 
could benefit from a cane maybe the fact that we are treated as fakers 
is a deterrent to using a white cane.  The transition to cane use is a 
personal process that each person including this person with RP has to 
go through.  Just walking down the street I can see well enough to walk 
a straight line.  Actually I think I walk straighter because of my cane, 
but I still feel guilty about using a cane because i have residual 
vision.  It isn't an easy thing to just start using a cane.  Another 
issue, my husband says when i carry my cane I am a target because people 
see that I am blind.

Maybe the man with RP has never been given the opportunity and 
introduction to O&M because he has some residual vision so the rehab 
people in his state expect him to rely on his vision.  I was never given 
the option to learn to use a white cane and no counseling in the pros 
and cons.  When I made the decision for myself based on my life's 
knowledge, I saught the help I needed.  this man may not have had the 
exposure.

Brenda



On 12/20/2011 9:34 AM, Buddy Brannan wrote:
> I can. There are some people out there, believe it or not, who think it's much preferable to be thought drunk, stoned, rude, slow-witted, or any number of other things, so long as no one thinks that they are blind. After all, if you're blind, you are necessarily less capable, less self-reliant, less independent, less able, and (mostly) less of a human being than if you are not. Better to be thought sighted and [insert any impairing condition] than to be thought of as blind. Much better.
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY
>
>
>
> On Dec 20, 2011, at 8:30 AM, Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC) wrote:
>
>> Can you guys explain?
>> I wa talking to a guy who has RP. He said people think he's drunk. I told him a cane would solve that problem. He told me he doesn't "need a cane", which I took to mean he's okay with people thinking he's wasted.
>> Can somebody explain. I don't get it.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tami Kinney
>> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 9:02 PM
>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>
>> Yeah, I did things kinda that way, too. So long as no one realized I was
>> using it to compensate for tunnel vision and night blindness. Which of
>> course, I did not have because I did *not* have Retinitis Pigmentosa.
>> Denial, much, folks? /lol/
>>
>> Tami
>>
>> On 12/19/2011 04:22 PM, Brenda wrote:
>>> Interesting about using a tree branch. Growing up, we went camping with
>>> my Dad. The first thing I would do would be find a hiking stick. I did
>>> not use it like you would a white cane, but it was still very helpful.
>>> We would hike a lot and my stick would tell me the terrain. Thing is, I
>>> would never have been allowed to use it at home since I had 20/200
>>> vision. Too bad. Brenda
>>>
>>> On 12/19/2011 7:02 PM, Lea williams wrote:
>>>> the thing about using a branch is that the branch is heavier. I did
>>>> this once for a couple of weeks when I left my cane over at a family
>>>> house and they took that long to get it back to me. My arm hurt a lot
>>>> cause a branch is heavier.
>>>> It will work, but I would rather use a broom stick or something. LOL,
>>>> the sight for that one. If you could, you could request a free one
>>>> from the NFB, it is strait, so if this is possible, get one of those
>>>> to use as a back up. I rather have a folding one though. I have a
>>>> small ID one that I use. I love it better than the heavy ones.
>>>>
>>>> On 12/19/11, Dan Weiner<dcwein at dcwein.cnc.net>  wrote:
>>>>> Just cut a limb from a tree, it will be just as useful as the average
>>>>> cane,
>>>>> a cane being a stick after all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>> Behalf
>>>>> Of Doug Parisian
>>>>> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 5:18 PM
>>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>>>>
>>>>> Perhaps a little better choice of friends and/or acquaintances would
>>>>> alleviate the problem?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've had canes run over by cars, tripped over by some mental midget or
>>>>> other, and even attempted leadings by some unfortunate grabbing my
>>>>> stick by
>>>>> it's end but never stolen. Must be the company I keep.
>>>>>
>>>>> Doug: Raising Cain when Able.
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)"<REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
>>>>> To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'"
>>>>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2011 1:53 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Maybe the person needed it? I met a family that was new to this
>>>>>> country, had a member that was blind and wanted to know where to get a
>>>>>> cane. I'm not sure they knew what a cane was until they saw me using
>>>>>> mine,
>>>>>> thought "What a cool idea" and came over to talk to me. If I'd had
>>>>>> another one on me, I'd have probably given them the one I was using.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> They were hoping/expecting you could just buy one at any store.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And, why not buy a few backup canes that meet your needs? I treat canes
>>>>>> like shoes, I have one I use but I also have a few backups that meet my
>>>>>> needs, a broken cane serves me no purpose so I don't hang onto them,
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> as I wouldn't hang onto shoes I couldn't wear. Ditto for a cane that is
>>>>>> too long, it'd be like hanging onto shoes that were too small.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since this seems to happen a fair bit to you, can you keep the cane
>>>>>> say in
>>>>>> something you hang onto like apurse? Or just keep the strap around your
>>>>>> wrist so you are in contact with it when it isn't in use?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What happened was wrong, I'm just not feeling the outrage the list
>>>>>> seems
>>>>>> to be feeling here.
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>> Of Brittney N. Mejico
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 6:27 AM
>>>>>> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That is really awful who would do such a thing. Hope you get a new cain
>>>>>> soon
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Mardi Hadfield
>>>>>> Sent: Friday, December 16, 2011 12:59 AM
>>>>>> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
>>>>>> Subject: [nagdu] Some one stole my cane !
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi every one, Mardi here. I went Christmas shopping the other day
>>>>>> and some
>>>>>> one stole my white cane.I keep it in a leather holster type of pouch
>>>>>> attached to my wheelchair when I am not using it. It is quite snug
>>>>>> fitting
>>>>>> so it is impossible for it to have fallen out.When I left the store and
>>>>>> headed to the bus station,I reached for it so I could get into the
>>>>>> wheelchair bay when I got on the bus. It was not their! I had it when I
>>>>>> got
>>>>>> off the bus so it disappeared somewhere between the bus station and the
>>>>>> store.The only time I use it when I have my dog with me is getting
>>>>>> on or
>>>>>> off the bus.This is the second time someone has stolen a cane from me.
>>>>>> This
>>>>>> is extremely annoying as I can not afford to buy another one until next
>>>>>> month.I have an old broken one and a very long NFB cane as a back up.
>>>>>> Today
>>>>>> when I went out to pay a bill,I had to use the very Long NFB cane as
>>>>>> I did
>>>>>> not take the dog with me in Carla's car.This cane would be fine if I
>>>>>> were
>>>>>> walking but is way to long for use with a wheelchair.It also has a
>>>>>> mettle
>>>>>> tip which gets caught in every crevice and pokes me in the face.I don't
>>>>>> know why someone would want to steal a blind person's cane??????? Fake
>>>>>> service dogs, now fake blind people? What is happening to this world.
>>>>>> Mardi and Shaman
>>>>>>
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