[nagdu] FW: Why good O&M training is so important

[Natalie]

Amen to that, Rebecca.  Everyone has their own ways of doing things, and 
this should be respected, always, whether the person is blind, sighted, 
whatever.
Best,
Nat and Liam Joshua

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com>
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 
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Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 1:03 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] FW: Why good O&M training is so important


> Even if this person has minimual skills, so what? We were all FNG's once 
> upon a time.
> And if this person were sighted and for whatever reson needed some extra 
> help, we wouldn't be slamming him and the technology he uses.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf 
> Of Cindy Ray
> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2011 3:39 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] FW: Why good O&M training is so important
>
> I think the issues of the person's independence vs. the whether or not to 
> have ATS are separate things, and I think it is a shame to use someone 
> with minimal skills to show the need. The ATS should be appropriate and 
> should be just another tool. I would like more of them myself out where I 
> am and some other places, too, but I can function without them. In the 
> airport I do enlist help, but now that I have a lot of time between some 
> of my flights, I am using it to explore airports, which I am finding 
> liberating. People will use whatever assistance they need but that, like 
> ATS, is a tool and need not be a requirement. I hate to think of someone 
> going off on the inconvenience of traveling around. Hope this made some 
> sense.
>
> Cindy
>
>
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