[nagdu] Navigating without a cane

[Larry D. Keeler]

Jennifer, Of course, that's bull! If you need the cane, dog or any other 
thing to help you well you just need it!  Hang those who tell you different!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Piening" <pienings at comcast.net>
To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 7:58 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Navigating without a cane


> Hi!  I have no problem with not using a cane when I have been given a dog 
> at a school.  That seems perfectly reasonable to me.  When you go to an 
> NFB training center, you know beforehand that you are expected to use a 
> cane.  You are not expected to go around without using either.
>      I have such a strong opinion about this issue, because for a lot of 
> my life, people have been telling me to put away my cane, or talking about 
> how I really don't need to use my cane here, or that it seems like I know 
> the area well enough not to use my cane and on and on and on... It sounds 
> to me as if I am somehow an inferior traveler because I choose to use my 
> cane when people make comments about not needing to use it. what about 
> wanting/choosing to use my cane?  Shouldn't it be a choice that I make for 
> myself?  I find it embarrassing to travel in unfamiliar places or places 
> with a lot of other people without using my cane.  I feel like a bumbling 
> fool.  I have no problem with others deciding to travel in whichever way 
> they prefer.  I think the guide dog schools should allow us to choose as 
> well, until we get our dog.
>      Jenny
>
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