[nagdu] independence

[Lea williams]

JMO

If you can find you way about without someone telling you which way to
go, then your indepindant.

A dog and a cane doesn't tell you how to get to places.

A cane helps you find things before you crash in to them so you can
advoid crashing in to them, and a dog find things for you and takes
you around them for you.

But like i said, you can't use either one if you do not know which way
to go, therefore, wether you use a cane or a dog, if you can get about
without someone telling you how, your indepindant.

But if someone chooses to live like this or to live with someone by
their side all the time using them as sighted guide, it  is there
business, not ours. But at least those who do use sighted guide,
aren't ever alone.

On 4/28/12, Shannon Dyer <solsticesinger at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Rox'e.
>
> My situation is different from yours, in that I'm not deaf/blind. However, I
> cannot just leave the house without a dog or a person. Very bad things would
> happen were I to attempt this.
>
> The belief that not having good cane skills makes people less independent is
> narrow-minded, in my opinion. It's fine for people to have good cane skills,
> if that's what they feel is important for them, but their views should not
> be foisted onto the rest of us, who lead different lives with different
> strengths and weaknesses.
>
> Shannon and Caroline
> Shannon Dyer
> Alumni Council Member,
> Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc
> ®  and
> America's VetDogs®,  The Veteran's K-9 Corps Inc ®
> Providing "Second Sight" ® since 1946
> 371 E. Jericho Turnpike, Smithtown, NY 11787
> Office: 631-930-9000, Toll-free: 866-282-8047
> solsticesinger at gmail.com
> To make a donation that can change a life...contact the Guide Dog Foundation
> at
> www.guidedog.org
> or America's VetDogs the Veterans K-9 Corps at
> www.vetdogs.org
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> www.facebook.com/GuideDogFoundation or www.facebook.com/AmericasVetDogs
>
> On Apr 28, 2012, at 2:11 PM, The Pawpower Pack wrote:
>
>> Cheryl,
>>
>> The issue here is that not everyone can use a cane.  For some of us, we
>> cannot leave the house without either a dog or a person.  This is not me
>> not being independent, it is me being Deaf, Blind, and unable to walk
>> without assistance from something-- be it dog, person, or walker.  It is
>> physically impossible for me to just grab my cane and leave the house.  If
>> I didn't get killed crossing a road by myself, I'd probably fall down and
>> break something.  I am not alone in my limitations and abilities.  There
>> are others, for reasons other than mine, who cannot leave their home
>> alone.  Maybe they have a mental illness and have a dog to help with that.
>>  Maybe they're in a wheelchair and need assistance with other tasks.
>>
>> To make broad statements about people's independence isn't helpful.
>>
>> It may be important for you, yourself to have good cane skills.  I know it
>> is important for many people.
>> But understand that this is your life, your skills and your choice and
>> that not everyone can or will make the same choices you do, and this does
>> not mae them less independent.
>>
>> Rox and the Kitchen Bitches:
>> Bristol, Mill'E, Laveau, Baylee,!
>>
>> "Dance, even if you have to warn others to get out of the way first."
>> http://pawpower4me.blogspot.com
>> pawpower4me at gmail.com
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>>
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