[nagdu] re soul searching - Question

[Julie J.]

Yes, I've also noticed that people with certain health problems tend to 
have a heavier hand with their cane and don't recognize when it has 
contacted something as readily as young healthy people.  The main group 
I'm thinking about is diabetics.  Perhaps their hands have less sensitivity?

I think the main thing though is stress.  Convention is stressful on 
people and dogs.  I have good O&M skills, but convention is still a very 
challenging situation for me.  I try to spend a few hours the first day 
just wandering around, figuring out the main layout of the hotel.  By 
the end of the week I'm actually starting to feel like I know where in 
the world I'm going.

I also find that because of my own stress and uncertainty I am less 
forgiving of others mistakes.   Conventions draw about 3,000 attendees.  
The town I live in has only about 7,000.   So I am not accustomed to 
that many people all in one space.  Add in that these are people from 
all over the place with different social customs and varying levels of 
travel skills...Remember I live in the Midwest where people are polite 
to the extreme...and well sometimes I find that I need to escape to my 
hotel room to regroup.

I try to leave myself twice as much time as I think I'll need to find a 
particular room.  I avoid the exhibit hall on the first day.  I take 
advantage of outdoor recreational areas.  I invite friends to my room as 
a quieter, lower stress place to visit.  And I plan on not getting to do 
everything I want to do.  I think it all helps, but convention is 
stressful no matter how you slice it.

Julie


On 7/11/2012 8:50 AM, Cindy Ray wrote:
> Some people, when they are not feeling confident, will extend it as far as they can stretch their arm and exaggerate the arc, too, and that has nothing to do with rude or a dislike of dogs.
>
> Cindy Lou
>
> On Jul 11, 2012, at 8:40 AM, Julie J. wrote:
>
>> The arc of the cane should be slightly wider than the widest part of the person's body.  For men this is usually the shoulders and for women it is usually the hips.  So some people will need to swing the cane pretty wide to make sure that the space their body is about to enter is clear of obstacles.
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>> Julie
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