[nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide

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Darla you are so right. I work with people with all disabilities. My goal is to make things better crossing streets and public transportation. Its a real problem for blind people finding bus stops in certain towns .
Marilyn and Anna

----- Original Message -----
From: Darla Rogers 
Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:13 pm
Subject: Re: [nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide
To: "'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users'" 

> Thank you for being so diligent and persistent, Marilyn; that is 
> what we
> must do to gain access to the same information sighted folks 
> have and
> another tool in our orientation and mobility toolbox.
> Darla & Handsome, hard-working Huck
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> t21114 at optonline.net
> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 4:40 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide
> 
> Hi Rebecca,
> I cross parkways and highways. On the parkway I have to 
> concentrate on one
> side at a time. When I get to the medium I stand there and 
> concentrate on
> the other side of the traffic flow. I don't cross at the light 
> on this
> parkway. Its to dangerous with cars turning. 
> I also cross Highways near my job and house . The parkway and 
> Highway come
> together at an intersection. I haven't crossed that highway 
> this year but
> we just a few months ago got an Audible Pedestrian Signal there 
> . I work
> very hard with others getting this signals put in.
> Marilyn and Anna
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rebecca Ilniski
> Date: Monday, July 22, 2013 11:08 pm
> Subject: [nagdu] crossing highways alone with your guide
> To: the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing 
> List 
> 
> > Hi all. I was wondering if any of you have crossed highways 
> > independently with your guides? There are 2 major highways in 
> my 
> > neighborhood and along these highways are different places I 
> like to 
> > go. Learning the routes are not a problem for me even though I 
> don't 
> > have the best sense of direction. I used to freak out when I 
> get lost 
> > but don't as much as I used to. I'd be interested in any of 
> your 
> > experiences with dealing with highways and pikes.
> > 
> > 
> > Rebecca and Zeb
> > email: rilniski at gmail.com
> > facebook: www.facebook.com/rebeccai5
> > sent from my IPhone
> > 
> > 
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