[nagdu] mobility independence question

Sun Apr 13 22:14:26 UTC 2014

 hello you need the basic mobility skills,
   just the simple skills.
 you will do fine.
 just tell your mobility teacher. what you need to learn.

 just be safe wile traveling.

 On Apr 13, 2014, at 11:25 AM, Daryl Marie wrote:

> Agreed with Nicole.  When I moved to Alberta, I had a good - perhaps great -  base of O&M skills to fall back on, and my exposure to O&M here was almost always on an as-needed basis.  I have been shown the layouts of malls that don't have straight hallways, and shown how to navigate traffic circles (something unheard of where I grew up).  Without the basic skills, situational O&M is not nearly as useful.
> 
> Daryl
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nicole Torcolini <ntorcolini at wavecable.com>
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users' <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 12:14:20 -0600 (MDT)
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] mobility independence question
> 
> I think that a mobility instructor should teach both. I have good mobility
> skills; however, if I go to a new place that I will be going often, such as
> a new building at work, I might ask the mobility instructor to come help me
> learn it as she may know what things will be helpful to a blind person more
> so than someone else. 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael Hingson
> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 10:16 AM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] mobility independence question
> 
> John,
> 
> What your mobility instructor should be teaching you is how to travel
> independently rather than specific routes.  That is, if your instructor is
> really doing her job she would be teaching you techniques you can use
> anywhere to learn how to go from place to place.  Such techniques will
> include asking questions of others yourself until you know where you are and
> how you got there.  Others on this list will tell you of centers they
> attended such as the Colorado Center for the Blind, the Louisiana Center for
> the Blind, and Blind Inc. where students learn good travel techniques
> including how they learn to use their own observation skills to know where
> they are at all times. 
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> 
> Michael Hingson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> starmy22 at gmail.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 10:06 AM
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> Subject: Re: [nagdu] mobility independence question
> 
> Hi,
> My mobility instructer had read over my previous mobility report that she
> had wrote up for me.
> This was a year ago.
> I live out in Michigan, and the agency  that is working with me the Michigan
> Commission for the blind, the mobility instructer from what I understand
> from what my rehabilitation counselar has told me is that in order to get
> training from her, it needs to be in a certin area.
> I'm going to be going to college with in the next month.
> I'm going to need some training on how to get to the various buildings.
> That's what the mobility instructer is there for.
> I'm not able to get any mobility practice and getting myself prepared to get
> a guide dog unless I have a mobility instructer assisting me with the steps
> that are required.
> I hope to hear from you soon.
> Sincerely,
> John Sanders
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Hingson
> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 12:33 PM
> To: 'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users'
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] mobility independence question
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Your mobility instructor read over what report?  Also, as someone else
> asked, what do you mean that lights are a problem?
> 
> If your mobility instructor were doing her job she would be addressing, or
> have addressed issues of you working with traffic flow.  As far as going
> into buildings and needing assistance in getting to the right bus this is
> vague at best.
> 
> It sounds to me as if your instructor needs to stop making up
> classifications like "semi independent" and begin teaching you real mobility
> skills.
> 
> 
> Best,
> 
> 
> Michael Hingson
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> starmy22 at gmail.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2014 07:41 AM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nagdu] mobility independence question
> 
> Hi,
> I have a question:  My mobility instructer read over my report and she said
> that I'm a semiindependent.
> The report said that I can successfully cross at stopsigns.
> Lights are a  problem for me.
> Will a guide dog school except some one who is semi-independent?> The report
> did say that I use a lot of assistance with getting in to buildings
> especially the bus stations and getting to the right bus numbers.
> I hope to hear from you soon.
> Sincerely,
> John Sanders
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