[NAGDU] the open door policy

[Danielle Sykora]

There really isn't much you can do in these situations, but I think
holding your hand out just as you get up to the door is the best
solution. Also, when opening the door on the right, I kind of try to
position my hand so that I could stop the door on the left from
opening really quickly toward us. Somehow, it ends up being Thai who
gets hit by the door 95% of the time, not me. I noticed with some
doors where this happens frequently, he will stop about 12-18 inches
away instead of directly in front of the door. This works for me,
since I am still close enough to easily reach out and open the door,
but it gives him a little room to move if the door opens.

Danielle and Thai

On 10/10/17, Dan Weiner via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Hello to all.
>
> Dan here with the Parker Pup.
>
> Well I know so many of you have had this issue, I'll walk up to a door
> of a store and a nice person from inside opens it out towards me and
> Parker, clipping me in the stomach and Parker in the nose. He has
> started to move very slowly when approaching doors like that and I don't
> blame him, any techniques you've found to minimize the effect of this
> and deal with it. Now, before anyone says anything--lol I know that
> people mean well, but they aren't thinking of course that the blind guy
> doesn't see the door opening towards him, today it actually hit me in
> the eye, some part of the door and it  hurts. I shoudl clarify, it hurts
> my eye that is, not the door, I don't know how the door feels.
>
>
> One thing I used to do but forgot is when I approach a door like that to
> have my hand shield my upper body or something so the door would hit my
> hand first of course.
>
>
> Anyway, I hope everyone's doing great.
>
>
> Warmest regards,
> Dan and the wonderful, masterful, lovable Parker Pup
>
>
>
>
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