[NFBF-Tampa] I am posting the following two links for educational purposes.

[David]

Dear Jeanette,

Thank you very much for posting this.  What struck me was Dr. Nyman's 
observation that their approach to learning found them, rather than they 
finding the approach.

I have RP and still have considerable remaining vision.  While I had 
used a solid carbon-fiber long cane for almost 17 years, I enrolled in 
Leader Dogs for Blind's (LDB's) Accelerated Mobility Program (AMP) 
several years ago.  The solid carbon-fiber cane had been my choice many 
years prior, because of the tactile information it gave me.   When i 
arrived for the AMP at LDB, I asked to receive some of the training with 
sleep-shades.  They were reluctant, but agreed.  Like many of us with 
partial vision, I may have been resigned to total vision loss, but I was 
also deeply fearful of it.

During those few brief lessons, the loss of that fear found me. I 
learned that without sight, I was still very much a part of the world 
and it was still a part of me.  Reflected sounds, moving sounds, 
pavement textures, odors (grass, parking lots, coffee shops, alleys, 
bushes), directional changes in breezes as I passed by alleys, changes 
in temperature of reflected heat from the walls of different buildings, 
and a lot more that I have probably forgotten, informed me about my 
environment in ways that astounded me.

Although my reactions to my tiny journey may sound trite to those who 
have lived their lives without vision, that experience fundamentally 
changed my attitude about my vision loss.  It was clearly one of the 
most exciting weeks of my life.  It reminded me that we are on journey 
and need to be open to our experiences and to our future.

Thanks again,

*David in Clearwater, FL*
*david at bakerinet.com

*
On 3/16/2018 8:53 PM, Jeanette Torres via NFBF-Tampa wrote:
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> I am posting the following two links for educational purposes.
>
> I am not posting this to start controversy. If you want to discuss 
> this on the list please be nonjudgmental and respectful to those of us 
> who have the NFB Center training when posting.
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> https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm08/bm0807/bm080708.htm
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> https://nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm08/bm0810/bm081004.htm
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> Jeanette Torres
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