<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><span></span><br><span></span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The monthly “Facing Blindness” teleconference focused on orientation and mobility on Sunday, May 20. Here is a list of resources that were mentioned during the call. Our next call will be <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://1" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="1" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">June 10, at 7:00 pm</a>,, a little earlier in the month than previous calls due to Fathers Day. (Dial <a href="tel:712-775-7031" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2">712-775-7031</a>. Access code, <a href="tel:240281423" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3">240281423</a>)</span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">These are the resources that were mentioned in <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">Sunday evening</a>’s teleconference:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">1. The following is a link to a very comprehensive video on cane travel, which is found on YouTube. <br><br></span></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV9XFzKo1aE" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VV9XFzKo1aE</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">2. This is a link to information about the e NFB Free White Cane Program:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><a href="https://nfb.org/free-cane-program" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">https://nfb.org/free-cane-program</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3. The book that Barbara recommended is The Care and Feeding of theLong White Cane. Here is the description of the digital talking book from BARD:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><h5 style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 21px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The care and feeding of the long white cane: instructions in cane travel for blind people DB 37053 </span></h5><p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/search/lastname/page/1/sort/s/srch/Bickford%252C%2520Thomas" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bickford, Thomas</a>. Reading time 1 hour, 49 minutes. <br>Read by <a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/search/narrator/srch/Ed%2520Blake" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Ed Blake</a>. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. <br><br>Subjects: <a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/search/subject/page/1/sort/s/srch/Disability" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Disability</a><br><br>Description: The author, blind himself, begins with instructions for novices in cane use and continues with step-by-step advice on walking within buildings, following traffic patterns, and using public transportation. Also discussed are recreational hiking and dealing with inclement weather.<br></span></font></p><ul><li style="margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Digital talking book. 2 levels and 51 navigation points. Analog to digital conversion.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Recorded from:, Baltimore, MD : National Federation of the Blind, 1993</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Full audio with structure. System requirements: NLS authorized ANSI/NISO Z39.86-2002 digital talking book (dtb) player compatible with NLS flash cartridges. Web version requires computer with Internet access, BARD password and NLS authorized digital talking book player. Contact your cooperating library or the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, for more information.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Canes for the blind; Orientation and mobility. </span></li></ul></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">4. Also, after the call I recalled the following book, that deals with a young woman’s emotional response to and ultimate acceptance of her blindness, and particularly emotional acceptance of the white cane:</span></div><div><h5 style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 21px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Now I see you: a memoir DB 80131 </span></h5><p><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/search/lastname/page/1/sort/s/srch/Kear%252C%2520Nicole%2520C" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Kear, Nicole C</a>. Reading time 8 hours, 17 minutes. <br>Read by <a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/search/narrator/srch/Celeste%2520Lawson" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Celeste Lawson</a>. A production of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress. <br><br>Subjects: <a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/search/subject/page/1/sort/s/srch/Disability" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Disability</a><br><br>Description: Kear, diagnosed at age nineteen with retinitis pigmentosa, shares her struggles with acceptance of the condition and the risks and adventures she engaged in during her twenties. Describes falling in love and having children, and how she focused on them before admitting to having RP. Strong language. 2014.<br></span></font></p><ul><li style="margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Digital talking book. 2 levels and 50 navigation points. Digitally mastered.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">New York : St. Martin's Press, 2014., Recorded from:, ISBN: 9781250026569.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">System requirements: NLS authorized digital talking book (dtb) player. Web version requires Internet access, BARD password and NLS authorized digital talking book player. Contact your cooperating library or the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, for more information. Full audio with structure.</span></li><li style="margin-top: 0.5em;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Kear, Nicole C; Retinitis pigmentosa; United States; Patients</span></li></ul><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br><br></span></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br><br></span><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sent from my iPad</span></div></div></div></body></html>