[nfbwatlk] Article regarding NY streets

[Mary Ellen]

Debbie,

Congratulations!  I hope you'll fill us all in on your adventures in
Colorado!

By the way, Elizabeth Lalonde of the CFB wrote a very fine blog about her
time at the Louisiana Center.  My only regret is that she didn't find the
time to write more often.  You can read her blog posts by following the link
to it on the CFB web site www.cfb.ca or by waiting reading an edited version
in the upcoming edition of the Blind Canadian, which will also be available
on our web site.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of debby phillips
Sent: August 1, 2012 5:56 PM
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Article regarding NY streets

Hey Mary Ellen, good points.  In Walla Walla they have those kinds of APS
where you have to press the button a little longer in order to get that
information.  YEARS ago when I was working with an instructor from Seeing
Eye he timed the light cycle at some intersections to see if it made any
difference whether the walk signal was pushed or not.  In some cases it did
make a difference, giving pedestrians a few more seconds to cross than not
pushing it.  In some cases it didn't make any difference at all.  Go figure.

It would be kind of boring to have an environment that was always the same.
I used to walk a lot more than I do now, and I loved the "various sounds and
smells and textures around me.

Thanks for explaining the modified NFB philosophy.  I'm "the new kid on the
block" at the moment and have only heard what others THINK NFB says on a
number of issues.

Some good news for me, I found out today that our Department of Services for
the Blind will pay for me to go to the Colorado Center and I'm thrilled!  I
definitely need to work on my mobility skills, computer and other stuff.  In
a way I hope I don't leave until at least September.  There are some family
things going on (nothing bad) just anniversaries, etc.  that I'd like to be
have for.  Plus it will give me a little more time to get some things done
that I want to get done before I go.  But if they say I need to come in two
weeks, then I'LL be there.  
(Grin).

Well, I need to get going, my stomach is saying it's hungry and I can
guarantee at this moment that it's not head hunger.  (Grin).  
Take care,    Debby

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