[nfbwatlk] FW: NFB stand on Blind Child Area signs?

[Becky Frankeberger]

Yes, it is all in the human and how he/she understands the environment. I
understood using the rigid cane how far out from under the round table the
cane could lay under my foot so it would never go beyond mid chair I was
sitting in. I have stood it up behind me onn a wall, as I did not know how
long the wall was, and the narrow restaurant    table would never be long or
wide enough to accommodate the long cane. Kind of like trying to put a
seventy pound dog under one of those narrow bar tables, impossible. You have
to understand the cues of the environment and be able and willing to
interpret them. Also asking the right questions discretely.  

Becky Frankeberger
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-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Mike Freeman
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:25 AM
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] FW: NFB stand on Blind Child Area signs?

Your comparisons are bunk! Irresponsible use of mobility tools is
independent of the tool used. I'll leave it at that!!

Mike

On Aug 30, 2012, at 9:56, debby phillips <semisweetdebby at gmail.com> wrote:

> Yeah, right!  I hate trying to get a straight cane out of the way so
people don't trip on it.  And here's a double standard for you.  Rarely do
you hear people gripe about "your cane's in the wan" but let a dog have one
foot in the aisle and people act like it's a mortal sin.  Lol.  Now, I do
think we should keep our dogs' feet out of the aisle but more for the dog's
sake.  Oh, and here's another double standard.  I've been run into by people
with canes, and although it startles me it doesn't make me angry.  Let a dog
make a mistake or get distracted and run you into another blind person and
boy, you'll get an earful.  Now, again that doesn't mean that I shouldn't
correct my dog for running me in to someone.  But good grief, let's not make
it a capital offense.  You know, we're all human, (well, 'cept for the dogs)
but we're all human, we aren't perfect and I think blind people are
particularly hard on each other.  As my husband says when I take things too
seriously, "Lighten up, Alice".  Is it really necessary that we have "road
rage" with each other?  Oh, and one more little tidbit of information for
non-dog users.  Dogs get used to sighted folks stepping aside, (and this I
heard from an instructor once) so it takes them a little bit to adjust at
conventions, for instance, before they figure out that hey, these people
aren't going to move, so I gotta take my person around that other person
who's coming at us with a long stick thing.  Lol.  And as often as dogs get
hit in the ankles were people's canes, I'm surprised they don't bite the end
of people's canes off.  Lol.  Just trying to inject some humor here.
(Smile).    Peace,    Debby
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