[stylist] To ponder- taken to another level

[Lynda Lambert]

My white cane is not only great for getting me safely around, and especially 
up and down steps, but I also love to use it because it sends a very clear 
message - I cannot see you!  It saves a lot of hassles because I don't look 
blind at all and people would never know it unless they were around me for 
quite some time and watched me very carefully.  By using the cane, I can 
walk along at a good pace with anyone and they do not have to worry about me 
at all. They can relax and we can enjoy a conversation as we walk together . 
I have had a lot of mobility training at the BVRS and also at my home and in 
my community. I literally can walk anywhere at all with my cane - I love it.
Lynda





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bridgit Pollpeter" <bpollpeter at hotmail.com>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 1:31 PM
Subject: [stylist] To ponder- taken to another level


> Anita,
>
> Do you use a white cane? Not that you won't still run into things, but
> if using a cane, or dog for that matter, and using properly, you are
> less likely to run into things, at least with your body.
>
> Sincerely,
> Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style
> Read my blog at:
> http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/
>
> "If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can
> satisfy, we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for
> another world."
> C. S. Lewis
>
> Message: 24
> Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2013 20:56:17 -0500
> From: Anita Ogletree <yrstrli at gmail.com>
> To: Writer's Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Quote to ponder - taken to another level
> -spelling isfirst, recognition of a pattern
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> Well I will have to say that I have had a dream or two where I
> flew and I went blind around 2 years old from what was believed
> to have been Encephalitis.  This disease destroyed the optic
> ner"e.  I learned a few yeins ajo that the optic nerve is designf
> to take images and transmit them to the cornea I think?
> I may be off on this but I understand why it is that I can detect
> objects in a room--the furniture, wh's on a wabbl, lights, but I
> cannot figure out how big the objects are or tell what they are
> with that same vision.  Sometimes the objects appear to be closer
> at times when they are farther away and vice versa.  And it can
> also be very distracting when attempting to travel independently.
> Of coursethereare times when I miss objects and bump into them.
> (Yikes! That happens with people as well." (smiles)
>
> Anita
>
>
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