[stylist] Using cane or dog

Sun Feb 10 15:43:13 UTC 2013

Thank you.  

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda Lambert
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 10:18 AM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Using cane or dog

Justin, this is beautiful!

Lynda

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From: "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
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Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 9:23 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Using cane or dog

> When I am using my cane, I am a knight of the road.  Blessed with speed,
> skill, and extra sharp senses, I move with grace, power, and confidence.
> There is nothing like reaching to my hip and drawing forth that cane;
> hearing the series of quick snap and it fits itself into place in less 
> than
> a second.  Then, I just get behind that cane, and I'm gone.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynda 
> Lambert
> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 8:12 PM
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] Using cane or dog
>
> Yes, you are right. Why embarrass other people and ourselves when it is so
> easy to give them a clue as to why we might not be able to find our seat 
> in
> the plane - people are helpful if they know we need a bit of help usually.

> I
> do not use my cane in my home or out on my property walking the dogs in 
> the
> woods, etc. because I don't need it there. But I do take it anywhere else
> where I will be around others and where there might be obstacles or
> stairways that I might not navigate well.
> I have to say, I feel like my cane is a "badge of courage" as I have 
> worked
> very hard to learn how to use it so I am safe and other's are forwarned I
> might need some assistance or information. It gives credibility to me, and

> I
> avoid being challenged unnecessarily. I am proud of my cane and thankful 
> for
> it. I don't have a service dog because I do not work any longer, and would
> seldom need it - and I do have two pet dogs just because I love them. If I
> had a need for a service dog, then I would love to have one.
> Lynda
>
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "justin williams" <justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
> To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 7:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [stylist] Using cane or dog
>
>
>> You re absolutely right.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Bridgit
>> Pollpeter
>> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2013 6:41 PM
>> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [stylist] Using cane or dog
>>
>> I know this can be controversial, but I go through this with my
>> brother-in-law, who has RP like Ross. The brother refuses to get on board
>> with any alternative skills, and he won't accept that he's blind.
>> But then he wants to get angry and upset when people don't understand why
>> he
>> requires help or does certain things. This is why it's important to use a
>> cane or service dog; not only does it keep us safe, but it does identify
>> us
>> to other people. Not that our entire person should be identified by this
>> one
>> aspect, but it does give us the ability to not have such encounters when
>> out
>> in the world with people questioning why we need help or something.
>>
>> My brother-in-law gets so upset when flying that no one understands why 
>> he
>> needs help getting to his terminal. If he would use a cane or dog, it
>> wouldn't be a problem. Now it may provoke other issues, grin, but at 
>> least
>> people would understand why this guy is asking for help from gate to 
>> gate.
>>
>> 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: 8
>> Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 08:10:48 -0500
>> From: "Lynda Lambert" <llambert at zoominternet.net>
>> To: "Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: Re: [stylist] To ponder- taken to another level
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>>
>> Yes, Anita, that is the other concern that I always have.
>> I actually did that at the gym one morning. I thought the man who was
>> working out near me was my neighbor, and I asked him if he had seen my 
>> cat
>> since I could not find him. He sounded very perplexed, and it turns out 
>> he
>> was someone I did not know - we did have a good laugh over that. I know
>> that
>> anyone who would see me working out would never suspect I cannot see them
>> well enough to know who they are - but in general most people will greet
>> me
>> and if necessary they say who they are so I know who I am talking to.
>>
>> Lynda
>>
>>
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