[stylist] Using cane or dog

Tue Feb 12 02:24:13 UTC 2013

Beautifully put!
Donna 

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of justin
williams
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2013 9:24 PM
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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.  

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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.
>
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> 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
> Message-ID: <4FAE849B21454E80830B0BA27340C32D at Lambert>
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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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