[nabs-l] canes and increasing sensation of blindness

[Hope Paulos]

Hi there. It's perfectly fine, in my opinion, to use your cane when going 
sighted guide.  As far as the second question, I've never experienced this. 
I dislike using the cane, because I don't move as fast with a cane than I do 
with my guide dog. More people also talk to me when I'm with my dog than 
they do when I'm using a cane.  If you have any questions about any of this, 
please feel free to email me off-list at
hope.paulos at maine.edu

Thanks!
Hope and Beignet
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sarah Alawami" <marrie12 at gmail.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
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Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 2:09 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] canes and increasing sensation of blindness


>I use the cane when I'm gign sighted guide that way I can keep myself safe. 
>I have no comments on the second questin though as I have not had those 
>experiences though.
>
> Tc
>
> S
> On May 2, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Gerardo Corripio wrote:
>
>> Hi guys: I'm curious as to is it fine to use a cane while going sighted
>> guide with someone? for instance suppose the person whom I'm going with 
>> has
>> never done sighted guide with a blind person, thus doesn't know to alert 
>> us
>> of steps and the like. So I was thinking that if this technique is fine 
>> to
>> use it can serve two purposes:
>> 1.-Be able to go along sighted guide but at the same time being able to
>> oneself find and sort obstacles the sighted person might not have the 
>> mind
>> to let us know.
>> 2.-Be able to start mapping in our minds the route following, thus make 
>> it
>> easier to get to know the route by ourselves.
>> Also I've got another subject on my mind, thus sending in the same email: 
>> Is
>> it normal that when using a cane I have conflict in using it? though I 
>> know
>> the cane is how we get around by ourselves thanks to a bad experience 
>> while
>> studying for a diploma in Humanistic Therapy some years ago in that when 
>> I
>> wanted to use the cane again after some years of having it dusting, I 
>> held
>> it in my hand but wasn't able to use it at ease because memories of the
>> experience came flooding back. fortunately I've been able to work them 
>> out
>> but am curious as to know if this has happened to you guys? It's a 
>> conflict
>> because for one I'm aware that the cane makes us unique as blind people 
>> and
>> lets us move around by ourselves but also because here in Mexico the 
>> blind
>> aren't viewed as equals in some respects, thus when using the cane gives 
>> me
>> the feeling that lets blindness show even more, making the sighted people
>> feel ill at ease; speaking from experience in another country when I know 
>> in
>> the US you guys don't have to cope with these things because of how 
>> advanced
>> you guys are in the work you've done all these years. some day I hope to 
>> be
>> able to be like you guys and really live by your standards, thus hoping
>> these questions bring on a good discussion from which more than one might
>> learn something new and enrich the topic of appreciating our roots 
>> brought
>> on recently.
>> Gerardo
>>
>>
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