[nabs-l] Independent Travel At Crowded MajorCollegeSporting Events

[Kerri Kosten]

Hi Kimberly and All:

Okay let me clear a few things up.

Kimberly I appreciate your concern so very much.

I am not going to go wandering through the parking lots; I want to go
to this game for the game and do not plan to tailgate either before or
after the game. So, I will be nowhere near the parking lots...they are
a perfect recipe to be raped...you have a bunch of rowdy crazy drunks
all in one area...I'm not gonna get lost in that mess.

I dont want to go to this game alone to prove I am independent or to
practice my self-defense/screaming techniques with a drunk...I want to
do this alone to prove that I can in fact go to crowded events and do
not need to wait around for feel-sorry-for-the-blind-girl sighted
people.

I have to disagree Kimberly about the couch burning...we only do that
for big major wins and I do not agree with that at all...it makes our
school and the state of West Virginia look very bad.

I will have my cell phone and a whistle; I have also made arrangements
to be dropped off and picked up at the stadium entrance and have two
arrangements to get home. Like I said I do not plan to wander around
the parking lot at all; I want to go to the game to enjoy the game.

I know I will need assistance to my seat...I don't plan to just do
this entire thing without asking a single person for help...what I
haven't decided is whether I will call the stadium ahead and have
someone who works at the stadium escort me to my seat (similarly to
asking for assistance at airports) or whether I will use my cane and
ask random people along the way "excuse me what section is this?"
"Section 102" Okay...I need to keep going; I need section 145...

Since this is my first game I am leaning toward just having someone
who works at the stadium help me...but the adventurous side of me who
loves loves loves structured discovery cane travel wants to do
otherwise...

Thanks everyone again!
Kerri

On 11/11/10, Ashley  Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Joe,
> That's right.  That's why I haven't gone to huge events like the one Kerry
> spoke of alone.  Instead I started small by going to school plays and
> concerts and out to eat.  Later I may attempt large things with thousands of
> people.  I think you need to build up confidence.  Otherwise as you say you
> might have a rotten time and get so frustrated in the process.  So its fine
> to build up to independence with no guides.  Maybe a few times use
> assistance.  Then you'll be familiar with the layout and next time do it
> alone.
> Someday I'd like to attend a concert or play with thousands such as at the
> Verizon center but I'm going to work up to that goal.  Even when I do go, I
> might go with a blind friend and we can figure out things together.
>
> Ashley
>
>
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