[nabs-l] The Importance Of Independent Travel

[Arielle Silverman]

Hi Carly and all,

Again, for me traveling independently has absolutely nothing to do
with proving a point to sighted people. I travel independently because
it is most convenient for me, for others or both. I like being able to
go somewhere when I want instead of waiting on people. And I don't
like inconveniencing others when I can do something myself. It's not
"super-blink" to utilize the same natural right of independent
movement that everyone else in the world gets as a matter of course.

Respectfully,
Arielle

On 8/28/14, Kirt via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Karlee,
> In general, I trust members of a group to advocate that group standards more
> than, say, disillusioned outsiders. I'm not going to learn about Islam, for
> example, from an evangelical Christian. Nor will I go to Sean Hannity or
> Rush Limbaugh to learn about The policies of Barack Obama. For that matter,
> I won't go to MSNBC to learn about the tea party. I think you see where I'm
> going with this.
> Best,
> Kirt
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Aug 28, 2014, at 5:45 AM, Carly Mihalakis via nabs-l
>> <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> Good morning,
>>
>> Personally, I like to think of it as interdependent travel, recruting your
>> fellow man, and sort of directing him where you need to go. Admittedly,
>> this means of travel found me after becoming injured such that I was
>> unable to keep track of direction and what they call rout reversal, became
>> for me no more than a pipe dream.
>>
>> In my experience, however, if you just let go of this idea that to prove
>> to Ol'Sighty of  blindness' being  what is it, little more than a mere
>> inconvenience, everyone must be some kind of super blink whom, by simply
>> waving his long, white cane can travel any course, under any circumstances
>> in pitch ocular darkness. Sure, this social construct is certainly
>> possible to live within and many people do it, but not everybody is super
>> Federationist blink!
>>
>> After all, interpersonal contact, I believe, is more of a palpable,
>> alternative to demonstrating to Ol'Sighty things of which most of us are
>> capable, that Ol'Sighty might remember. I'm fond of iterating that
>> Ol'Sighty cares not about the means to which the blink reaches the same
>> ends, noticing only that, eventually he gets there. So, if it becomes a
>> matter of walking through an airport, say, to demonstrate to Ol'Sighty
>> ways in which most blinks can, and do advocate for themselves, it may be a
>> plausible course of action to grab Ol'Sighty from one of the hoards that
>> are invariably around and, placing your hand on his shoulder, tell him
>> where you need to be and see if he can help you. Of course, should he be
>> in a hurry you can find someone else, but wait for an indication of said
>> sighted person being unable to help. It is in this way you can actually
>> have a conversation with a sighted person, maybe even exchange names?
>> Agreed, the super blink means of seamlessly gliding through a crowd is
>> intimidating, and not exactly if I may say so myself, realistic of every
>> blink. Let that go! Probably, you are not a super blink, at least by their
>> rigid standards.
>> for today, Car
>> 408-209-3239
>>  :52 AM 7/16/2014, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l wrote:
>>> Dear Students,
>>>
>>> I'd like to discuss another topic with all of you.  On Monday I had a
>>> conversation with my mobility instructor during my training session at
>>> UCF.  We were talking about the importance of traveling independently as
>>> blind individuals.  I got very emotional while we were having this
>>> conversation and began to cry.  Because I've never traveled independently
>>> in the community, I lack the experience of traveling on my own.  Can each
>>> of you tell me your stories about inarependent travel? Hope to hear from
>>> you soon.
>>>
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