[nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] Refusal To Use A Cane

[Larry D. Keeler]

You know Sheila, from the nagdu list we are all kinds!  And, without putting 
a fine point on it and picking apart our philosophy, us blind folks just 
want to see one another functioning at our best and have the public 
accknoledge it as well!  I don't want to be a superperson or some incredible 
freak of nature!  I just want to be me!  And as long as I'm doing the bast 
at what I can, that's good enough for me!  But, sometimes not the rest of 
the populace!  Canes, dogs, both or niether doesn't matter!  What does is 
that we function to the best of our abilities!  And, if we choose a dog or 
cane to help us, alll the better!  If we don't need those things and can 
still function well, all the better!  I only have issues with folks who 
won't try a cane or a dog out of sheer stuborness and don't have the skills 
to do without!
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2012 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] [Blindtlk] Refusal To Use A Cane


> Thank you so much for your response to my post. This is why I chose to 
> subscribe to this list because I need and want to understand better the 
> philisophy of the nfb. We have a new chapter in Montana and I'm glad to 
> see it come. I'm a cane user turned primarily a dog user now due to 
> changing circumstances and my own readiness to find out if i would like a 
> dog. I do like your decription of what independence is and am glad that we 
> have the right as well as the responsibility to make choices for ourselves 
> as blind people.
>
> Sheila Leigland
>
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