Hi Rajesh, I do understand your concern and have no disagreement. But my objective of this thread is to collect tips and tricks about how visually impaired can travel alone. I have started a blog post on my site at http://srinivasu.org/blog/2011/09/travel-tips-for-people-with-vision-impairment/
Feel free to comment. Thanks, -Srinivasu On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Asudani, Rajesh <rajeshasud...@rbi.org.in>wrote: > Dear Srinivasu > Rightly said that low vision people don't face as much problems in mobility > as totally blind do. > It is not impossible to manage without escort, I have done it myself, > travelling on Nagpur Roads in student days, and even travelling all alone in > trains in UP, bringing my elder sister who is herself blind with her kids > from Lucknow to Nagpur, all by myself. > My point is, without escort, > 1. The mobility is fraught with inherent risks, sometimes of life. > 2. More often than not, social dignity is compromised, as you have to > fumble around. > 3. Your freedom, particularly in new surroundings, is greatly curtailed. > > As a result, one should opt for an escort, if one is able to afford, and > escort is available, except in situations where privacy is of utmost > importance. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in [mailto: > accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Srinivasu > Chakravarthula > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 1:25 PM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [AI] Tips to manage without escort? > > Hi All, > Honestly, I got this curiosity with recent thread raised by Rajesh. > > I know, there area lot of members in the group, who widely travel and I see > them traveling all alone. I even see people like Jean, who never ask for > help at the venues. I am curious how would people with total blindness can > manage to be alone at conferences etc.Also, any of you come across tips to > network with the people in the events.I don't consider myself to answer any > of the above, although I travel a lot, but I could fairly see. So I don't > think, this would be of any problem to people with low vision. > > Any tips would also help me to share with our students at NAB. > > Thanks a lot, > -Srinivasu > > -- > Best regards, > > Srinivasu Chakravarthula > Mobile: +91 990 081 0881 > Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://www.learnaccessibility.org > Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/VasuTweets > Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > > Notice: This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are > addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, use, > review, distribution, printing or copying of the information contained in > this e-mail message and/or attachments to it are strictly prohibited. If you > have received this email by error, please notify us by return e-mail or > telephone and immediately and permanently delete the message and any > attachments. The recipient should check this email and any attachments for > the presence of viruses. The Reserve Bank of India accepts no liability for > any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. > > Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: > http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm > > Search for old postings at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to > accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > > -- Best regards, Srinivasu Chakravarthula Mobile: +91 990 081 0881 Website: http://www.srinivasu.org | http://www.learnaccessibility.org Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/VasuTweets Register for AccessIndia convention 2011(November 12-13) at: http://www.accessindia.org.in/harish/convention.htm Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
