Hi members I am 75% visually chalanged I have not used cane yet but now thinking to use it because of the motivation that I get from people like you and it's benifits when I walk on road if I ask somebody to help me in crossing the road they think that I am trying to pretend that's why I have decided to have cane with me because I wear my spectacles instead of gogles so what tips do you like to shair with me regarding the first use of cane? regards
On 9/27/11, jayant garg <jayantgarg1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello friends > I like to raise one more thing to this topic which I think is missing so far > from our discussion that mobility is greatly dependent on the conditions > where we live in . I am 100% visually challenged and I have to travel around > 40 km daily from barnala where I live to sangrur where I work and from bus > stand I have to walk aroung 1km to reach my office . I have no formal > training in mobility and to great extent I don't know how to use cane but > the point I trying to make is delhi or Mumbai are 100 times more bigger > cities than barnala or sangrur and in small cities the condition of roads is > very ugly thereare many pits in the road and other than this the roads are > not smooth and the cane stucks sometimes and if u r going in a motion than u > most probably in front of cane and it is not a desirable situation when I > was in Chandigarh which is a bigger city than barnala or sangrur where the > traffic is more compared to barnala or sangrur I won't face such kind of > problems as the roads are more smoother and one more thing that I walk > through the main bazazar and the main road even in these places the > situation is not good when I started to go in the office for the first month > or so I was not able to locate the location of the pits or holes but now I > am able to find those by my cane as I have come to know about location of > these holes and pits the cane is very useful even if u don't know how to use > this as it lets the other people know that u have some kind of problem aand > they start to travel more carefully when they are near u regarding taking > help from people I never shy away from this when ever I think it necessary > there are all kind of people in this world some of them are ready to help us > and they r enough for me to walk around where ever I want to go . Having > confidence in your's ability is must and never take risk and never shy away > from taking help of others when ever u r in need if one does not offer u > help and don't hesitate asking other . to have a sighted escort is a > desirable situation but some of us are not able to afford it and self > independence is also desirable regarding struggling in some places it > happens and you have to accept it and you have to live with it it does not > matter what any one else is thinking what matters is that I am able to feed > my family on my own . > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in > [mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Jean Parker > Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:11 AM > To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in > Subject: [AI] tips to manage without escort? > > vamshi: > > This is a great story and is exactly what is meant by independent mobility. > It does not mean going everywhere by yourself. > > Jean > 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 > > > 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 > > -- Ajay Minocha Mob : +91 - 7 8 2 7 1 8 8 4 5 5 E mail : ajayminocha2...@rediffmail.com ajaymanu...@gmail.com 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
