hello sir, thank you for your beautiful tips
with best regards
m.chandru
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From: "prateek aggarwal" <prateekagarwa...@gmail.com>
To: "accessindia" <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2011 11:15 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] Tips to manage without escort?
Refraining myself from commenting on any analogy, I think that its
now vital to find some feasible solutions/tips/methods to deal with
this challenge.
Regardless of whatever we believe on the requirement of a fix escort,
it’s a matter of fact that not each one of us can avail a fix escort
in many situations, due to various factors that come into play.
Keeping this in consideration, it can be fruitful if we can mutually
discuss the ideas of how to deal in these situations, I.E. how to
effectively manage in conferences/seminars with blindness,
specifically with severe vision loss.
I’ve been fortunate enough that i’ve attended a good number of
conferences at different places, both in India as well as other
countries.
There were occasions when I did not have fix escort with me, so here
are some generic tips I can put forward, based on my personal
experiences.
1. keep the contact numbers of organizers handy, and use them in case
of any doubts/problems you find while locating the place.
2. if you are using autos, taxies etc to reach the destination, try if
you can use the driver as your temporary escort for finding the
registration desk or inquiry counter. While most of the drivers will
voluntarily help you, you can offer him/her some extra bugs for
helping you getting in if required.
3. once you get seated there, its usually a good idea to foster
communication with the people sitting near to you, preferably those
sitting in your row, or adjacent. Once a networking has been made
they would help you by them selves, without you needing to try hard
for asking for help.
Though, its equally important to not get over excited/ambitious. While
some will happily help you, there’s always a danger of contempt if you
do not approach in right way.
4. actively participate!
It may sound strange, but I’ve learned from my personal experiences
that the people who participate actively get more recognized in
comparison to others. So if you are actively contributing in the
topics, you will more likely be known to fellow participants and
faculties, and consequently engender better associations while roaming
during the event, in break times, or otherwise.
5. unless its prohibited, it’s usually a good idea to carry a water
bottle with you, so that you can minimize the help to ask for.
6. in a situation when you have not been able to foster significant
networking with people, ask the organizers to arrange your lunch, tea,
refreshments etc. usually, the organizers will arrange someone from
their staff to take care of your needs.
In my personal opinion, its better to approach organizers rather
anyone generic for keeping dignity perspective in mind, especially if
you haven’t been able to build significant networking.
7. its important to understand that you are not losing your dignity by
just asking for help to someone for something. Its never an odd thing
to take help, as long as you are courteous enough in your approach.
8. believe it or not, your way of interaction, sense of humer,
dressing sense and the body language are some of the other factors
which may determine your networking perspective, associations,
connection and interaction with the conference participants. Try not
to look troubled, even when you are finding it difficult to cope up In
lunch or break time. A worried body language will present your
inability, while a confident, energetic and smiling face will
magnetize people to come and interact with you, and produce curio
about how do you manage being that bubbly.
Its also important to have sense of humer as well as knowledge of
various topics in order to further the conversation.
9. Despite of whatever you’ve tried, its sometimes not viable to
arrange a pool of people with you. In such situations, its important
to love your own company when you have noone else around to converse.
Carrying educational/entertaining stuff in mobile phones, ipods etc
for such times can be a wise solution.
10. every moment is a learning experience. The more such events you
will attend, the more comfortable you’ll get with them. What’s
required is to believe in yourself, accept your limitations, and don’t
get frustrated in times when you feel like helpless.
The roam was not built in a day, and your skills won’t get either.
Keep learning, and you’ll eventually be enjoying the conferences,
seminars etc.
Needless mentioning, the tips above are those which I could suggest
after my personal experiences. Like I’ve been keep saying, each one of
us has got a different set of challenges, and different set of skills
and ideas to deal with them. What works best for you might not work
for others, and vice versa.
My purpose of sharing these tips is not to advice, but to set a
platform where others can give their tips, solutions, and ideas for
the general problems being faced by we people of blind community.
I’m sure that your expert suggestions/advices will come useful to
many, including me.
Regards,
Prateek agarwal.
Director,
Daedal technovations pvt. Ltd.
www.daedaltechnovations.com
website:
www.prateekagarwal.webs.com
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www.prateekagarwal.tk
---------- Original message ----------
From: "George Abraham" <geo...@eyeway.org>
To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 07:53:59 +0530
Subject: Re: [AI] Tips to manage without escort?
That is an interesting analogy!
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From: "anil joshi" <
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To: <
accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2011 4:29 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] Tips to manage without escort?
grate sir !
I salute you.
On 9/30/11, Amit Bhatt <
misterbh...@gmail.com>
wrote:
IN my final statement and opinion, The Juices and fruits are vital for
human
body to get nutrition's and vitamins but nothing can beet the importance
of
plane water.
In the above example, juices and fruits are escort and water is our
independent mobility.
I hope the meaning of above lines should be understood by all without
being
baffled for that matter.
The necessity of an escort is occasional and temporary but the necessity
and
importance of our own independent mobility is permanent.
that's it.
Regards,
Amit Bhat
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From: "BHAWANI SHANKAR VERMA" <
bsvermad...@gmail.com>
To: <
accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 7:06 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Tips to manage without escort?
what to do, if escort is not available? is their any solution? or one has
to move alone. please come with the solution, i think that the theme has
gone from its subject.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ajay Minocha" <
ajayminoc...@gmail.com>
To: <
accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Tips to manage without escort?
I totally agree with cheten sir
in small cities it is quite difficult for visually impaired to walk
independently
not just because of stray animals but because of poor conditions of
roads
also
additionally in rainy season the conditions become worse
you have a large amount of people laughing at you or gaising you with
misterious faces
I know it dos'nt metter for us but they do that with every blind person
even if you go to sombodies house who lives in a village or small town
they will not even let you go outside the home alone
despite of knowing that you have a very good mobility
regards
On 9/30/11, Pankaj Kwatra <
pankaj.kwa...@tecnovate.co.in>
wrote:
Hello All,
Prefer escort or assistance for outdoor and love to be independent
while
moving indoor. External environment poses risk and condition of cities
is known to all and would reiterate mobility can be different for low
vision as compared to a completely blind person.
Cheers,
Pankaj
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On Behalf Of Asudani,
Rajesh
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 11:54 AM
To:
accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Tips to manage without escort?
That's it.
I suspect many of those who vote against any fixed escort despite
availability/affordability/no privacy concerns, are partially blind,
meaning that they are able to do some vital things visually.....
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Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 11:47 AM
To:
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Subject: Re: [AI] Tips to manage without escort?
Mobility with 'fixed escort' or without one with your cane/no cane is
like moving in a familiar world of your own & another unfamiliar to
you.
White cane can only be a safety tool to prevent your near fall but not
a
guide as u have to ask directions from others despite your cane.
Recently I had been to a training programme from my office in different
location. There everybody (as is vogue today) held his plate in one
hand, put things of 5-6 types by his other & then took to eating on
standing tables during lunch. I had to fumble my way to the queue
starting with the plate point, often getting somebody to fill up with
edibles & helping me to the standing table. Where I could answer &
raise questions with confidence during our faculty lectures, I felt my
confidence was badly shaken in lunch place only depending on others to
feed me with their help. Even the lunch place was hundreds of metres
away from training ground where reaching could be more than mere
fumbling for the place. In such scenario, as often it is with a blind
person alone, I always think a fixed escort if you could have it, would
be the best option. Your confidence level is very high, you feel at
par
with your colleagues & have your own world to enjoy without any
dependence on new persons for your pleasure of choice. It could be
really very harassing asking for help everyone for your needs & feeling
bad when society fails to help you in time.
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