Hi Shadab, Learning to navigate safely using the white cane is a skill we can acquire only through determination and regular practice. While I am still scared of venturing out into the wide, open world on my own with my cane (which I use to navigate around my office), Ansar, the foot reflexologist whose story I had posted to the group yesterday, picked up the skill quite fast and relies on it to travel around 20 km to the busiest centre of Kochi city. For your info, Ansar lost his sight barely 15 months back while I am quite senior in this field with a track-record of 6 years. (smile)
So, take heart and start now. The independence it endows us is with is unmatched. Rgds RS -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shadab Husain Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:41 PM To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Subject: [AI] Visually Impaired duo atains biz goal (and digression) I have never used a white cane, but now I really regret for having done so. Bashfulness barded me to use it, and consequently, now I am paying heavily for it. There is another problem with me: whenever I walk alone on the roads or any unrecognizable place, I digress from the straight path. (Pray, don't take the metaphoric meaning of digressing from the straight path!) I mean, I cannot walk in a straight direction. This thing also happens with me when I hold anything like tea or sort of that. My hand tilts towards left or right direction. Furthermore, whenever I offer my devotions, (namaz), I turn towards right or left directions. I look greedily to Access Indians that they move independently. But now I am in my twenties so how can I learn moving independently? Please tell me. Regards Shadab HUSAIN Love is seldom mutual Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/ To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
