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On 7/15/19, George Abraham <[email protected]> wrote:
> Planning is key. I travel a great deal. I think of every situation I would
> go through on the trip and ensure that some or the other provision is put
> in
> place to make the trip smooth.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessIndia [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of turab chimthanawala
> Sent: Monday, July 15, 2019 4:25 PM
> To: AccessIndia: a list for discussing accessibility and issues concerning
> the disabled.
> Subject: Re: [AI] Is it common with all visually challenged people?
>
> Hi Pinkesh,
> Following is my opinion.
> 1. Man is a social animal and hence, interdependence is key to his
> survival.
> Whether disabled or not disabled, no man can live and accomplish all what
> he
> wants by himself. He has to depend on others for some or the other thing.
> Hence, it is perfectly justifiable to seek help.
> 2. Notwithstanding the above, while it is virtuous to help the needy, it is
> certainly not a fundamental duty. Hence, it is very wrong and inconsiderate
> to always expect help and barade people for not helping.
> 3. People may at times genuinely not comprehend that you need help:
> hence, their ignorance . Thus, it is advisable to request for assistance
> yourself.
> 4. As regards your thought of "seeming to bother" people when you seek
> help,
> it is advisable that we should also endeavor to add value to others' lives.
> This may be by sharing knowledge, humor, material or if nothing love,
> warmth
> and appreciation.
> 5. As regards your anxiety of solo travel: my first solo trip was to
> Trivandram to attend a Convention. I had sensitized the hotel and the event
> organisers about my disability and the help I would need, at the time of
> booking. Thus, right from landing in Trivandram till my departure, I was
> given V.I.P attention. Besides, I had also kept 2 acquaintances residing
> there, in the loop, to pitch in if need be.
> Hope this helps.
> Feel free to call on +91 8087813609, if u need further clarifications.
> Best
> Turab
>
> On 7/14/19, Pinkesh Tailor <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Otherwise I am pretty confidence about my abilities with due respect
>> to physical limitation, but when it comes to traveling outside my home
>> town, I feel anxious.
>> Although I have traveled alone without any escort many a times, but it
>> happens with anxiety. I guess I am a bit unsecured about reaching my
>> destination. The thoughts which ponders my mind is whether I will be
>> safe? Whether I would get the help from others when warranted? Whether
>> people would feel OK to help me? and many more such question.
>> I guess as a visually impaired person, I have a lot of expectation
>> from mass of able body, that is the sighted people for offering their
>> help to me without me asking for the same. So for example when I am
>> standing on for crossing the road and when no one comes ahead to
>> extend their help, I feel the world is so insensitive. Wherein
>> eventually I request for people to help me in crossing the road,
>> people are more than happy to help. My expectation from people is that
>> they need to be courteous from their side to offer help without asking
>> or requesting for the same. Also when people are at my help, I feel
>> that I am bothering them and they might be feeling burdensome. This is
>> when I might need help of people around me during more longer
>> navigation, and help needed for serving me lunch or dinner. Is this
>> mindreading from my side, or do people around us really feel
>> burdensome to help us? or whether our sighted counter part see us
>> indifferently as we are different from them physically due to our
>> visual challenge. Sometimes I also feel that other sighted people such
>> as our colleagues are jealous of me as I am in par much better then
>> them in several aspect. and that is why they are feeling indifferent
>> about me.
>> Most of the anxiety happens for long distance traveling and stay which
>> gets stretched for more than a day or so. Although everything gets
>> managed well and workout to be positive against my anxiety, but still
>> I feel the same every time for the travel and stay. Is this common to
>> all while traveling alone without escort? or Is it peculiar only for
>> me, I do not know. Could anyone share their experience when they have
>> traveled alone without any sighted assistance? Note, I might not have
>> this anxiety if any blind known person is also traveling with me as my
>> companion, but I also feel anxious if I am traveling with known
>> sighted person other than my family member, as I think that sighted
>> known person might be feeling burdensome to accompany me for this
>> journey.
>>
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