Greetings Cauvery: I have often noticed that it is impractical to walk in a straight line shoulder-to-shoulder with the sighted individual in the middle.
The hallway might be narrow in an indoor situation, there might be people walking from the direction where you are headed, or there might be way too much traffic on the street. It is best and safe, therefore, to walk one behind the other train style thus eliminating the possibility of serious mishaps. There is no loss of dignity here. If at least two of the visually impaired persons use a cane and have mobility training,the sighted guide and one visually impaired team member could lead the group with two following with their canes. The front line can not only serve as a shield but the sighted person could do a running commentary gently guiding the two behind with comments like: "Slow down" "Two steps coming up" "A slight slope ahead" And so on. I am sure you get the drift. Rajesh from Noida ----- Original Message ----- From: Cauvery Krishna To: accessindia@accessindia.org.in Sent: Monday, May 06, 2024 11:56 AM Subject: [AI] Question of dignity? There were three visually impaired students and one sighted volunteer, the sighted volunteer grabbed the hand of one VI student and asked the other two to keep their hands on each other shoulders, asked the other two to walk behind the first one, essentially, forming a train. I would like to know from you all is it a dignified way? If not, what would be a dignified way to assist three VIs by one sighted volunteer? Thank you. -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/CAK%3DRgBAH0FFPxKZ1FknWo%3D3Pok4p1MrLfrvRvZQ%3D2W8N00e34g%40mail.gmail.com. -- Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list.. Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "AccessIndia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to accessindia+unsubscr...@accessindia.org.in. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/a/accessindia.org.in/d/msgid/accessindia/42A4D990554B433BA510D721DD51FBFD%40rajesh.
