[nabs] receiving O&M service

[Ashley Bramlett]

Hi,
Do you mean you row? Glad you use your cane sometimes. Keep up those skills. You don’t know when you need them due to a dog’s illness or other inability to work.
ashley

From: Patricia Kepler 
Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 10:49 PM
To: Discussion list for NABS,National Alliance of Blind Students. 
Subject: Re: [nabs] receiving O&M service

Hi Ashly,

I lost my vision at the age of 17 and used a cane for 10 years before I made the decision  to train with a guide dog.  I  had an excellent mobility instructor and was quite comfortable with my cane. I wasn't sure if I could truly  put my trust in a dog to guide me safely. I don't actually take my dog with  me   everywhere.  I am  on a paddling team, and  since I can't very well leave her tied up on the dock while I am on the river, she stays home when I am  at practice.

Patricia
   
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ashley Bramlett 
  To: National Alliance of Blind Students. Discussion list for NABS 
  Sent: Sunday, September 25, 2011 7:32 PM
  Subject: [nabs] receiving O&M service

  Hi all,

  I was just wondering your experience with O&M, or orientation and mobility. Some of you have dogs, but you learned O&M with a cane first. I plan to stick with a cane. I might get a pet, but the cane is the way to go for me.



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