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From: William.Wilson@f89.n129.z1.fidonet.org (William Wilson)
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Subject: Re: HELLOS
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Date: 31 Oct 90 03:02:35 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 V> Yes, you know something Barbara, you are very right! Already, I 
 V> have been experiencing the very same phenomenon that you 
 V> described! People do talk to me much more easily and not like 
 V> they are talking to a blind person now that I am using a dog! I 
 V> thought it was just my imagination! But yes, people do seem to 
 V> react to me more as a blind person when I am using a cane.  

Vixen,
    Yes, despite the fact that the cane users here have already
commented that this isn't the case, and even though the dog is a little
more obvious than a cane, I've found this to be the case too!
    My theory on this, for what it's worth, is that even though to us
the dog is foremost our guide, and secondarily a member of the canine
species, to a lot of winkdom, they see a dog first and a guide only
after the fact.  Since many of them have dogs themselves, they recognize
immediately that they share at least this one thing with you.
    On the other hand, it's not too often you run into a wink tapping a
white stick out in front of their every step!
                                        Willie
    

... BlinkTalk, Dr. Deb and Silver in Pittsburgh!

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