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From: Paula.Mack@f6.n377.z1.fidonet.org (Paula Mack)
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Subject: Re: Subway safety
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Date: 2 Nov 90 04:54:43 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

 PG> paula the problems with those safety tiles is that if the 
 PG> station is above ground and the temperature remains below 32 
 PG> degrees for any length of time, they won't adhere and will 
 PG> eventually come off the surfact they are glued to.

I didn't know that about the subway tiles, but maybe they could be made
of a more weather-resistant material.

 PG> key is to find a cane that has a sensitive enough of a tip to 
 PG> allow you to distinguish between the two.  I myself also use a 
 PG> 63 inch cane that gives me plenty of room to stop should I be 
 PG> walking fast.  Invariably mobility instructors give people 
 PG> canes that are too short. 

As far as the issue of the long vs. the short cane, I agree with you
there.  I remember when I was a teenager living in NY and having a big
argument with the people at the Lighthouse store because I wanted to buy
a cane that they insisted was way too long.

However, I still think that people shouldn't have to pay for having poor
mobility skills with their lives.  Think of all the incompetent sighted
people that live their lives unhindered, and the blind should be able to
be just as incompetent.

Please don't missunderstand:  idon't wish for us to be incompetent at
anything.  I wish all of us could reach our potential in every way, but
I just feel that if someone doesn't, our society has the right to
protect them in the same way that others are protected.

To me, it's just like what the NFB says regarding the fact that the
average person should be able to get the average job.  Not every blind
person will reach a standare of excellence, but they still have the
right to live as whole of a life as they can.  Do you see what I mean?

Paula

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