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From: Panam@cup.portal.com (Ken Durham)
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Subject: Questionaire
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Date: 31 Jan 91 03:13:07 GMT
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Hello.
      I'm currently working on a rather large paper that details
how disabled individuals have coped with their disabilities.
Since I needed a large sampling of input, I decided to post this on
here.
     Answer the following queries that apply to you, or anyone you
may know. Email said answers to the portal address on the header, and
thanks in advance for your input.
 
Blind individuals - 
 1> How much of your other senses do you use to operate in an environment?
   Eg, smell, and tactile clues.
 2> What 'workarounds' do you use in an indoor environ, outdoor, and/or
  unfamiliar environ?
 3> What, if anything, effects your sense of balance in the above 
 environs?
 4> Finally, whether you use a white cane or not, how well can you get
 around in an area that you are semi-familiar with?
 
Deaf individuals -
 1> How well can you carry on a conversation with a non-deaf person?
 2> What type of hindrances do you (or have you) overcome to talk to
 individuals unfamiliar with sign-language?
 3> Finally, how much of your environment can you sense through
 tactile clues (eg, roar of a jet, loud radio, etc)?
 
Mobility-impaired individuals -
 1> How are you impaired?
 2> What types of terrain give you problems, mobility-wise?
    Eg, tall grass, sand, rocky ground,etc.
 3> What 'workarounds' have you found most successful when confronting
 obstacles (be it terrain, the handling of items,etc) ?
 4> Finally, what problems have you had to overcome when interacting
 with so-called 'non-disabled' individuals?
 
 
Again, I thank all who reply to this posting.
 
Ken Durham   (visual/mobility impaired)
 usenet address -   Panama@cup.portal.com