Category: The Rave Board
Wednesday, January 2, 2008 is a day that I will remember for a long time because I met a very important goal in O&M training. I successfully crossed three large streets independently. My instructor was watching another student of hers, so it was up to me, and I successfully made it across.
wow now that is something that i havent graduated to yet. congrads! nice going!
Thanks Somanea! It was fun!
smiles anytime.
Good job man!
Thanks everyone! I appreciate the encouragement.
now, as long as people don't start bashing me, things will be great.
I'll hold off on chosing to bash you until you spessify exactly what a large streat is.
It had what my mobility instructor refers to as an "island" seperating the two halves of the street. The streets were full of traffic as well.
Good job then, learning to do that before you live on your own is important. I don't think I ever really was taught how to cross the streats with an island in the middle of them, I just figured it out because it was either that or not make it to class in college.
Thanks.
hmmm and u bash me for learning a route that didnt have streets full of traffic? midway road is actually extremely dangerous even though it is a 2 lane street. it has no stoplight, or stopsign, and it is a heavily travelet street as well.
Your married, which means you should be an adult and be able to travel on your own. You also are 6 years older then him so should have much better mobility skills.
Congrats James. Mobility is one of those skills where lots of things come together. I mean, as you become more inependent in travel, you'll plan routes which means rememering them, or writing them down. You'll need to organize money for cabs or mass transit. You'll need to find a way to tell time. You may or may not have all those skills, but the point is that all those things make a traveller more independent, capable, and organized. I used to teach mobility, and I loved it for those reasons.
Lou
i can travel on my own. it just took my mobility instructer a while to get out to me because there is a shortage in this area
Did the islands have curbs to identify them, or just painted lines?
good on you james, and you to somanea.
smiles. thanks puggle.
Thanks Puggle and Lou. I appreciate it.
ChrisN, the islands had curbs to identify them.
Could we please not bash anyone on this topic. I didn't start it so that people could get bashed. I really don't want any drama on this topic. Thanks
It's really good that you've learned this. I've learned the route to a couple of shops round the corner from the college and now learni8ng the route to another shop which is in the other direction.
there are not very many shops that i can walk to. i pretty much live in the middle of BFE.
well done! wish I was as good as that!
when my mobility instructer comes out, i am doing half of the route by myself, and when he comes out the time after that, i am doing the whole thing on my own. i am really confident.
I can pretty much travel safely to where I need to go with a cane and the little sight I have. I just need now to take the next step and learn how to travel without depending on my sight because it does get confusing at times.
My mobility instructor was teaching me how to cross major intersections wearing a blind fold, and damn it was frightening. I'm getting some training now wearing a blind fold, but he's not taking me out on the streets, only on campus. I don't know how some of you guys who don't have sight at all do it. Amazing!
And good job James.
ya, the fun ones are the streets with 2 islands.
My experience with islands is pretty minimal, so here are a couple questions. If you're at an unfamiliar intersection, how do you determine if islands are present and where they are? Also, how do you deal with intersections where the islands are painted and there are no curbs or ramps to delineate them?