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What can i expect from a orientation and movement course? (self.Blind)
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vapidvision 2 points 4y ago
Those services are there to help you learn to get the most out of your resources. Helping you learn to navigate town/public transit with a cane or a guide dog. The programs will become very specialized to you and what your needs are.
Some of my best memories of teachers were Orientation and Mobility peeps.
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Are you newly visually impaired?
Some of my best memories of teachers were Orientation and Mobility peeps.
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Are you newly visually impaired?
theawesomeaquarist 1 points 4y ago
No but I recently lost alot of vision and I find im walking into posts. Not noticing stairs and curbs and tripping alot
vapidvision 1 points 4y ago
Been there, for sure. Are you not a cane user? Guide dogs are great for people with progressing conditions.
theawesomeaquarist 2 points 4y ago
I'm not a cane user
vapidvision 1 points 4y ago
It's also good as an identifier to motorists if you are frequently a pedestrian.
vapidvision 1 points 4y ago
Let me tell ya, I can't tell you how many stairs, polls, curbs, wrong escalators, and so on my can has saved me from. You might feel self conscious for a few weeks but it will start to feel like a part of you.
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LastStopWilloughby 1 points 4y ago
I’m in the US, but I assume for the most part, it’s that same.
Usually they start you getting used to your cane, how to hold it, how to get a feel for moving it and reading what it tells you.
We also went over how to help people lead you.
Then we moved into using your skills in real life. How to navigate a store, how to ask for help or assistance in restaurant, how to mentally map an area and create landmarks.
Then how to cross streets and feel out traffic. Then on to buses and bus routes.
As for the guide dog training, the one near me would have people stay for a month. The first week, they would evaluate your movement and then match you with a dog.
The next week is bonding and learning how to work with your dog.
It’s intensive and you’re not allowed to have visitors the first two weeks.
Next weeks are refining and practicing your skills in public. Like going on buses, to stores, to the air port.
I don’t have a guide dog, but many of my blind friends do. Also because the school was in my town, I also knew several people who trained guide dogs (had a childhood friend that her family trained guide dogs).
Usually they start you getting used to your cane, how to hold it, how to get a feel for moving it and reading what it tells you.
We also went over how to help people lead you.
Then we moved into using your skills in real life. How to navigate a store, how to ask for help or assistance in restaurant, how to mentally map an area and create landmarks.
Then how to cross streets and feel out traffic. Then on to buses and bus routes.
As for the guide dog training, the one near me would have people stay for a month. The first week, they would evaluate your movement and then match you with a dog.
The next week is bonding and learning how to work with your dog.
It’s intensive and you’re not allowed to have visitors the first two weeks.
Next weeks are refining and practicing your skills in public. Like going on buses, to stores, to the air port.
I don’t have a guide dog, but many of my blind friends do. Also because the school was in my town, I also knew several people who trained guide dogs (had a childhood friend that her family trained guide dogs).
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