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Full History - 2019 - 08 - 29 - ID#cx6pa3
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How safe is navigating school for the visually impaired (self.Blind)
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codeplaysleep 1 points 3y ago
I was only injured one time in school due to my vision and that was my own fault for being in a hurry and not paying attention when coming down a flight of stairs in the 7th grade (that said, who hangs a fire extinguisher at forehead-height on a flight of stairs?!).

I was tripped one other time the year before and had to get stitches, but that was just a bully being a bully and I'm not sure seeing better would have enabled me to avoid the situation, it happened so quickly.
bscross32 1 points 3y ago
I had never had any of these problems. Injuries... maybe two. Once running entirely too fast up the steps and tripping. The second jumping an entire flight of stairs because I was hangry and late to lunch.
theawesomeaquarist 1 points 3y ago
I've also tripped on two sets of stairs and fell over at least 4 curbs
bscross32 5 points 3y ago
Then it sounds like you need more o&m training.
codeplaysleep 1 points 3y ago
Do you use a cane and have you had any O&M training? If not, you really should consider this. You shouldn't be tripping over stairs and curbs and the like just from walking around normally.
theawesomeaquarist 1 points 3y ago
I'm in the middle of o and m
oncenightvaler 1 points 3y ago
I had never been injured all my years at elementary and high school. I had been in the middle of crowds and tripped once or twice and got lost like once a month at my high school but that's not so much safety as it is my daydreaming or being concentrated on other things other than where I was going.
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