A Different Way of Seeing. Helping You Make Sense of the Overwhelm
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Like most South Africans, I was excited when we were allowed to exercise at the start of Level 4 lockdown. To be honest, the ability to get out and walk with my highly frustrated guide dog was wonderful. I didn’t even mind having to wear a face mask. Yet, when it came to our first …
XXXXX Date: 24 March 2020 Category: Disability Awareness, Audio, Title: Tags: **Craig, not sure if the podcast link will provide us with an image; please let me know Alt text: You’re walking down a road and see a person with a guide dog or a white cane approaching you. Do you offer to assist them? …
Do you have any idea how bizarre it was for me to realize that I’m using my white cane to walk around independently for the first time ever? Please don’t think I wasn’t taught to use a white cane when I first lost my sight. I was. But somehow the only time I used my …
Walking on my own across the road to my neighbours house should be simple, right? I mean, it’s less than 10 metres. So, it should be easy. Well yes, it should. But I’ve never done it At least, not before my second Orientation and Mobility lesson with Golden Dzapasi, of the Cape Town Society for …
Have you ever realized there’s a better way of doing something you’ve been doing routinely for years? There’s one room in my home that I avoid. It’s a fairly large, open space and, although I’ve lived in the house for years, I’ve always shied away from crossing that room. At least there is an alternative, …
A few days ago, I had two meetings at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. For various reasons that aren’t relevant to this post, I wasn’t able to take my guide dog Fiji with me. Instead I used my white mobility cane. I have many blind and visually impaired friends who prefer to use a …
On our recent overseas trip Craig and I stayed in 7 different places – that’s 7 different places in less than 14 days. As you can imagine, I need to have techniques to learn my way round a new place as soon as I can. Every apartment has fixtures: furniture, doorways, windows, even pictures on …