wow, Amy, you keep coming up with great questions!
I'd say whatever they feel comfortable with.? Walking to the side
while holding the handle would seem as safe as walking in the
normal position with a walking human guide.-- in both cases the
guide has to allow for enough clearance.? If the blind person
doesn't trust the guide, then walking behind would be good.
OR, they can do what one young couple did when I went to the
University of Pittsburgh as an undergrad (before they had an
O&M program there).? I think they eventually got married --
the guy was blind and the gal was in an electric wheelchair, and
it was a common sight to see them flying through the campus with
him riding on the back, standing up and leaning forward!? I'm sure
their PT would object but . . .
On 8/10/2023 9:46 PM, Amy Downard
wrote:
Hi friends,
Here¡¯s one that is interesting. If a school staff
person is in a motorized wheelchair and providing human guide to
a young student who is blind using a white cane, where¡¯s the
positioning of the student? Hold onto back of wheelchair and no
cane? To the back and side of the non-driving side of the guide
with congested area cane? Where so they grip?? Can¡¯t wait to
read your kind responses!
Aloha
Amy
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-- Dona
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Dona Sauerburger, COMS
Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist for the blind
