Panam@cup.portal.com (Ken Durham) (01/31/91)
Index Number: 13271
Hello.
I'm currently working on a rather large paper that details
how disabled individuals have coped with their disabilities.
Since I needed a large sampling of input, I decided to post this on
here.
Answer the following queries that apply to you, or anyone you
may know. Email said answers to the portal address on the header, and
thanks in advance for your input.
Blind individuals -
1> How much of your other senses do you use to operate in an environment?
Eg, smell, and tactile clues.
2> What 'workarounds' do you use in an indoor environ, outdoor, and/or
unfamiliar environ?
3> What, if anything, effects your sense of balance in the above
environs?
4> Finally, whether you use a white cane or not, how well can you get
around in an area that you are semi-familiar with?
Deaf individuals -
1> How well can you carry on a conversation with a non-deaf person?
2> What type of hindrances do you (or have you) overcome to talk to
individuals unfamiliar with sign-language?
3> Finally, how much of your environment can you sense through
tactile clues (eg, roar of a jet, loud radio, etc)?
Mobility-impaired individuals -
1> How are you impaired?
2> What types of terrain give you problems, mobility-wise?
Eg, tall grass, sand, rocky ground,etc.
3> What 'workarounds' have you found most successful when confronting
obstacles (be it terrain, the handling of items,etc) ?
4> Finally, what problems have you had to overcome when interacting
with so-called 'non-disabled' individuals?
Again, I thank all who reply to this posting.
Ken Durham (visual/mobility impaired)
usenet address - Panama@cup.portal.comwheels@sequent.sequent.com (Kathy Coston) (02/21/91)
Index Number: 13668 I was wondering if you had ever received any response to your inquiries, and if you did, what they told you. I would be curious as to the results as I am a paraplegic. I am sorry I didn't answer your questions. I saved the mail and then forgot about it. I hope you got the answers you needed to complete your paper. |From: Panam@cup.portal.com (Ken Durham) |Message-ID: <17284@bunker.UUCP> | |Index Number: 13271 | |Hello. | I'm currently working on a rather large paper that details |how disabled individuals have coped with their disabilities. |Since I needed a large sampling of input, I decided to post this on |here.