| Description | Interview with Hilary Greenhill from Northfield, Birmingham. She continues to discuss her mobility training in the use of the long cane, her parents attitude towards her decision to take the course, and the lack of support and information from the blind welfare system and her feelings about being given money at Christmas. She talks about feeling imprisoned when she was not able to go out, her contacts with Mr Thornton and describes her reactions to learning how to use the long cane. She talks about being able to apply her sense of hearing to help her orientation and mobility, her broader outlook and greater confidence, her feelings of self consciousness about being one of the first to be using the long cane and the comments she has received from people in the street. She goes on to discuss her feeling that she should have had mobility training earlier, debates the need for insurance when using the long cane in crowds, and describes her more positive attitude towards life and the world around her. She explains how she and her husband bought a house in an area that she knew well and how she uses orientation skills to find her way home (tracks 1-6).
Total: 18.04 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF565D0733680 |