| Description | Interview with Victor Horsley, a student at the pre-vocational training centre at Torquay. He continues to talk about the mobility techniques he is learning with the long cane (track 1).
Interview with unidentified men and women, including Derek de Vote, who have been trained in the instruction of long cane techniques by Lee Farmer at Torquay. They talk about their work in blind welfare, describe methods of training people in mobility and express their feelings about the different attitudes and skills taught on the long cane training course. They discuss some of the orientation difficulties encountered by students and the progress achieved through systematic basic training in auditory and touch skills, which would also be useful in training with other mobility aids and being guided by sighted people. They give their opinions about their trainer, Lee Farmer, emphasise the growth in confidence in their students after rehabilitation and mobility training with the long cane, and discuss the establishment of standards for mastering mobility skills. They discuss the strain that blind people are under when travelling around and their reliance on memory (tracks 2-10).
Total: 34.52 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF549C0066980 |