| Description | Interview with Lee Farmer from Chicago, United States of America, instructor on a training programme for orientation and mobility instructors. He talks about the scientific approach to walking with the long cane developed in the United States of America based on natural ways of moving, adapting walking style and processing information through the other senses, training people to follow sighted guides and the need that everyone has to ask for directions from time to time. He talks about the importance of for blind people to learn basic mobility, orientation, protection and directional skills using the other senses before being trained in the use of the long cane. He discusses how these mobility training techniques have helped students and considers how independence gained from these mobility techniques affects people's self image and approach to the sighted world. He thinks that blind people are annoyed by sighted people expressing pity for them (tracks 1-6).
Track 7: silence 2.13 mins
Track 8: tape noise 21.54 mins
Total: 48.16 mins
Dubber's reference number: PLA KF549C0062580 |