[nfbwatlk] Ronnie Milsap Receives Legend Award

[Alco Canfield]

In my case, Lauren, I am glad I received my cane when I was twelve.  Like it
or not, I had to use it.

Alco 

-----Original Message-----
From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Lauren Merryfield
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 6:07 PM
To: NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Ronnie Milsap Receives Legend Award

Hi,
I was 17, almost 18, when I finally used a cane.  It occurred when I went to
college.  Before that, I would hide it in the closet.  I was first
introduced to a cane when I was 12 and that was the wrong age to introduce
someone to a cane.
Thanks
Lauren
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gloria Whipple" <fairyfoot at dc4pc.net>
To: "'NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List'" <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 9:58 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Ronnie Milsap Receives Legend Award


>I was 19 when I first started using a cane.
>
> For the longest time, I didn't like it and made up all kinds of 
> excuses why not to use it.
>
> I don't go anywhere without it.
>
> Thank you,
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbwatlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
> On Behalf Of Carl Jarvis
> Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2007 6:25 PM
> To: amcanfield at comcast.net; NFB of Washington Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [nfbwatlk] Ronnie Milsap Receives Legend Award
>
> Lucky you Alco.  I always wanted to go to a Catholic girls school.
>
> By the way, when I first attended the Orientation Center in Seattle, 
> back in 1965, no one was allowed to use a cane inside the building.
> We trailed the walls with our fingertips and slammed into each other 
> whenever someone stopped.
> You can imagine the negative under current that we received from this 
> strange philosophy.
> In fact, my entire experience at the Center left me depressed and with 
> little hope of ever working at a decent job again.
> It was not until I met Ken Hopkins and others in the NFB that I 
> learned that blind people could lead full, productive, happy lives.
> Although I am now a member of the ACB, I will be forever indebted to 
> the NFB for teaching me to open the inner doors of my mind.
>
> Carl Jarvis
>
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