As one of the newest people to go totally blind in this area, I was asked to bring this to your attention. The question; how difficult is it to walk around Seaton, when totally blind?
Obstacles for
the blind
As one of the newest people
to go totally blind in this
area, I was asked to bring
this to your attention.
The question; how difficult
is it to walk around
Seaton, when totally blind?
Overgrown garden hedges,
recycling bins, A-boards,
blinds over shops that are
too low, mobility cars, concrete
flower tubs and now
signs in the middle of the
pavements?
One in Fore Street and
now the new ones in Queen
Street. I am not writing this
to moan, I am writing this
to acknowledge how hard
it actually is. If anybody
would like to come around
with me, I would quite
like to show them the ups
and downs of being totally
blind. I have now got a new
PA, the answer to the above
from my PA is: "I've been
with John just over a week,
many hedges are overgrown
and scratching John
or I. This makes walking
on narrow pavements very
difficult. When John is on
his own using his cane, he
can't see the amount of dog
mess which litters the pavements
around Seaton. At
least when I am with him,
we can avoid this and the
carpet cleaning bills which
usually occur. I did not
realise the difficulty blind
people have to go through,
such as the above, and now
will quite happily help and
assist whatever disability,
if they require help."
JOHN Q BARRINGTON -ROWEL
Seaton
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