[accessibleimage] Re: Fwd: Re: Re: link echolocation Ben Underwood

He has this ability to do his "clicking" and uses those clicks.  Personally, I 
think being around him would drive me insane with him clicking all the time!  
What I wondered when I read articles about him is did the clicking start as 
some sort of "blindism" (fumbling for a better word--please give me a better/pc 
term if available) which he then refined with "facial vision" to use for 
echolocation.  Has anyone actually been able to determine exactly how Mr. 
Underwood does what he does?
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mel Poluck<mailto:mel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
  To: accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
  Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:00 AM
  Subject: [accessibleimage] Re: Fwd: Re: Re: link echolocation Ben Underwood


  right! so how does a human "use" or access echolocation without some kind of 
man-made device - does anyone on the list know? 
  i thought it was just bats, dolphins and whales that have this innate ability!
  this is still a mystery to me and yes susan, it sounds very dangerous.
  thanks, 

  mel poluck
  e-access bulletin, uk


  At 20:06 10/10/2006, you wrote:

    As I understand Ben's story from another article in the popular press, he 
does not use any devices at all.  It does seem a bit dangerous when you think 
about him navigating streets w/o anything.  The pictures which accompanied the 
other article I read showed him sitting in his mother's lap, which at his age, 
makes me wonder how independent he really is.  Perhaps that's just my cynical 
side showing.
     
    Susan Mooney

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