[msb-alumni] Re: Short Notice: NPR Program on Echo Location
- From: Karen Carter <kcmm54@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 17:54:56 -0500
I have done this too
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> On Jan 28, 2015, at 09:40, Chris Rasmussen <chrisnzella@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Sometimes I’ve heard of blind folks clicking their tongue as they walked to
> pick up the echo. Gary may remember Frank Capooga, I know I murdered that
> spelling, well he did that. Paul may remember him too.
>
> Chris Rasmussen
>
> From: Gary
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2015 2:24 AM
> To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Short Notice: NPR Program on Echo Location
>
> That’s why Coach Heatherington may have had us tap our canes, so that we
> could hear the echo. However, when I was at the Center in Kalamazoo, my
> Mobility Instructor named Suky told me to be as quiet as I can, and that she
> didn’t want to hear me; and she showed me to use the touch-slide method,
> rather than the touch method. When I was a kid when I would walk, I used to
> wonder if I could see, because I noticed the tree in front of me, but I
> really heard it, because that would block the other sounds, and so I know it
> was there. I think maybe that’s what it means too, because objects in our
> path block our paths.
>
> From: Marie Reh
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 2:30 PM
> To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Short Notice: NPR Program on Echo Location
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> When I was working at M S B there was a young man there that would walk
> around slapping his feet as he walked. He did that for echo location, because
> he was too busy talking to whomever he was walking with.
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> Marie 72
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> From: msb-alumni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:msb-alumni-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vickie
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2015 4:18 AM
> To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Short Notice: NPR Program on Echo Location
>
>
> Thanks Marcia for the link. I downloaded it and listened to the first half.
> It was indeed interesting. I know we know a lot of folks like Adam, and some
> of us laughed and teased them too. Kids are really tough on each other. We
> are so blessed to have had the training and experiences we had at MSB and for
> me and tony, even before MSB. When I first came to Arizona, back in 2003, my
> cousin Gary, asked if I still rode a bike. He said that I rode around their
> street, went by parked cars, etc. I didn’t remember doing that, but I
> supposed maybe I did, if he said I did. He was so amazed and he was still
> amazed at my mobility skills when we saw each other again in 2003. We stayed
> on a ranch and he parked his motor home next to us and I played with the
> dogs, and walked around freely and that’s, I guess, what amazed him. So,
> seems you can never teach your relatives enough about the abilities of blind
> people. Take care all.
> Vickie rolison
>
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> From: Marcia Moses
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 6:06 PM
> To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [msb-alumni] Re: Short Notice: NPR Program on Echo Location
>
> There’s also a program from This American Life,
> covering the same subject. This is also associated with the same program
> called Invisibelia.
> I have the program, and will upload it to my Drop Box Public folder in a few
> minutes. I hope I can provide the link to the list.
> Marcia
>
> From: Steve
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 7:08 PM
> To: msb-alumni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [msb-alumni] Short Notice: NPR Program on Echo Location
>
> There is a program on NPR called Invisible that talks about a blind person
> using echo location by making a clicking noise.
>
> I don't know when it is on your local stations; but it is on WUOM-91.7
> tonight at 8:00 EST January 26. It can be heard on their website as well,
> michiganradio.org.
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>
> If you think education is difficult, try being stupid !
>
> Steve
> Lansing, MI
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