Intervetion 3 SensewalkBen and Leonie

Leonie’s sense walk• What did you notice as you walked around?• Felt like I was being quite heavy footed, noticed the sounds of cars a lot

more, but felt like they were at lot closer than they were. Noticed changes in pavement surface a lot e.g. could feel the curb.

• Can you work out where you are?• No, got it wrong all the time, but Ben did take me onto the running

track!• Which senses do you pay more attention to?• Touch – using how surfaces felt under my feet to steady myself and

hearing, but this wasn’t very accurate to place things, didn’t really notice any smells.

• Do you feel helpless?• Not totally helpless as I knew I could just stop walking if I wanted to, but

did feel very dependent on partner.• How do you feel about your partner?• Felt like I had to put a lot of trust in Ben, had to rely on his judgement a

lot – he made me fall down a curb• What is the balance of power?• A lot more power with the partner however you can always refuse to do

something or take blindfold off if I was uncomfortable

Ben’s sense walk• What did you notice as you walked around?• I noticed the noises of cars, pedestrians and cyclists. I thought that they

might hit me. I also noticed smells. • Can you work out where you are?• I was able to work out we where on the bike track next to mechanical

engineering because we didn’t walk down the set by the learning centre. And I noticed we where at Go Central from the smell of the food.

• Which senses do you pay more attention to?• I paid more attention to my feet I was heavy footed, feeling the terrain. • Do you feel helpless?• I did when a girl barged into me and these guys threatened to throw me

on the floor. Felt like other people might walk into me after that. • How do you feel about your partner?• I felt very dependant on her and her guidance. I felt more unsure after

the girl hit me. I mainly felt quite relaxed about walking round with her.• What is the balance of power?• Leonie was in control of where I was going.