HELP ME!
"Help me! Somebody please help me!" I hear a struggling voice, yearning for help. I am seated in a waiting room at the eye-center at CU Health, a teaching hospital in Denver, Colorado. "I can't see and I can't hear. Somebody please, please help me!" The voice calls out agin. There is a definite sense of urgency. Nobody is moving in the waiting room. There are 3-4 employees seated behind plexiglass watching this woman, and there are about 30 people in the waiting area. "Somebody please help me!" I stand, extend my telescoping white cane and begin tapping toward the voice. I can't see who is asking for help, but I move toward the voice. "Help me!" After about 30 feet of tapping in a straight line, I arrive at the voice. A frail grey-hared 70+ year old African-American woman in a wheelchair is anxiously begging for help. She continues to urgently say, "I need help! Somebody please help me!" She has a device she is speaking int