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	White Cane information
		When a person experiences vision loss, he or she is often encouraged to go and purchase a red and white cane.
		A white cane alerts the rest of the world that the person holding it has difficulty seeing.
		The person can use it selectively to probe the terrain, but the cane's primary function is to let the public know that the carrier has trouble with his or her vision.
	dhfs.wisconsin.gov /blind/whitecane/whitecane.htm (519 words)

	White cane
		Not all modern white canes are designed to fulfill the same primary function, however: There are at least four different varieties of this tool, each serving a slightly different need.
		Cane length depends upon the height of a user, and traditionally extends from the floor to the user's sternum.
		While the white cane is commonly accepted as a "symbol of blindness", different countries still have different rules concerning what constitutes a "cane for the blind".
	www.mrsci.com /Disability/White_cane.php (543 words)

	Why Use The Long White Cane? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Cane travel seminars at state conventions, in which people are encouraged to move around the hotel using longer canes and improved technique, can be very helpful to many members.
		When asked why she does not use a longer one, she has told him, "I know a person who was in an accident because he used one of those long canes." I know that she has not had proper training in the use of the long white cane.
		The long white cane must be recognized as a device that blind people use as a tool of independence.
	www.blind.net /bg42w001.htm (3464 words)

	WCP
		A white cane is used by many people who are blind or visually impaired, both as a mobility tool and as a courtesy to others.
		This "traditional" white cane is designed primarily as a mobility tool used to feel obstacles in the path of a user.
		In the United Kingdom, for example, the white cane is recognized as being used by visually impaired persons; with two red bands added it indicates that the user is deaf blind.
	www.angelfire.com /blues2/blindvi/white-cane/history.html (911 words)

	AMERICAN COUNCIL OF THE BLIND
		For centuries, the "cane" was used merely as a tool for travel and it was not until the twentieth century that the cane, as we know it today, was promoted for use by the blind as a symbol to alert others to the fact that an individual was blind.
		In 1931, the Lion's Club International began a national program promoting the use of white canes for persons who are blind Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, blind persons had walked with their canes held diagonally in a fixed position, and the role of the white cane took on a symbolic role as an identifier.
		These white canes are designed to be used as mobility devices and returned the cane to its original role as a tool for mobility, but maintained the symbolic role as an identifier of blind independence.
	www.acb.org /pedestrian/whitecane.html (975 words)

	White Cane Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The white cane is the symbol of blindness, courage, and independent spirit.
		White Cane week was first launched when a group of people who were blind felt there was a lack of understanding about what the white cane represented.
		It was not, however, until 1921 that the white cane became the symbol of blindness.
	mlmorris.com /lmbbs/whitecane.html (501 words)

	Walking Canes & Walking Sticks from WalkingCaneWorld.com
		The most important consideration in choosing a cane is to match the cane with the user's needs, abilities, limitations, and environment, so that the cane becomes the key to better mobility and safety for the user.
		Canes are not designed to substitute for bearing all the weight you normally would on your legs, but to provide your legs with some relief from bearing all your weight.
		The use of the word cane for a walking stick began in the 16th century, when bamboo and other tropical grasses and reeds began to be used as shafts.
	www.walkingcaneworld.com /information.htm (2009 words)

	City of Austin - Austin celebrates White Cane Safety Month
		White Cane Safety Day has taken on added significance since 1964 when President Lyndon B. Johnson first declared the day as a safety reminder to promote courtesy and special consideration to the blind on streets and highways.
		All 50 states now have a White Cane law declaring that drivers need to take caution and be prepared to stop their vehicle to prevent injury to people who are blind and visually impaired.
		White Cane Safety Day has become as a second Independence Day for the estimated 25,000 individuals living in Travis and Williamson counties who are blind or have a significant vision impairment.
	www.ci.austin.tx.us /news/2004/mayors_whitecaneday2004.htm (654 words)

	Touching and tapping through life
		With her long white cane in hand, Hinsinger nudges around for the door handle and heads toward the curves and sounds of the city.
		Hunsinger rests her white cane under the desk and boots up her computer with its Braille refresher screen, a solid rectangular device with raised Braille characters that change with the cursor's location on the monitor.
		The cane helps her evade people and walls while facial vision helps her sense where to turn on a sidewalk, as the reflection of sounds change from building to building.
	www.post-gazette.com /regionstate/19991015whitecane2.asp (1602 words)

	White Cane Day
		The familiar white cane with a red band at the bottom is used by blind and visually impaired persons in many countries.
		Instruction in the use of white canes is taught by schools for the blind.
		White Cane Safety Day is celebrated in the United States on October 15.
	www.lionsclubs.org /EN/content/vision_services_whitecane.shtml (187 words)

	[Nfbofnc] White Cane Safety Day
		In the first Presidential White Cane Proclamation President Johnson commended the blind for the growing spirit of independence and the increased determination to be self-reliant that the organized blind had shown.
		With the growing use of the white cane is an added element - the wish and the will to be free - the unquenchable spirit and the inextinguishable determination to be independent.
		With the growing use of the white cane is an added element – the wish and the will to be free – the unquenchable spirit and the inextinguishable determination to be independent.
	www.nfbnet.org /pipermail/nfbofnc/2004-October/000246.html (1672 words)

	University of Massachusetts Boston Press Release
		White Cane Awareness Month, as designated by the Governor and the President is a public education campaign to support a wider range of community understanding of what a white cane means and how pedestrians and motorists can assist users of the long cane as well as dog guides at street crossings.
		WHITE SUPPORT CANE is designed to identify the person as legally blind and provide the person with support and balance most likely impacted by reduced visual acuity and resulting impairment in the person’s ability to see depth and detail.
		On White Cane Safety Day, we celebrate the many achievements of Americans who are blind or visually impaired, and we recognize the white cane as an important symbol of their determination and independence.
	www.umb.edu /news/2006news/releases/october/white_cane.html (652 words)

	White Cane Awareness
		The white cane is a symbol of independence and blindness.
		The Commonwealth's White Cane Law gives all legally blind persons the right of way at street crossings. Motorists must come to a complete stop when they see a pedestrian who is using a dog guide or white cane at a street crossing.
		WHITE SUPPORT CANE with red at the bottom, which is designed to identify the person as legally blind but has usable travel vision and is used to assist with depth perception on stairs or curbs.
	www.mass.gov /?pageID=eohhs2modulechunk&L=1&L0=Home&sid=Eeohhs2&b=terminalcontent&f=eohhs_mcb_white_cane_month_2005&csid=Eeohhs2 (518 words)

	White Cane additional comments
		For the Office for the Blind and Visually Impaired (OBVI) staff, support canes should be treated as a medical device and are prescribed by their doctor and their usage taught by a Physical Therapist for specific reasons.
		The folding Hycor support cane is an example of canes given out inappropriately in the past because individuals didn't what to carry a long cane, and the Hycor cane folded up and could be put away.
		In a situation such as this, a support cane should be discouraged, and a folding ID cane should be recommended (one of the graphite ID canes is an excellent example).
	dhfs.wisconsin.gov /blind/whitecane/whitecaneaddit.htm (453 words)

	White Cane Safety Day, 2005
		Americans who are blind or visually impaired are valuable and contributing members of our society, and many use a white cane to help them succeed at school, home, or work.
		White canes give these individuals greater mobility and enable them to participate in more aspects of community life.
		On White Cane Safety Day, we celebrate the progress that has been made for those who are blind or visually impaired, and we reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that these citizens can live and work with greater freedom and independence.
	www.whitehouse.gov /news/releases/2005/10/20051014-9.html (323 words)

	City of Austin - Austin to celebrate White Cane Day
		Mary Faith-Price, Orientation and Mobility Instructor with the Texas School for the Blind, said: "White Cane Day is a celebration of independence to honor and recognize the use of the white cane and dog guide by people with blindness or visual impairment.
		One of the White Cane Day organizers, Karen Kennamer Scott of the Austin Low Vision Group, said that her organization is helping Central Texans face vision loss with confidence and independence.
		Blind citizens using canes and dogs have a right to participate fully in employment and public accommodations such as restaurants, hotels, taxis and recreational facilities.
	www.ci.austin.tx.us /news/2003/whitecane_03.htm (669 words)

	DRS-Department of Rehabilitation Services- of Oklahoma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Officially, Saturday, Oct. 15, is National White Cane Day, a time when the nation honors the bravery of people who are blind or visually impaired and the independence the white cane with a red tip signifies in their lives.
		By Oklahoma law, drivers are required to stop and remain at least 15 feet away from anyone using a white cane on a roadway or in a crosswalk.
		To people who are blind or have a visual impairment the white cane they are identified by symbolizes their independence; the only alternative to becoming home-bound, reliant on others for even the most basic of transportation needs.
	www.okrehab.org /mr_whitecaneday0905.html (490 words)

	Customize Your Cane - TravelVision Orientation and Mobility - Blindness Resources
		Unlike many other folding canes, this cane comes apart easily and you don't have to fight with it to get the joints separated.
		I added a red reflective tip to my "snow cane" because I have heard that it is very hard for people to see a white cane in the snow.
		If you aren't using a white cane, it does not qualify under the law, but many states have a broad definition to extend to all mobility canes.
	members.dslextreme.com /users/kathyz/cane.htm (830 words)

	The White Cane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		But it was not until 1921 that the white cane became the symbol of blindness.
		An English photographer who had lost his sight decided to use a white cane to let people in his community know he was blind.
		Using the cane, a person who is blind or visually impaired can check for objects in the path of travel, changes in the surface underfoot, and the nature of the surface ahead.
	www.cnib.ca /school-package/5.htm (301 words)

	White Cane Safety Day, 2004 - A Proclamation By President George W. Bush - Haverhill, Massachusetts Lions Club - Lions ...
		To help increase their mobility and assist them in their daily lives, many people who are blind or visually impaired use a white cane.
		On White Cane Safety Day, we celebrate the symbolism of this important tool and the enduring spirit of independence and determination shown by Americans who use it.
		He wrote that the observance would "make our people more fully aware of the meaning of the white cane" and help increase the safety and self-reliance of our citizens who are blind or visually impaired.
	www.haverhilllionsclub.org /white-cane-day-2004.html (558 words)

	History of the White Cane - Vision Issues
		But the white cane was not used until 1921 when a
		cane white so it could be better seen as he walked around his
		A new "glow-in-the-dark" cane is a recent addition to the growing
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art28489.asp (482 words)

	NFB - White Cane Safety Day: A Symbol of Independence
		The National Federation of the Blind in convention assembled on the 6th day of July, 1963, called upon the governors of the fifty states to proclaim October 15 of each year as White Cane Safety Day in each of our fifty states.
		Within hours of the passage of the congressional joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim October 15 as White Cane Safety Day, then President Lyndon B. Johnson recognized the importance of the white cane as a staff of independence for blind people.
		The white cane in our society has become one of the symbols of a blind person’s ability to come and go on his own.
	www.nfb.org /nfb/White_Cane_Safety_Day.asp?SnID=20442411 (554 words)

	White Cane Week to raise funds for equipment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Lion’s White Cane Week has become an institution after twenty-six years on fundraising for the precious gift of sight.
		The club has over the years contributed in other ways including the annual sight screening programme in all schools to ensure that sight defects are detected at an early age, payment for eye examinations, surgery and providing glasses to needy people throughout the community.
		On Saturday 4 June Lions’ members will be out and about in their famous yellow waistcoats on the streets of Grand Cayman as the White Cane Week culminates with a street collection.
	www.caymannetnews.com /2005/05/845/whitecane.shtml (402 words)

	Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		With proper training, people using the white cane can enjoy greater mobility and safety by determining the location of curbs, steps, uneven pavement, traffic patterns, and other physical obstacles in their paths.
		The white cane is a simple tool, but, like the accomplishments of numerous individuals with vision loss in many areas, it reminds us that the only barriers against people with disabilities are discriminatory attitudes and practices that our society has too often placed in their way.
		While the long white cane cannot be pinned to one's shoulder as a badge, Vision World Wide suggests that those who use a white cane should consider it as their private Badge of Courage.
	www.csbps.com /textwhite/happen/canesafety.shtml (462 words)

	White Cane Safety Day（国际盲人节）
		October 15, 1970 was declared International White Cane Safety Day for the first time by the President of the International Federation of the Blind.
		The object of the exercise is to stimulate the general public to a better understanding of blindness and visual handicap, and to make people more aware of the white cane as a mobility aid.
		Thus it was that the white cane received official backing, and on 7th February 1931
	www.chinadaily.com.cn /language_tips/2006-10/16/content_708595.htm (258 words)

	Blind Walking Cane - White Cane
		White shaft is covered with 3M™ reflector tape for night visibility.
		White cane for the visually impaired, universal symbol and mobility tool.
		Please see History of the White Cane in the information part of our site.
	www.fashionablecanes.com /blindstick.htm (72 words)

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