Cane Travel

http://www.ncbvi.ne.gov

This video will make some general and specific tips and suggestions about cane travel in common day-to-day situations. These suggestions are based on the collective experiences of many blind people, but you are the expert on you. Getting where you want when you want is the object of using the white cane for travel. This is not just a goal but a reality with the use of a long white cane.

The Nebraska Center for the Blind has created "Pathways to Independence ©," a video training series that teaches skills used by blind and visually impaired individuals.

Get inspired, and find these videos here on YouTube and on the web at http://www.ncbvi.ne.gov/media/video/pathways-to-independence/index.html.

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[MySpinalInjury]

@blacksheepgirl I was taught the same thing. To point my index finger along the handle of the cane. I've worked with guide/service dogs since 2000 and since my spinal cord injury back in 2004 I've stopped using a can altogether because I don't have enough feeling in my hands/arms to get any useful feedback. I don't think I've ever heard it called the 'pencil grip' before, but I think I know the grip they are talking about.

[blacksheepgirl]

when I was taught I was told to hold my index finger on the front and hold it outward instead of by my side, but I do not always do that. ^^

[blacksheepgirl]

I have a guide dog, but I use a cane, when I'm not using my dog.. like going to theYMCA to swim.. because there isn't anywhere to put him.:D I'm only visually impaired.:)

[SpaceCityDesigns]

Really solid O&M info! Please post more great videos.  I finished the coursework for O&M and working on passing the test. Thanks again!