White Cane Techniques

To teach a blind or visually impaired person correct cane techniques

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• independance

[bostonscholar]

So is it his dominant hand (what he writes with) or the opposite? Asa my vision is worsening I am considering one...

[WAStSchBlnd]

I believe that most people tend to use their dominant hand. I hope you are able to connect with a local agency who can provide you with assessment and some training to help you through the transition.

[xxlollylaurenxx]

I'm blind, and I use two point tutch. I've been using my cane since the age of 4 and I don't mind now :)

[Starryillusion]

@Rikku2250 actually the red stripe at the bottom is to tell the people that you are visually impaired and / or have bad depth perception. 

though, in some places people have canes with 2 red stripes to represent deafness.

I have a cane with red at the bottom and I am not deaf. So do many of my other friends and people I know.

[Rikku2250]

@AmunRa1

I accually know now. The red bit represents deafness. I learnt that from a woman who came to my school who is blind and has a hearing inpairment. She is not completely deaf, but she can find it difficult to hear things sometimes.

[AmunRa1]

@Rikku2250

I dunno, I guess it's to differentiate it from just a regular cane. Although if you see someone using a cane like that, it's pretty easy to tell you're blind.

[Rikku2250]

I mostly use the "Two-piont touch",

[Rikku2250]

I asked someone else, iwill ask you, why do American canes have that red bit at he bottm, my cane (british) does not.

[kristina62564]

Very helpful, thanks for posting this!

[TheRhae]

Thanks I am blind in one eye I have no depth perception Due to this I feel in a hole decline in the grass and a tree branch went in my blind eye making it worse and I got an ulcerated dendrite Later a dog jumped in my face not realizing how close he was to my face I couldnt protect myself and dog cracked my front teeth I fall off of steps so I think I want a fold up cane is this the right one?