[blindlaw] Refusal To Use A Cane
Mark BurningHawk
stone_troll at sbcglobal.net
Sun Dec 16 14:59:06 UTC 2012
If the person in question had some sort of ethical or moral difference with cane use, this would be much more supportable. I, too, have ethical or personal / social issues with a white cane, but I would never refuse to use one. I hope that, should the person choose to use a different COLOR of cane, he will not be subject to this ostracization. I am glad that a dog was also included multiple times in the original post, as I remember a lot of bias against dogs in past times, and I'm glad to see that apparently not there as much. However, the reasoning that a cane will somehow cause seizures is, as was nicely put, horse hockey. :) Sending him home, even telling him what he *had* to do in terms of cane use, or couching it as an "You're setting a bad example for other blind people," argument, though, I feel, will be less than useful.
Mark BurningHawk
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