[Blindtlk] where to place straight cane in crowded places

[Bonnie Lucas]

Actually, there are times when I place my cane right against my shoulder and
it lays in front of me with the tip underneath the desk or table. The handle
of it can lay on the seat, next to your leg if you don't want it sticking up
above your shoulder. The other comments about where to put the cane also
work. 

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Chris Nusbaum
Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2011 2:16 PM
To: Blind Talk list
Subject: [Blindtlk] where to place straight cane in crowded places

Hi all,

I have a question for all you NFB straight/rigid cane users.  
Where is a good place to put my cane in a public place so it's 
not sticking out too far into the aisle or something? My O and M 
teacher's really concerned about that, and she keeps telling me 
that what the NFB tought me while I was at the Jernigan Institute 
in April isn't really what they were trying to teach me, if this 
makes any sense.  The mentors at the LAW Program tought me to put 
the cane on the floor across my body then slide it under my foot 
and pull it back a little.  But my O and M teacher still thinks 
it's sticking out too far to one side.  How can I fix this? 
Thanks for any help in advance!

Chris

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