[Blindtlk] AmbuTech graphite folding canes with roller tips

[Szostak, Christine]

Years ago, I was given just enough cane travel experience when losing my remaining vision to be able to prove I could travel safely enough to get a guide dog. At that time, I was taught the two-point touch (not sure if that is the proper name) and  was really under confident with it. I always felt like, well, what if there  is a slight drop between the two taps, I will completely miss it and trip. Likely a poor assumption at that time on my part, but it was how I felt and one of the reasons I was so against getting a cane. When I read the Care and Feeding of the Long White Cane book, I was introduced to the constant contact method and the roller tip and love them both for the exact same reason as Judy points out below. I love the full-time contact as it gives me much more confidence of what is directly in front of me at ground level.
Happy Sunday!
Chris

Dr. Christine M. Szostak
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Department of Social Sciences
Shorter University
Rome, Georgia
szostak.1 at osu.edu
cszostak at shorter.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: blindtlk [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Judy Jones via blindtlk
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 4:06 PM
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] AmbuTech graphite folding canes with roller tips

You can put a number of tips on most canes.

I think it depends also on how you use your cane.  Eons ago, I was taught the sweep method of using a cane, whereas my husband was taught the tapping method.  We jibe each other out of fun.  He thinks my method is weird.  I think his method is not giving him as much tactile information as mine does.

"Different strokes."

Judy

-----Original Message-----
From: Roanna Bacchus via blindtlk
Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2015 12:27 PM
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Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] AmbuTech graphite folding canes with roller tips

I think a roller tip is good for me.  The roller tip provides me with more feedback than a regular standard tip on a folding cane.
Last Summer my mobility instructor brought me a new cane with a roller tip during one of our orientation and mobility training sessions at my college campus.  The canes with roller tips last longer than the canes with regular tips.

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