[nabs-l] Cane as an ID

[christopher nusbaum]

Amen, Mike! Yes, the king can be used as an identification tool to
alert drivers that you are blind. However, this can be a positive
thing and not a negative one. This is at least true if you use that
identification tool of the cane as a symbol of independence and not of
inferiority.

Just my thoughts

Chris Nusbaum

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 13, 2013, at 8:33 PM, Mike Freeman <k7uij at panix.com> wrote:

> Hamid:
>
> With all due respect, it seems to me you're trying to have your cake and eat
> it, too. ON the one hand, you want all the advantages of being recognized as
> blind whereas on the other, you don't want to really appear blind or be
> judged because you do not believe you need a cane. My friend, you can't have
> it both ways. Why do you even care whether the public considers you blind or
> not or whether they consider it weird that you might appear to not need a
> cane? Moreover, aren't you under the tacit assumption that blind persons who
> use canes travel sufficiently awkwardly that the public knows them as blind
> whereas you consider that you do not?
>
> Seems to me you have some soul-searching to do.
>
> We do not have a "blind" id other than the long white cane and most of us
> would not *want* such a label. It's a short step from such a label to being
> prohibited from going places or doing things because of the alleged
> inability of the blind.
>
> Grab that white cane, display and use it proudly!
>
> Mike Freeman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Hamid Hamraz
> Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 3:40 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: [nabs-l] Cane as an ID
>
> Dear Folks,
>
> It is a couple of months I have been investigating a way to represent my
> blindness without making a functional use of cane. To be more precise, the
> target people benefiting are those whose residual sight lets them to walk
> without the use of a cane and who want to let the other people around them
> know about their blindness. Carrying a cane is indeed an option. However, I
> personally think that holding a long cane in my hand without using it and
> walking perfectly is weird in public. In Germany, they have a special symbol
> representing this which can be attached anywhere in any size at one's own
> discretion (and everybody is indeed aware of that). However, there is no
> such a thing here in US, and setting that up requires time and educating the
> society about that.
>
>
> My question here is what type of cane I should look for? I need something
> much smaller just to serve as an ID rather than a functional tool. I
> appreciate any suggestion.
>
> Hamid
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