[nabs-l] NFB Cane Rant

[Joshua Hendrickson]

In this case if you are going to a public school, I completely agree
with your school.  It isn't that difficult to shorten up your grip on
your straight cane and just move your hand down a bit.  Those NFB
canes are so long, that you could trip someone.  I didn't know about
shortening up my cane grip until I went to the school for the blind in
Illinois.  If I had, then I wouldn't have tripped someone once with my
folding cane.  When I picked up my cane, I had found that when the
person tripped, my cane had broken right at one of the joints, and
couldn't be put back together again.  I had to get a new cane.

On 11/8/17, Armando Vias via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> This is not directed to my NFB cane. This is directed to the school I go to.
> I go to a blind school, in which someone advised me to switch schools to
> public school. So, I'm using my NFB cane, and they think that the cane is
> too long and it's a safety issue. IT's NOT A SAFETY ISSUE!!! I tried to
> fight, but I lost the fight. They told me to shrink my hand to the lower
> part of the the cane. This happened some weeks ago, but I just want to rant
> about this on the list. They need to understand that I can use my long cane.
> That's it. You can text me at my phone number in my signature. I also need
> new friends to talk to.
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Joshua Hendrickson

Joshua Hendrickson