[nabs-l] NFB Cane Rant

[Caitlin Best]

The school isn’t denying you from using your cane. When in a busy and crowded area, it is safer for you and people around you if you use a pencil grip. This allows you to safely navigate through the area with a lesser chance for your cane breaking or a tripping for those may not be paying attention to their surroundings. 

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> On Nov 8, 2017, at 20:36, Joshua Hendrickson via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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