[nagdu] navigating without your cane

Chantel Cuddemi jawsgirl87 at gmail.com
Sun Oct 9 22:06:46 UTC 2011


I remember using one of those push canes when I was really little

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From: nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
Of Margo and Arrow
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 5:17 PM
To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
Subject: Re: [nagdu] navigating without your cane

It sounds like i was one of the people who started cane lessons at the age 
of ten years old or was it eleven--I was in the sixth grade.  anyway, I am 
so glad kids as little as 4 or maybe younger have canes now.

Margo and Arrow
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From: "Sheila Leigland" <sleigland at bresnan.net>
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Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2011 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] navigating without your cane


> Navigating without a cane or dog is an interesting topic. I have always 
> been totally blind and never held a cane until I was eighteen. We were not

> allowed to have canes in the school district which I attended so I learned

> how to find different buildings on campus without a cane or going sighted 
> guide. It would have been easier with a cane or dog but I really didn't 
> know what I was missing. I'm glad kids are now encouraged to use canes 
> nowadays. When I went to guide school it really didn
> T seem strange to put my cane away.
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