[nagdu] navigating without your cane

[Sean Robertson]

I started using a cane at the age of 12 years old.
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From: "Margo and Arrow" <margo.downey at verizon.net>
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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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>> 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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