[Nfb-new-hampshire] O&M advice

[David Andrews]

Did he say why he would prefer you to use a folding cane?  It would 
be interesting to know!  I suspect it has more to do with his views 
then your needs!

Dave

At 10:45 AM 5/27/2012, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone,
>I'm a cane user. I've hooked up with one of the Orientation and 
>Mobility specialists at the New Hampshire Association for the Blind. 
>I've met him once and I got a cane from the Free White Cane Program 
>run by the NFB. It's one of the Solid White Canes and he prefers me 
>not to use it during our Mobility lessons when we start. He said  he 
>would prefer that I use a folding cane. I chose the rigid cane 
>because I felt that it would work a bit better for me to use because 
>the sidewalks and streets where I'm currently living aren't in the 
>best conditions. In fact, one of the agencies that we are working 
>with to get our daughter back was actually nice enough to buy me and 
>my daughters father a Jogger Stroller for the fact I just mentioned above.