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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I do not use a cane inside my house but I always use one in the classroom where I teach. Like I continuously tell our 3<sup>rd</sup>, 4<sup>th</sup> and 5<sup>th</sup> grader VI students, though they think they know their immediate environment, it can change from day to day. Like in our classroom, the other two individuals I work with are sighted and continuously leave the chairs out or set down a box in the designated path. Or for that matter on the campus, there are 300 other students that continuously leave their jackets or lunchboxes in the walk way, much to my displeasure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sorry for the rant. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Back to the subject at hand, if using a cane in your house makes you feel safe. Go for it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Veronica<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'> NFB-Seniors-Discussion [mailto:nfb-seniors-discussion-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>RobertLeslie Newman via NFB-Seniors-Discussion<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, April 19, 2024 6:46 AM<br><b>To:</b> NFB Seniors Division Discussion List; NE senior division listserv<br><b>Cc:</b> robertleslienewman@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [NFB-Seniors-Discussion] Question- I have started to use a very short cane in my house - anyone else use a cane in your home?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Okay check this out:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yes, I know the interior of our house, like the back of my hand!, However… there are days when my indoor travel ability is… Not so good, either by not paying attention or maybe my hearing is off and my echo location skills are faulty and I miss a doorway, or run into some thing that I would not normally touch along my intended path. And hey, this change in indoor travel has slowed me down and is annoying!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'>And so, yes, I have started to use a 38 inch cane in doors. I had this specially made for me, by D-Canes of Omaha. To make this, Don took a broken cane and salvaged the lower 38 inchs from a broken long white cane. I had him put a handle at the top. And for the tip, I took a too inch section of rubber tubing, which I found to fit very tightly on the bottom end of the cane; having the very end of that rubber extending a quarter inch beyound the actual end of the cane; I do not need auditory feedback from this tool. And so when I walk through the various rooms, I basically use the cane to reach out and feel for what I know should be off to eihterside of me on my expected path. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'>Do any of you use a cane within the walls of your home? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'>RLN <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'>Respectfully yours,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'>Robert Leslie Newman</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'>NFBN Senior Division, President<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>