[stylist] rollerball cane tips

Sat Nov 15 14:15:24 UTC 2008

Roller cane tips are one option of choice. Mainly I've seen them used for
individuals who need constant contact with the up-coming terrain. This is
not the average blind traveler, meaning most people I've seen using/needing
them are  individuals having physical issues along with their blindness. And
sure, some able-body people also use that tip simply because they want that
type of constant info about what is coming up. And there is a group of
travelers who use it because that is all they know, because that was the
travel instructor's narrow minded approach to teaching a blind traveler.

And here is what that type of tip doesn't give you- you know, for most of
us, our hearing ability reaches out further than that of our touch. And what
the majority of blind traveler's have discovered is that the metal tip makes
the better sound, going out the furthest to bounce off of whatever is out
there so that we can get a better auditory picture of our immediate
surroundings. 

The thing about this blindness topic, as it is with most, is that we need to
make sure the blind person needing to make a choice has all the information
relating to it, so they can make the best choice.

Robert Leslie Newman 
Email- newmanrl at cox.net
THOUGHT PROVOKER Website- 
Http://www.thoughtprovoker.info

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 11:04 PM
To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] rollerball cane tips

absolutely Barbara!  don't give those canes to any kids.  I've seen some
kids locally get them too!  I don't think kids learn proper cane technique
with them.

what the state functionary said was "this is easier, you just roll it and
don't tap it."
so yes, the patronizing rationale is that it is easier.

so, what does Robert Newman/mobility instructor say about rollerblah cane
tips?
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 10:11 PM 11/14/2008, you wrote:
>I wonder if they came up with those to "help the little chidren be 
>successful with their canes"?  I've a friend whose daughter's mobility 
>instructor gave her one for just that purpose.  I refuse to let anyone 
>give one to my children.
>Barbara
>
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>From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
>Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 7:43 PM
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>Subject: Re: [stylist] rollerball cane tips
>
>>Jim, so glad you're getting better.
>>Yes, those roller tips aren't all they're cracked up to be. I gave my 
>>old folding cane away a long time ago, someone was desperate, and 
>>haven't missed it a bit.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] 
>>On Behalf Of James Canaday M.A. N6YR
>>Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 5:40 PM
>>To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
>>Subject: [stylist] rollerball cane tips
>>
>>hello friends,
>>I'm going back to a previous discussion we had regarding canes and 
>>cane tips.
>>the replacement tips I had ordered for my cane were wrong, rainshine 
>>instead of the standard metal glide tip and I could not get the 
>>rainshine on my solid fiberglass cane.
>>I had a trip downtown this afternoon and thus was forced to use what I 
>>call my "dress cane" because it looks nice, doesn't appear to have 
>>survived a nuclear blast.  problem is it is a folding cane, probably 
>>three times the weight, and made of graphite.  it was given by a state 
>>functionary.  my "dress cane" has a rolling tip.
>>after walking with it downtown on some familiar sidewalks, I can 
>>conclusively report that it doesn't communicate nearly so much detail 
>>as my solid, light, metal glide tipped, cane.  I tried tapping (harder 
>>with heavier cane) and even tried some of the rollerball
>>technique.    so, I'm getting metal glide tips ASAP.
>>
>>one note, during my trip downtown I had to take cover under the awning 
>>of the newspaper/cable-TV/ISP because it was hailing pea-sized hail.  
>>hail presents its own travel problems, chiefly the pain and the noise.
>>
>>and to those who have been praying for me, I am getting better.  thank 
>>you and thank God.
>>
>>jc
>>
>>Jim Canaday M.A.
>>Lawrence, KS
>>
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