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Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken, COMS
¿ªÔÆÌåÓýHi Craig:
I think we need to be open to new terminology, increasing the sophistication of professional terminology and also seeking to communicate. I don't think a professional should use the term "stick" but I don't want to stop communicating because someone outside
the profession is using an incorrect term.
Can we stop using the term "adaptive mobility device (AMD)" - I think we would be more inclusive and supportive of alternative cane shapes and connection methods were we to agree that anything providing a cane arc - is a cane and to distinguish them we
can say: Rod cane, rectangular cane and belt cane. Are there any other shapes or types of canes that provide consistent cane arc?
The distinguishing characteristic between a rod and rectangular cane is that the rod cane is a manual arc -in other words you have to create the arc yourself or you don't benefit from it and the rectangular cane provides a automatic arc - so you just push
and you have your safe mobility.
My hope is that when we start accepting the rectangular and belt canes as just "canes" we will work to find more types of devices to provide to people that need cane arc but, for whom the rod cane is too advanced/too difficult to gain safe mobility benefit.
This may be until they get older or because they have a co-morbid disability and will never gain any benefit from the rod cane arc.
When we see someone who can't walk one step, one swipe we should say, this rod cane is not meeting your needs, until you are able to obtain consistent manual cane arc, use a rectangular cane. For babies who can't create their own safe mobility (say 15
months old and blind) -have them wear their rectangle.
Let's prioritize the benefits of the cane arc as that is what provides user with safe mobility.
Right??
Grace
Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken, Certified O&M Specialist
Project Coordinator RT and O&M Programs Hunter College CUNY 695 Park Ave 1140W New York, NY 10065 212-772-4741 Top 5 Reasons to Choose Hunter Programs in Blindness and Visual Impairments:
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From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Craig Phillips via groups.io [1700cleep@...]
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2020 10:46 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OandM] Something To Share. Ponderings during virus seclusion...
One of the benchmarks of any profession is to use correct terminology so that colleagues, clients, the public, and medical entities can easily understand and communicate with one another. The curmudgeon in me finds it misleading, incorrect, and irritating
to use incorrect mobility terminology. It raises my hackles to hear or see the pejorative terms "stick" or "walking stick" used when referring to the long or mobility cane and the term "Guide Dog," a registered trade marked?product, confused with dog guides
from other sources. Using appropriate terms might be one more way to assist Orientation and Mobility?Specialists gain the respect and acceptance of other therapeutic disciplines and the medical community so that the profession receives the recognition for
third party reimbursement, something that is long overdue.
Be well and safe out there.?
On Wed, Apr 22, 2020, 6:03 AM Keith Ford <keithford1957@...> wrote:
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