Look this is a real blind person talking to you. I have walked sighted guide by all ages of persons with my tip of my cane pointed in not touching the ground. In my forty something years of honoring my O and M Specialist by listening and using their guidance: I have been run many times into signs, run off curbs, falling over hitting my foot on those bumpers that you all park your cars towards, run into wooden stands, nocked over displays in stores. No thank you on this very wrong technique. I will use my cane lightly tapping to cover my right side. If my cane detects a drop off or obstacle I will take the responsibility and go behind the person.? I am so sick of the sicky phrase, ¡°I didn¡¯t see that.¡± I except the apology.
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Please someone research and debunk the sighted guide lifting your cane misguidance you all are teaching. I will bet my last hundred dollars that real blind person all have come close to falling or did fall because of this misguidance of technique.
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Now I am in a wheelchair and use a short, well sort of cane you all fit me with. If I take you sighted guide, I hope you are responsible enough for your own safety. Yes my cane will go over more to the right to cover you, but you can use your cane to make certain you are truly safe.
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By the way, I rarely in my forty years of using a cane used sighted guide, yet I had all these mishaps. Kids do a great job and I have never fallen with a child guiding me.
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By the way, how long should my cane be as I roll along, giggle. To long and I sort of get disoriented. So far the forty-eight inch long cane is good, but I think I need to go a bit longer. ?????
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Becky in her Joy Wheels
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