Walking quickly seems to help too.?
Hello,
If you use the iOS app OKO and there's a stoplight, you can keep yourself oriented to the stoplight which will keep you from veering significantly. It requires you to hold the phone steady (either on a neck strap or in your hand).
Thanks,
On Wed, Oct 25, 2023 at 6:16?AM Gerald Levy via <bwaylimited=
[email protected]> wrote:
Veering off course
seems to be a problem for many cane users.? There is no easy
solution.? Some exceptional blind cane users claim they can
guide themselves in a straight line by using echolocation like a
bat, basically flicking their tongues back and forthe like a
freaking reptile to sense environmental vibrations to guide
them.? A blind O&M instructor named Dan Kish has tried to
popularize the use of echolocation by blind pedestrians, but
there is a lot of controversy over whether this technique really
works or is just a bunch of malarkey. And of course,
echolocation would be totally useless for someone who is also
deaf or hearing impaired in addition to being blind, and sadly,
most O&M instructors have no clue how to train a blind
client who is also hearing impaired and do not understand that
wearing hearing aids is not a panacea. Some busy intersections
in major cities now have audible traffic signals that make it a
little easier for blind pedestrians to guide themselves in a
straight line from one side of the street to the other, but they
are not always kept in working order and they tend to be few and
far between, and incredibly, their installation has been ?
opposed by the largest, so-called blindness advocacy
organization in the US. ??
Gerald
On 10/25/2023 12:43 AM, Madison Martin
wrote:
Hi all,
I tend to veer a lot especially when
crossing streets, my instructor says this is normal but I
still find it annoying. Is this true and if so is there
anything that I can do to prevent it from happening
alltogether or at least reduce the chances of it happening?
If it maters at all I use a folding cane with a roller ball
tip because apparently it works the best on all surfaces.
Look forward to any thoughts that anyone has. Thanks
Madison
