Hi Grace
Here is the link to the video
And here is the article I wrote it¡¯s on page three
I was wondering if you could associate the white cane with independence for your toddlers. The video has several interviews with adult came travelers and they really emphasized how the cane granted them independence and freedom of movement. I would also appreciate your assistance in trying to get these items out to the larger group if that¡¯s possible. Thank you for your interest.
I was wondering if you could associate the white cane with independence for your toddlers. The video has several interviews with adult cane travelers and they really emphasized how they came granted them independence and freedom of movement. I would also appreciate your assistance in trying to get these items out to the larger group if that¡¯s possible. Thank you for your interest.
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On Jul 23, 2020, at 8:36 AM, Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken, COMS <gambrose@...> wrote:
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Hi David:
Who are you asking this question to? I'm happy to receive this information- you can send to me directly - if you are unable to share on this list - info@...?
Thanks!
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
I would like to share a video form a YouTube channel I¡¯ve subscribed to. ?The video has a brief history oh the white cane and several interviews with cane travelers. ?Any objections?
Doug Gilbert?
PS. I also have an article that¡¯s been published in a newsletter put out by a CaiL in northern NJ, mind if I share?
On Jul 22, 2020, at 3:51 PM, Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken, COMS <gambrose@...> wrote:
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The cane is a safety device. Like a seat belt - it must be employed when the child is blind. A two-year-old can no more be unwilling to use a cane, than be unwilling to use a seat belt. If a child said "no" I don't want to wear my seat belt- would you
drive with them in the car? Risk getting a ticket- or worse, risk an accident with an unbuckled child?????
If you know that the child is blind - is unable to visually avoid collisions - if you do not provide that child with the safety device she needs- you are negligent.
A child who is blind and walking and crashing into things or not walking and not talking - is not learning.
Blind babies are not experiencing safe mobility simply "holding a cane for five seconds- 30 seconds, 2 minutes in diagonal technique with constant prompting." It matters if the cane is forming an arc or off the ground or behind them. It matters that the
cane is in the right place, at the right time, all the time. There is no other reason to hold a cane except to achieve safe mobility.
If you want to make a difference in the lives of blind babies - start understanding the purpose of the cane.
Canes are equal to wheelchairs - life is better when you get full benefit from them.
Blind babies can't wait to be safe. They need SAFE MOBILITY IMMEDIATELY - if not sooner.
For children five and younger- they need pediatric belt canes or (age three to five) rectangular canes- they don't need to be punished for being "unwilling to protect themselves" that is not healthy way to be a early education COMS.
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
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