Blind people using white canes are limited in how fast they can walk, as they have to wait for the tip of their cane to hit obstacles before going around them. The NextGuide cane is different, in that ...

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BEAUMONT, Texas — Being blind doesn’t stop Marvin Griffin, Sr. from living life to the fullest. “Wherever I can, pretty much try to get in to lend a hand with something, as long as it’s a good cause, ...

Rockport resident Aubrey Sholds-Neal received the Meg Robertson Mobility Award at the White Cane Awareness Day at the State House in Boston on Oct. 24, 2025. There are around 28,000 people who are ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Mayor Donna Deegan was at City Hall Thursday to help bring awareness to White Cane Awareness Day, which is typically celebrated on Oct. 15 and is designed to make roads and ...

If you know how the streets of Staunton look, you might not know how they feel or sound. In celebration of White Cane Day, the Virginia Department for the Blind and Vision Impaired hosted the second ...

SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) -- Blind people who use white canes or guide dogs for assistance take extra care and precautions to navigate roads safely. Every trip out of the house is calculated, incorporating ...

Sound Foresight is now shipping their new UltraCane, a white cane for the blind and vision-impaired that uses echolocation (not unlike our oft-beached, humpbacked friends) to determine what obstacles ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Dozens of people in Jacksonville’s blind and visually impaired community took a stroll Saturday along Riverside Avenue for White Cane Awareness Day with a mission to bring ...

In December 2019, internet users began sharing a dated story about a blind girl who was told by her school in Bristol, England, that she could no longer use a cane to get around because it created a ...