Hello,
I can understand both sides of this. I, personally, am forced to
use it, and would rather not. However, I understand that some
people can, and they can't. I think it should be an independent
choice.
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From: <Clive.Lever@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Fri, 20 Nov 2015 12:48:33 +0000
Subject: [access-uk] Off Topic: RE: School bans little girls
white cane
Hi Mike,
In one sense, I can imagine some scenarios in which a cane may
trip a sighted person. However, isn't the ban of the long cane
the wrong way of solving the problem. Sighted pupils should be
taught and reminded to look where they're going. In a collision,
the blind person has a valid excuse. The sighted person hasn't.
I guess the school would have thought it easier to ban the cane,
used by one person, than to ban, say, running along the corridor.
It all reminds me of something David Reynolds told us at school.
His class were out in the centre of Worcester, in a mobility
lesson. He'd touched the ankles of one of the locals with his
cane, and as he waked away, heard the priceless line:
"They boys from the bloynd callege, they never look where they'm
going, they, do they?" Well actually, as in the Bristol school,
that's the job of the sighted person. So, before they banned the
cane, did they check whether school rules gave regard to the need
for due care and attention?
Best,
Clive
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Mike Ray
Sent: 19 November 2015 20:07
To: Access-UK
Subject: [access-uk] School bans little girls white cane
Stupidity. I'd say I hope the RNIB have been consulted but they
are a bunch of ineffectual wasters now:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-34855311
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Michael A. Ray
Analyst/Programmer
Witley, Surrey, South-east UK
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