[access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different Colours - Import from Canada
- From: "Derek Hornby" <derek.hornby_uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 09:46:24 +0100
Why are some you making such a fuss?
Is RNIB stopping anyone have a white only long cane?
No
So end of day, no b big deal, want white only long cane and you can still
have it.
The policy is, freedom of choice.
We have the right to make a choice.
So if someone wants a coloured cane that is their choice.
Regards, Derek
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Eleanor Burke
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 9:29 AM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different Colours -
Import from Canada
Hi Saqib
It is vitally important that a guide dog user has the mobility skills of a
long cane in situations where they are unable to use the guide dog. This
could be for a variety of reasons on the part of the guide dog and the
owner. What does the Highway Code say Saqib about a long colour cane for
the blind? Can you refer me to a direct reference on-line perhaps?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Saqib" <Saqib500@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2012 9:24 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different Colours -
Import from Canada
> Hi Eleanor. I'm not sure why this should be a huge concern for you as you
> are a guidedog user. Insisting on people using white canes only is not
> fair and I as a cane user have a right to choose the colour of my cane. If
> it gives me a positive feeling then that is all down to the RNIB making
> these canes available for us cane users.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vince Thacker
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 6:56 PM
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different
> Colours - Import from Canada
>
> Agreed, Clive. Quite a while ago, someone mentioned to me that people were
> carrying around pink and lilac canes, or yellow, or similar, and I
> wondered
> whether they were supposed to mean something, or were they a lifestyle
> choice of a rather peculiar kind? And what are drivers supposed to make of
> them? The Highway Code, if I remember rightlly, does mention white canes.
> It
> doesn't mention pink ones as far as I know!
>
> Vince.
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Clive Jacobs" <cj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2012 4:52 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Now Selling Long Canes in Different
> Colours -
> Import from Canada
>
>
>> Hi, not too sure about the idea of coloured canes. You are right in
>> saying that the white cane is the universal indication of blindness. I
>> fear that in offering coloured canes the impact will be lost and people
>> will start to think that it is some kind of fashion accessory rather than
>> a major mobility aid for the blind. Others may have different views but
>> why confuse something that is so widely? Regards to you, CJ.
>>
>>
>> On 30/09/2012 16:00, Eleanor Burke wrote:
>>> Sorry Barry, this may be inappropriate. I would be interested if those
>>> who have used the imported non white canes would e-mail me off list to
>>> tell me how you find them and the public's reaction to you using one
>>> instead of the traditional long white cane, the worldwide symbol of
>>> blindness. My e-mail address is eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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