Jim born 1946 One Year After the Long Cane was Invented

Safe Toddles Talks Orientation and Mobility

Jim said he wished he had had cane travel in grade school – instead of always sitting on the sidelines.

He remembered moving about without the long cane and didn’t recall getting hurt, but when he attended his reunion getting about the campus as an adult he didn’t understand, how he managed without a long cane, because he bumped into a lot of bicycles.

He was taught to believe that long canes were just needed in “big environments” but as an adult he realized that a long cane would have kept him from bumping into bicycles and falling off drop offs.

Jim proves a child can grow up without a long cane. But why should they be asked to do that? It restricts their freedom and puts them at risk. People can survive all sorts of hardships- folks who are smart and have great resilience can survive a lot, but looking back at those hardships comes the sincere wish the adults in his life had found a way to alleviate his hardship sooner.
Thankfully because of the belt cane – adults have options to get effective mobility tools to toddlers and allow them to grow up only knowing safety and independence.

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