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2. White cane - Wikipedia

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   A long cane, the primary mobility tool for the visually impaired. A white cane is a device used by many people who are blind or visually impaired.A white cane primarily allows its user to scan their surroundings for obstacles or orientation marks, but is also helpful for onlookers in identifying the user as blind or visually impaired and taking appropriate care.

3. Guilly d'Herbemont - Wikipedia

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   Guilly d'Herbemont (25 June 1888 – 28 February 1980) was the inventor of the white cane for blind people. Guilly was the daughter of a Belgian and a Frenchman. She was born in Brussels as a child, she lived alternately in Brussels and Paris. She later moved to Paris as a musician and writer.

4. Hoople (mobility aid) - Wikipedia

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   A Hoople is a hoop-shaped mobility aid used by some blind and visually impaired people, and was designed to help them navigate their way over rough terrain or in a rural environment. It performs a similar role to a white cane, but is designed for use in conditions where using a white cane can be difficult, for example, in snow or on sand. It ...

5. School bans blind girl from using walking cane because it ...

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   Lily-Grace Hooper was rendered virtually blind after suffering from a stroke at just four days old. Now, the 7-year-old girl from Bristol has been banned from using her walking cane in school.

6. School punishes blind child by replacing his cane with a pool ...

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   KANSAS CITY, MO - Parents are outraged after they say an elementary school punished their blind child by replacing his cane with a pool noodle. Dakota Nafzinger attends Gracemor Elementary School ...

7. First blind Barbie doll released, with tactile features and a ...

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   Toy company Mattel has launched the first ever blind Barbie in its latest move to make the iconic doll more inclusive and represent more sections of society.. This Barbie carries a white and red ...

8. Tactile paving - Wikipedia

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   A set of yellow truncated domes on the down-ramp in a parking lot. Tactile paving (also called tenji blocks, truncated domes, detectable warnings, tactile tiles, tactile ground surface indicators, tactile walking surface indicators, or detectable warning surfaces) is a system of textured ground surface indicators found at roadsides (such as at curb cuts), by and on stairs, and on railway ...

9. Blind singer-songwriter Lachi makes her name by raising canes ...

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   I didn't have any role models. (Only between 2% and 8% of those who are legally blind use a cane. Only 2% of the legally blind use guide dogs.) "I decided, if I want to be that role model, I want ...