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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.
1963 – Public Law 88-164, also called the Community Mental Health Act, became law in the U.S., and it authorized funding for developmental research centers in university affiliated facilities and community facilities for people with intellectual disability; it was the first federal law directed to help people with developmental disabilities.
White Cane Safety Day is a national observance in the United States, celebrated on October 15 of each year since 1964. The date is set aside to celebrate the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired and the important symbol of blindness and tool of independence, the white cane .
Michigan Dept. of State Police v. Sitz , 496 U.S. 444 (1990), was a United States Supreme Court case involving the constitutionality of police sobriety checkpoints . The Court held 6-3 that these checkpoints met the Fourth Amendment standard of "reasonable search and seizure."
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.
The Illinois Department of Corrections did not respond to requests for comment. The monitor reviewed records of 107 prisoner deaths in the state from 2021 to 2023 and identified nearly 900 ...
Honigman LLP (commonly referred to as Honigman) is a law firm founded in Detroit with over 350 attorneys in eight offices. The firm ranked 135th on The American Lawyer 's 2019 AmLaw 200 rankings of U.S. law firms.
The parent article is at List of University of Michigan alumni Academic unit key Symbol Academic unit ARCH Taubman College BUS Ross School of Business COE College of Engineering DENT School of Dentistry GFSPP Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy HHRS Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies LAW Law School LSA College of LS&A MED Medical School SMTD School of Music, Theatre and Dance ...