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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 .
In 1977 the NFB directed the final field trials of the first reading machine, developed by noted inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil. The machine weighed 80 pounds and cost $50,000. The machine used 50 bits per word and could store 750,000 bits of information. It used a camera to scan 15 characters per second and was programmed with the rules ...
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.
Here’s a look at the best and worst states in each of our four data categories: mental health provider ratio, percentage of seniors who report 14 or more poor mental health days each month, and ...
The standard crook cane (the kind Bugs Bunny tap dances on stage with) is “how most people envision an older cane looking,” Perkal noted. “It is a bit of a dated style, but still functions ...
Older Americans Act of 1965: Long title: To provide assistance in the development of new or improved programs to help older persons through grants to the States for community planning and services and for training, through research, development, or training project grants, and to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare an operating agency to be designated as the ...
To investigate, the scientists who conducted the recent study took data from the Chicago Health and Aging Project, which included 4,770 individuals aged 65 or older (average age of 71.3). Of these ...
He’d tried 12-step and abstinence-only programs three times, but each attempt at recovery had ended in relapse. The public health establishment, including the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the World Health Organization , has said that medications like buprenorphine (and methadone), when coupled with counseling, give people with opioid ...