The History of the White Cane

The month of October is Blindness Awareness Month. More specifically, on the 15th of this month, we celebrate one of the oldest mobility aids known to the vision-independent world, the long white cane.

Kenneth Jernigan's cane, 1980s EveryBody: An Artifact History of Disability in America

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MCB Virtual White Cane Awareness Day Celebration 2021

White Cane Safety Day event - Service Civil International

The History of the White Cane

Some History

Peoria, home of the invention, celebrates White Cane Safety Day

File:White-Cane-Safety-Day-2 (44317238365).jpg - Wikimedia Commons

White Cane Safety Day event - Service Civil International

Portland Bureau of Transportation on X: Today is #WhiteCaneAwarenessDay! Thank you for following along with us over the past few weeks as we've shared information about the history of the white cane

The History of the White Cane

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The cane and the billy club

DisabilityHistoryAssociation on X: 4/ In Paris, philanthropist Guilly d'Herbemont worked with blind associations and the Quatre-Vingt Hospital for the blind to test white canes in traffic, and on February 7, 1931, distributed