Taken from http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=353
"The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of blind people, today announced an initiative to ensure that any blind person in the United States and Puerto Rico who needs a long white cane will have one, regardless of ability to pay. The NFB will provide a free cane to anyone in the fifty states, the District of Columbia, or Puerto Rico who is blind or has low vision and who uses or desires to use a white cane in order to travel independently. This historic initiative is the largest effort ever of its kind to provide white canes to individuals who are blind or have low vision...
The National Federation of the Blind will provide a straight, light fiberglass cane to any blind individual in the United States or Puerto Rico who requires the cane for personal use. Canes are available in the following lengths: 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, or 63 inches. Individuals may only request one free cane in any six-month period."
For more info, check out the website at http://www.nfb.org/nfb/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=353
Update: You can fill out the application online at http://www.nfb.org/freecane/forms.asp or download an application at http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/pdf/Free_White_Cane_Application.pdf
More information on the program is also available at http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Free_Cane_Program.asp?SnID=2137334358
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2 comments:
Thanks so much for this post. What great news :)
If the white cane truly allows us to participate fully in society, it's not just the unsighted that need one.
Sign me up. Sign up my neighbor.
Kudos to the initiative.
A shame we spent billions on space, on wars, on bail-outs, and othing on a fiber glass cane can change a life.
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