History Of The White Cane - No Jab Cane Giveaway
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As the US celebrates the anniversary of their independence, we are talking about the white cane and how it's brought independence to the visually impaired community. I also talked to several VIP influencers and ask them about their white cane journey.
We are also doing another No Jab cane giveaway!!
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I will no longer call my cane "a cane". From now on, it shall be my STAFF OF INDEPENDENCE!
hi Sam, i went blind in 2018, and found this channel while researching tech that could help me with my new life.you casey,carrie,james, and derek have been instrumental in guiding me through it all and i am forever greatful for your respectful channels and all of the information you all share with us. this community has provided lots of tools that i use everyday. mcaseys videos helped me decide to get a cane, i started my o and m traing but the pandemic put that on pause, my cane is current beat up some of the reinforcing rings broke do to getting jabbed haha so i am very interested in this cane. thankyou again for this channel it has been a great resource me me.
Thanks for your videos. My daughter is 29 years old (intellectually 15 year old). She has retinitis pigmentosa due to a multi-systemic syndrome called Bardet Biedl. When she decided to use the cane, she would use it but always hanging from my arm. Thanks to an independent living organization she has learned to use it. She was selected to be part of leadership training and at the end of the course she was selected to go to Washington DC to the National Council Independent Living, participated in the march to the White House, went into the hemicycle, they even visited the Pentagon and many other places. Since she came back from Washington, she has never hold my arm to walk. Due to her many conditions, she is clumpy and stumbles into her cane, but she does not give up. I invite you to look information about this syndrome. Thanks for keeping us informed..!!!
Hello my name is Jordan from the blind world and I am blind/visually impaired and your daughter I am actually has the same I condition as I do now I don’t have the intellectual disability obviously but she actually has my eye condition because a part of it for me also means that I have autism which is true another condition called ash burgers syndrome and trust I find it interesting finding out about people that have my eye condition it’s just it it’s very interesting I find it amazing that she went to Washington DC and that throughout all of her struggles she still pushed on and I said she is doing wonderfully because of her resilience and just your story about your door has now made me happy because people need to realise that blind people yes we struggle but we get through it
@@jordanmahonytheblindworld8483 I am glad my daughter's story made you happy. Everyone who know her always comment how well she manage even with all her limitations. Her syndrome also includes autism. Among people with her syndrome, she is on a higher efficiency level spectrum (many of them are non verbal and do not learn). Wish you luck on every goal.
I am 50 years old and am tired of struggling visually due to having Achromtopsia. I have been on the fence about using one but I love hiking and want more independence when on the trails. I guess it's time to get a cane and give it a try. Thanks Sam for on-going encouragement you give us VIP"s.
Please make sure to seek professional training by a Certified Orientation & Mobility Specialist (COMS) or a Nationally Certified O&M (NCOMS). They will have the knowledge to help you develop the skills necessary for navigating any environment and help you determine which canes and tips will work best based on your travel environment. Canes and tips are kind of like shoes. You need certain shoes for certain activities. For example, you wouldn't wear dress shoes to go backpacking. Similarly, there are canes and tips that work better for backpacking versus travelling in downtown business areas.
Thank you. I’m newly diagnosed as legally blind. I am waiting for my appointment with O and M to get my white cane. I’m a big advocate for the white cane after my time working with the blind and alpine skiing No white cane on the slopes!
Thanks for the encouragement to use the white cane. It has helped me navigate stores, airports, and other places. It increases my confidence, helps people understand when I need help. Thank you Sam!
Love the blind CZcams All-Stars featured in this video! I really appreciated hearing their perspectives on what the white cane means to them. 👩🏽🦯👩🏼🦯🧑🦯🧑🏾🦯👨🦯👨🏽🦯❤️❤️
Super interesting and informative video! I wish disabled history and stories were more well-known. Thank you so much!
Staff of Independance sounds like a magic item from a game!
I've been totally blind since this past November 2019. It has been a huge adjustment. I'm thankful to you and your channel for all the info you give. You're such a blessing to my life!
The guide dog schools require that you have good mobility skills and use of the white cane in general.
They absolutely do. Your skills must be A++.
Thanks for the history of the white cane. As a history lover, I found it very interesting. I’m so glad to have a white cane to use. It makes a world of difference.
Soooo grateful to a friend who referred me to your you tube sight! Funny thing is the first video I watched of yours, was how to use toothpaste.....REALLY! Of course, just squeeze toothpaste directly into your mouth! So obvious, but had not even considered this before. Thank you!
Looking forward to your sharing your words of wisdom, support, and encouragement!
Love hearing the history! I agree with everyone and how they feel about what the cane has done for their life. Freedom!!!
Happy Fourth July to everyone from Montreal, Canada!
this video is AWESOME, keep it up Sam! you're the best man!
I live in Pakistan where a lot of people are unaware pf yupes of visual impairment as I am partially blind having retoma disorder so a lot of prople could not recognize my problem but when I went to the university I started to use the cane and it really helps a lot and a lot of people helped me it really helps
Brilliant Sam. Four years ago I was in between appointments- at the beginning of June I’d had my normal optician’s appointment, I knew I needed new specs and that the optician was fussing about scars from childhood eye infections I’d been sent to the hospital about twice before over the preceding 14 years- at the end of September I was at the being told my sight loss was real and it’s cause was diagnosed, it took a long time for me to registered first partially sighted (beginning of March 2017 exactly 9 months after the optician’s appointment that started this journey) and then finally on 3rd July 2017 I had my first white cane lesson (9 months and 5 days after my diagnosis). At the end of October I was registered blind (only thing that had really changed is since my specs were causing more problems than they solved I threw them away- even though I’d told the hospital I didn’t wear them because I had them still in the March I had to wear them for my eye test as I hadn’t realised my dizziness, nausea, and headaches were caused by my specs and I used a white walking stick as a symbol to let people know I didn’t see too well and as a way not to fall if I tripped over something or got too dizzy it was only as I stopped wearing my specs after the optician’s had determined there wasn’t a better lens to use and I had said about getting headaches etc when I wore them that she said “since they don’t really help there’s no point in wearing them”. They only just about doubled the distance I could see in focus from 4 inches from my nose to about 7 to 8 inches from my nose). I soon named my white cane Wanda Power as she was my WAND OF POWER, I thanked Captain Walker (my white walking stick I bought just before I was registered partially sighted) and semi retired him (I still use him when walking on rough ground where Wanda struggles). The independence I have with my white cane really helped grow my confidence so that before the lockdown here in the UK I was happily hopping on buses to go to new places SOLO- I just use phone apps (like Soundscape, and Moovit) to help me find my way around and in the case of Moovit if the beacon is working on the bus to help me know when my stop is coming up a bit more accurately than the beacon on Soundscape.
I’m finding I’m very unusual as I never had a negative feeling about the white cane, I always saw it as a tool to regain my independence, I just found it very frustrating having to wait so long to be trained with it (especially as my trainer wasn’t very good at training telling me to watch her when I was at the bottom of a flight of stairs and she was at the top yet I couldn’t see her clearly when she was arm’s length away *facepalm*- she also didn’t cover things she said were essential at the beginning of training me). In the end I bought 2 longer canes than she recommended and gave me, and a different tip (well several different tips for different terrains) and following seeing a video of someone who used a longer than average cane as she walked with a long stride and fast pace - I decided a longer length was better suited for 2 reasons- the first was I could walk faster, the second was I could hold it so the handle was by my hip and if it jammed skimmed past me instead of stabbing me- BONUS.
Lockdown has stopped play at the moment as I’m shielding (cause of my sight loss is my immune system- which also causes other health problems so I’m on immune suppressants) so I will have to regain my confidence in my cane skills but hope to be walking around my home town independently again soon.
Hi Sam, thank you for the history lesson on the white cane. White canes are great tools in providing independence!
Sam my canes name is Carl. He is dependable and sturdy. Carl is a major key to my independence. Never leave home without it.
We love and approve of Carl!
Nice video! I agree 100%. The white cane keeps me from falling into holes and helps others know that I am not drunk or on drugs. Keep up the good work!
What a great history of the cane. I suddenly lost most of my sight about one and a half years ago. I began using a cane about nine months ago. I'm 54 years old. The cane is great to identify me as visually impaired, and alerts drivers to my imparement while out walking. For anyone on the fence about using a cane, I say do it. It is an adjustment, but it will help you.
Another great video Sam. I learned quite a bit, I'm a white cane user and wouldn't leave the house without it (i wouldn't get very far!). Thank you, happy fourth. Looking forward to the live stream.
Be well.
Rob
I have My no-jab it is great! I will now call it my staff of independence!
Great video Sam. It's hard to start using the white cane as a newbie . Many feeling of different emotions. Thanks everyone for great advice and encouragement.
I'm going to start using my cane now. I've been so scared to start but your vids have helped me realize that other low vision peeps have felt the same way at first. Everyone gets over it eventually and then becomes their favorite tool to get out more! Thank you for your content.
And another great video. I definitely learnt some things. Cheers!
Thank you for educating! And the opportunity for a cane! Mine has been too short for me for thr past ten years lol.
Thank you! I’ve yet to get proper O&M training (I keep putting it off...I know.), but there’s a video on CZcams that helped me adapt it great for myself. It’s saved me from more falls than I already have, and gave me my independence back. I have a rare genetic eye disease: Stargardt Disease. I wasn’t diagnosed until I was 35. I’ve had rapid vision loss. It’s been extremely difficult to adapt to it later in life, but I live alone and aim for as much independence as I can. *MY cane is hot pink with a large white ball. I wanted to have a personalized one that fits my personality better.💖👩🏻🦯
When I meet with prospect clients who need my real estate services as a broker and property manager for a sale, purchase, rental or community condominium association property management, or just an advice and they see me with my white cane and recognize I’m a visually impaired person and legally blind man, they get inspired by me in terms of how I control my eye sight condition that I don’t allow it to control my destiny and I’ll do what it takes to service them effectively and efficiently … Actually, showing up with a white cane gives enormous amount of confidence and integrity in me and my services and lots of them tell me that they are very confident I’ll do what it takes to achieve their goals and I’ll bring workaround solutions. Also, the white cane makes people nicer and more helpful when I’m out and about. It definitely has given my “Independence and Courage” and I wouldn’t know how terrible my life would’ve been without it. It’s Independence Day for America and us challenged people who have sought the tools…
Love watching your videos! I share them with my family so they can get a better understanding of Stargardt disease. Thanks so much! #happyindependenceday
I finally got the courage to use my white cane because of Casey's video. It was so helpful to know I wasn't alone in the way I felt about it. Great video Sam always enjoy your videos. Its was cool to hear everyone point of view. Happy 4th have a great day
Great topic especially on Independence Day!
Good video for anyone considering using a cane or not. I use an ID white cane so people know that I have a vision problem and people are willing to help. It was really helpful at the airport. Thanks Sam👍🏼
Video was very helpful to me. The history was interesting and the info on the red banding, but the comments from your friends was especially good. Thanks.
Had no idea there was so much behind the history of the white cane. Really want one of the No Jab Cane's.
Excellent presentation Sam, thanks. I enjoyed all of the interviews you did and found them helpful. It’s quite encouraging to see the same reactions from those individuals that I myself had. I have been seeing this cane now for quite a while and think it is a great idea.
This turned out great, Sam! Thank you so much for allowing me to be a part of it!
Thank you for doing it!
Thanks for doing this video Sam you shown people what the cane means to us which is great
Thank you! It's nice knowing I'm not alone. I've fought for years against using my cane. I am also essentially a hermit for 20 years. The thing I really don't like about the cane is falling over it when it jabs me and ignorant comments. My husband gets so aggravated with me for not using one. Loved my guide dog, but have fought the cane for 20 years. Time to stop.
Love your channel and you've helped me in my journey so many times! I'm 65 and totally blind due to cortical blindness. Keep up the great work!
Great show. Slowly losing my sight all my life i totally get the fear of using the cane for the first times. Now I don't go anywhere without it.
Hey Sam! This is a great video, I loved hearing everyone’s perspective on the white cane! Thank you so much for doing this, keep up the great content! Also, if you happen to choose me as a winner, please go ahead and choose someone else as I already have one :-) thanks again!
Having a cane has done so much for my life are used to hold a two-handed now are use it one-handed and honestly I would not give her a friendly chat I love my long cane and without it I would not get far in life
I love watching what is put out on this channel. The cane helps me a lot
Thanks Sam for all your informative content I have shared with the St Charles County Council of the Blind an Affiliate of ACB and Missouri Council of the Blind, several of your videos. Thanks to John for donating more no jab canes for the benefit of your viewers. I really could use one I purchased a really cheap short cane on Amazon but could use an upgrade Thanks
Hi Sam and all the other VIP CZcamsrs! Thank you for all you do and for inspiring people like me who are new to sight loss. 💖
I love love LOVE my no-jab cane! It has been truly life-changing!❤️😊
Cool stuff! I definitely started using a cane way later than I should have.
I am certainly on the fence about using a cane. This would be a great way to try it out.
EPIC VIDEO SAM!!!
Great job, love the interaction with other you tubers!
I have bern reading “People of Vision”, in the beginning of the book, they talk about the history of blindness.
I learned a lot from there.
Thank you for this very inspirational video Sam!!!!
Hi Sam. I'm older, and losing my sight because of Mactel 2. Using the cane was very scary at first, but now it's opened my world back up. Not seeing my family's faces and not driving has been hard for me. Thank you for all you do. You have made this journey a little easier. God bless. Angela Kea.
Sam, excellent and interesting history of the cane.
So enjoy your videos. You are doing a real service for the newly sight impaired, particularly, as I am sure you know!
How do we enter the contest? we have a US address at my son’s in Boston.
5 Bruce Lane
Newton,Mass. many blessings, Beth and Morris Mann
First of a happy Fourth of July and second of all such a great video… I was kind of embarrassed to use my first cane after I went blind a couple years back but found out how important it was and the independence I gained from it and I love it
Very interesting video, it’s astonishing to find out how much the white cane evolved leading up to the no jab Kane. I am a cane user and have been cents summer of 2019. The first few days when using my cane, I was very embarrassed when people look at me, but after a few months, I enjoyed getting the help I needed from random people like you mentioned. I think using the white cane really makes blind people more independent. Thank you for this awesome video!
Please ignore the mistakes, I was using dictation 😂🤣
LiveSimmer Sam won’t hold that against you are used dictation as well and it can be tricky sometimes at times
This and awesome video on the history of the white cane I can sure use another that's for because the 1 that I've got at this time is starting to splinter in different places I love watching your videos there amazing and real helpful too alot of the time.
I also went through that denial phase because I thought I didn’t need one. Once I got over it I realized I couldn’t leave the house without my cane because I am not getting very far lol
O&M here. Love love loves this video! Sent it to my coworkers
Another very informative and wonderful video, thanks for all you do you to inform us of everything that is out there that is helpful to all of us
That was great and very informative. This gave me a new perspective on using a cane when the time comes. Thank you
Great video Sam. I was just on a Blind Hams net of 40 or so blind hams and told them all about this video.
Great video I liked that you included other you tubers in it
Great video Sam. I would really like to win one of those canes. as someone whom has been legally blind since birth, I know very well the importance of independence, and I also know how helpful a cane can be. Thanks...
Thank u for the information . 15 Oct white cane Day
That was good history about the white cane.
This was a great video. I have low vision and I felt I was not blind enough to use one but after completing one of my lessons to become a COMS my classmate said “Doug, why are you not using the cane for your own mobility needs?” Since then (last August ) I have started using it for personal travel needs. Thanks Sam.
Great informative video. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who still need to be educated on what the white cane means. I have had people ask me where i got such a cool hiking stick.
Every chance i get I tell anyone who will listen the following, "I use the white cane so that other people can see that i can't.
Thank you for what you are doing ...love your shirt
I like the education you continue to provide, Sam. I am at yhe point with my Villeform Macular Dystrophy the I will need a cane for safety. I already use a standard cane due to Fibromyalgia, co the No-Jab Cane would be a boon to my getting around. Thank you for all you do.
I know the difference my cane has made in my life. My youngest son remarked one of the first shopping trips we took, he told me he couldn't keep up with me. That made me feel 10 feet tall! I was walking at a 'normal' pace, once again.
UNBELIEVABLE HISTORY OF BLIND PEOPLE USING THE WHITE CANE REMARKABLE. 😎😎😎
Hey Sam, this turned out great. So awesome to see all of those familiar faces too. Thank you so much for having me take part in this collab 😀👨🏻🦯
Good videos Sam and the history of the cane I agree having the cane gives me more independence two toes up
I've always been self concious about using one, well, mainly when i was younger... I could've saved myself a lot of trouble if I just used one... lol now I am proud to use one it's a part of me
Well done Sam! Lots of History information! Love the way you created feedback from different individuals that are legally blind or visually impaired! One of your best videos yet! Happy Fourth of July! As for me my cane is imperative. When I walk out and about. I feel naked without it! Lol!
The white cane is freedom to me. It gives me the confidence I need to be independent.
I really like your videos and you’re really in depth on your subjects and also the history of the white key that you gave in this video thank you very much
Happy 4th my fellow jolly, bearded VIP
I like your videos it helps me then what I’ve learned from you I tried to help other people
Great video Sam! I love how you incorporated a lot of your CZcams friends. I lost my vision from LHON. I started using a cane shortly after I started losing my vision. And no job Kaine would be wonderful. Keep up the great work
This video was phenomenal! I will definitely share this on my social media so people will get informed. Fingers crossed I win the giveaway because my white cane is pretty worn out already.
Sam, I really enjoyed the history lesson. You did a fantastic job with this video. Thanks for doing what you do!
Thank you for the history and also thank you for the interviews with other cane users. I have a couple canes that I purchased but I’ve been on the fence about using them. Simply stated I’m not certain I know how. I watch some CZcams videos I’m currently working with Vocational rehabilitation to get mobility training for the white cane. But it’s a long process. This has been helpful and I thank you. Love your channel and the tech I learn about and the encouragement I get from you and your viewers
Thank you for this video!
Sam, that was a great history lesson. I really love that term the staff of independence.
Great video, thank you!
Thank you so uch for this video! I've finally come to terms with possibly needing to use the white cane and I've been watching a lot of videos about them and I came across your videos and many other CZcamsrs' in this video!
I hope it has been helpful for you!
White Cane Day is 10/15/22. The entire month of October is Blindness Equality Achievement Month. One can visit the National Federation of the Blind website to learn about it and get ideas What are each of you doing to promote it in your area? One of my students has a project which involves promoting the month and the day. She answers question for sighted peers. The school has a CZcams TV channel so we're trying to get her interviewed like they do for other school events. She is sending a request for a proclmation to the mayor and the governor. The school for the blind is on the other side of the parish and they usually hold an event in downtown Baton Rouge, and we may just join them there.
I have been struggling a lot due to my situation being recent but I hope to have this chance to be able to feel some independence for myself and also I love all of your extremely helpful videos I recently subscribe and your videos have had such an impact so thank you very much sam
I like the new theme song!!
Thank you for the video and all the perspectives on the cane. I just started using mine in September and it has given me a lot of independence unfortunately I do job myself because the sidewalks I live near are not that good so I hope to look into the no job canes
If it was not for a slow internet connection I would have won one of these the last time. Hope I have better luck!
Hi Sam, Hi Matt. I remember 10 years ago or so some people wanted a yellow cane to signify low vision and they really got poo poo’d online.
When I first learn to use my white cane I gain a lot of independence. The cane allow me to go around the school by myself after losing all of my vision. To this day I have improve my orientation and mobility and use my cane everywhere I go! It will be very cool to win it no jab cane!😎
Thank you for the history lesson Sam.
I've had people ask me on the past and I had no clue.
I was supposed to start o and m training this year but i kept putting it off. Cane phobia is real lol. I know i would benefit from a cane but it's hard to just take the leap
You are so not alone! I was touring my state's school in March before everything shut down, and now I'm stuck waiting. It's both exciting and terrifying.
Hi I want one of these canes sooo bad also love your videos
Hey Sam
Happy Fourth of July to you and your family! May you guys have a wonderful and blessed and safer day. And what a wonderful video 2 make to celebrate independence not from our only from our country but also Independence for ourselves as individuals who are legally blind or blind. Thank you Sam for all that you do and that you keep doing and I am blessed to have you as one of my greatest friends
Hey Steven how are you doing my friend and hopefully we can gain independence for all other people
great video! I would love to win the giveaway. I actually watched the livestream where you did trivia later that evening, and I knew the answers! I could have won! but didnt watch it live, also entered Matts recent drawing and wasnt chosen, so I am still trying to win a no jab haha