Hi Mike,
In one sense, I can imagine some scenarios in which a cane may trip a sighted
person. However, isn't the ban of the long cane the wrong way of solving the
problem. Sighted pupils should be taught and reminded to look where they're
going. In a collision, the blind person has a valid excuse. The sighted person
hasn't. I guess the school would have thought it easier to ban the cane, used
by one person, than to ban, say, running along the corridor. It all reminds me
of something David Reynolds told us at school. His class were out in the centre
of Worcester, in a mobility lesson. He'd touched the ankles of one of the
locals with his cane, and as he waked away, heard the priceless line:
"They boys from the bloynd callege, they never look where they'm going, they,
do they?" Well actually, as in the Bristol school, that's the job of the
sighted person. So, before they banned the cane, did they check whether school
rules gave regard to the need for due care and attention?
Best,
Clive
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Mike Ray
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Stupidity. I'd say I hope the RNIB have been consulted but they are a bunch of
ineffectual wasters now:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-34855311
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Michael A. Ray
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