Meredith here.
Paul Garwood the Orientation and Mobility specialist at Senses Australia did a
lot of work regarding the red and white cane a few years ago.
I emailed Paul and here’s what he said:
“the Red/White cane is not a new thing it’s been around a long time, but not
internationally. The countries which it is recognised appear to be strong
advocates for the deafblind population and have adopted the cane, but due to so
many changes over the past few years such as the introduction of coloured canes
and to a certain extent difficulty in even getting the white cane recognised
has had some impact on the original suggestion”
I’ve cced Paul in on this conversation given his extensive experience with this
topic and his previous work on trying to engage the Australian deafblind
community to work with him on this.
Cheers,
Meredith
Meredith Prain
Senior Speech Pathologist/Deafblind Consultant
Disability Professional Services
T 08 9473 5429
E meredith.prain@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
11 Kitchener Ave, Burswood WA 6100
ABN: 931 691 951 27
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Behalf Of irene mcminn
Sent: Saturday, 1 September 2018 12:17 PM
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Subject: [dbaust] Red and White Cane for Deafblind
Hi Everyone
At the WFDB conference in June. One of the issues that came up at the GA was a
Red And White cane which would show that a person is Deafblind. I am trying to
find out what Deafblind People think about this. Attached is a description of
the cane. Please let me know what you think. Would you like to use this or not?
Wfdb are trying to get it reconised all over the World.
Thank you,
Irene McMinn.