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White Cane
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People who are blind or have low vision use a special white cane for two purposes:   a. to feel obstacles, as well as the curbs when crossing a street, etc.;      thus it "lengthens" one arm.   b. to alert others of the individual’s blindness.   Blind people have used a cane as a tool for travel for centuries but it was not until after  World War I that the white cane was introduced.

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