White cane

[6] In 1921 James Biggs, a photographer from Bristol who became blind after an accident and was uncomfortable with the amount of traffic around his home, painted his walking stick white to be more easily visible.

On February 7, 1931, Guilly d'Herbemont symbolically gave the first two white canes to blind people, in the presence of several French ministers.

[9][10][11] The long cane was improved upon by World War II veterans rehabilitation specialist, Richard E. Hoover, at Valley Forge Army Hospital.

Before he taught other rehabilitators, or "orientors", his new technique he had a special commission to have lightweight, long white canes made for the veterans of the European fronts.

In the United Kingdom, the white cane indicates that the individual has a visual impairment but normal hearing; with red bands added, it indicates that the user is deafblind.

[16][17] In November 2002, Argentina passed a law recognizing the use of green canes by people with low vision, stating that the nation would "adopt from this law, the use of a green cane in the whole of Argentina as a means of orientation and mobility for people with low vision.

However, more recently canes have been started to be introduced as soon as a child learns to walk to aid development with great success.

A white cane with a ball tip
A long cane, the primary mobility tool for the visually impaired
A folded cane
An identification cane
Folded long cane
A man and a woman crossing the street. The woman is using a white cane
A woman crosses the street using her white cane.
A variety of cane tips. A = Pencil Tip, B = Bundu Basher Tip, C = Ball Race Overfit Tip, D = Rubber Support Cane Tip, E = Pear Tip, F = Rural Tip, G = Jumbo Roller Tip
A folding support cane