As a rehabilitation instructor at Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, 21-year-old Qualik Ford dedicates his time to teaching others essential skills like braille, computer technology, and cane ...

Melissa Mabee is a certified orientation and mobility specialist who provides white cane training to children and adults. Christopher Butler is the executive director of IN-SIGHT, a Rhode Island ...

Each year on Oct. 15, White Cane Awareness Day spotlights the blind and visually impaired and their all-important navigation tool, the white cane. The white cane is an essential tool that enables ...

In honor of Giving Tuesday, one local organization is running a campaign to buy white canes for students who are blind in Sierra Leone. For people who are blind or visually impaired, a white cane is ...

If there ever was a garden variety long white cane, this apparently was it. The cashier wanted to scan the cane, thinking it came from the store’s garden section. Nope, not a garden tool, explained ...

Last September in Rochester Hills, I joined 71 people as we challenged ourselves to rappel down a 15-story building during Leader Dogs for the Blind’s Double Dog Dare event. While we had a lot of fun, ...