White canes have a significant contribution to make visually impaired people self-reliant in society. It empowers the ...

White Cane Week takes place on the first full week of February to raise awareness of the challenges facing people like me who are living with vision loss.

Tim Runstrom has been visually impaired his entire life after he was born with aniridia – a rare eye condition that causes the iris to be partially or completely absent. Runstrom was born without ...

Uko Akpanuko Members of a Prince Albert Low Vision and Blind peer support group are hoping to raise public awareness next week about the cha ...

The Canadian Council of the Blind has proclaimed February 2nd to 8th as "white cane week," which aims to raise awareness ...

The white cane for the 21st century. While many tech companies have increasingly worked to make technology more accessible for the blind and visually impaired, canes haven’t benefited much from ...

While commemorating the White Cane Safety Day, the union’s Chief Executive Officer Jackson Agufana highlighted its importance in easing the lives of the blind and partially sighted.

The glasses have been tested by over 300 blind individuals from nearly 30 countries, with overwhelmingly positive feedback. Gutt recalls witnessing users walk independently without white canes for ...