Learning To Use a White Blind Cane 👨🦯 (Orientation & Mobility Training)
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
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SEE-THROUGH is hosted by Lance Johnson. Based in New York City, Lance is a video editor living with the rare degenerative eye disease - retinitis pigmentosa or "RP” for short. In most cases, RP causes legal-blindness by the age of 40. Now 33, Lance uses SEE-THROUGH as a platform to explore his inevitable future of blindness.
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Best explanation and simplest I have heard since going legally blind is “I can see but I can’t see…it’s complicated”
Waiting on O&M and self taught via UA-cam on the white cane so far. 100% agree that is is exhausting. Hang in there. Life is different but is still an awesome gift from GOD!
I am right there with you. I have RP as well, I am not to the point where I am totally blind, I know what you are saying, in the process of getting a guide dog, wish you well
Thanks bro! It's definitely a strange place to be but I'm very grateful for the amount of vision I do have. Thanks for sharing that and cheers to making the best of things!
Great video, I had a referral and missed a few calls from the visual impairment team for my region in August.
I had delay due to how work had been so couldn’t book time to see them and get into the cane training.
All the feelings you have about, going out and being recognised all sings to me with what’s in my mind, great to hear your experiences! (I will have to try wearing sunglasses to avoid eye contact 😂)
sunglasses are the way to go! in some cases, you can pick the location. buttttt…. doing it in your neighborhood might help you just rip the band aid off. it’s easier said than done though man! i really thought I wasn’t going to as insecure as I was. once the training is over - the cane feels way less scary though 🤜🤛
I've had four lessons so far, my fifth in a couple weeks time, where I'll be going on a bus... Bit nervous for that one. All of my instructors have been awesome and informative and supportive. So good to hear that your instructor has been amazing!! Yeah, I fall out of step all the time and it's stop-start, stop-start. I also really relate to being recognised by people in my neighbourhood using my white cane. You got this!!
Thanks Beth! I appreciate the support. You got this too! Once you conquer the bus - you’re gonna feel 10ft tall.
@@seethroughpod Thank you! The worst part for me at the moment is just feeling reocgnised/seen as blind. People are nosy by nature, I get it, but I feel like I stand out, and drawing attention to myself while I'm still learning and not 100% confident is no fun.
@@BlindBabeBeth Yeah it's awkward AF! I guess we'll just have to rip the band aid off eventually 🤷♂
Amazing video! It was awesome hearing about your experience. I'm currently taking cane training through the Commission for the blind. It's a lot of work. It's a 12 week term with two classes a week. It's a lot physically and mentally. I've been doing alright so far but I'm not a fan of flagging and being blindfolded (I'm claustrophobic). I also have a chronic pain condition in my foot so O&M training causes flare ups from time to time. I'm starting a second term in April since many of the classes in the first term were canceled due to weather.
If anyone is interested in cane training and live in the US you can get free cane training and a free cane from the Commission for the blind. They also have other amazing resources and fun classes available.
Thanks for watching and sharing your experiences! What a helpful comment to those who might stumble upon it 🧡
Loved this video Lance 👏🏼
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I just stumbled on this video!
Great you had your O&M training!
People just don't understand how to interact people with disabilities and people with visual impairment!
I have low videos due to retinopathy of prematurely.
I'm stoked you found my video! Also - thanks for the kind words and sharing your visual impairment! 🤜🤛
@@seethroughpod I'm from India!
I don't use a cane but I'm sure it helps a lot of people out there! Great you got the training to prepare yourself for the future!
I have 20/320 vision in my right eye without correction and 20/200 with spectacles.
I have no light perception in my left eye.
Nice to meet you!
Well congrats it’s a hard first step I used a white cane for years and if you decide once o and m is solid guide dogs are amazing got my first dog four years ago
Thanks for the words of encouragement! Guide dogs seem to be the best option as everyone speaks so highly of them. I’ll have to look deeper into all of the options. Either way, I’m just glad to get started.
@@seethroughpod I love my guide dog I never realized at least for me how much more confident I am but we all start with that white cane and it is hard to let feeling the states go but just know that you have support from your fellow journey people and if you have questions we can answer those too
I started using a cane this past year I had the cane training years ago, but I noticed my vision was getting worse, I have Glaucoma and I tell you it doesn’t bother me that people see me with a cane.
I’m a beginner learning 2 point touch and going down stairs and crossing at the pededtrian
I just remember when my left foot goes back my cane goes left. And then “kick” it out of the way to the right basically.
I’m definitely gonna use this to help me remember 🤜🤛
Hi seeing through,even though your video was filmed or recorded 8 months ago but I enjoyed watching it.What was it like for you and your 0&m mobility instructor to go around your area,the train etc in nyc?I am legally blind adult with limited vision and I use a white cane to safely get around my country and city.I have been using a white cane since the age of 19 after I graduated from high school in june 1984,I started getting a lot of help from the bc cnib during the summer and fall and over the winter season,In my home,on the buses,lrt train,in the malls,traffic lights,grocery shopping etc until I could do everything on my own with some help when I need it.I am 59 years oldmostly independent with some help and I can do most things except drive a car.I still have ongoing eye problems with my eyes and eyesight but they have stabilized for now.
At first I also felt nervous and insecure about using my white cane but with the training and instructions with my instructor I use my white cane with pride and confidence in myself and when I move to a new strange area then I get a hold of my 0&m cnib instructor to get more training with my white cane
Going around the NYC subway was hectic, but luckily - we did my classes in Brooklyn where it’s way more calm than Manhattan. It wasn’t as bad as you’d think, but I’ve lived in NYC for over 6 years now, so maybe I’ve acclimated to the chaos. haha
Anyways - glad you found my video! You sound badass with how independent you are with your visual impairment. I appreciate you sharing your journey with accepting the white cane. I’ve had the training but haven’t used my cane once since then, so I know the struggle.
I think I have will have to lose more vision to be able to justify using it, but maybe i’m being too hardheaded.
And you know people in NYC have scene way stranger things than a man with a mobility cane lol
1000% facts 😂
Like what you are doing. Have you tried the new Ambutech "Pathfinder 360° Ball?" It rolls in direction and any angle. Sold on Amazon.
No but it sounds BALL-er! Get it? lol - I'll have to check it out.
And totally hold it at your hip so you don’t jab yourself in the stomach lol
Proud you dude. And that lady HATES your guts. Watch yo back
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I’m waiting for O&M training but I already have a cane to practice with. I use it mostly to warn others that I can’t see them. I’m not legally blind in both eyes but my peripheral vision is non existent and I run into people all the time 😅
I think that’s super smart and admirable to use your cane to help self identify yourself. I honestly think more people should do that, but most people struggle too much with the self-identification part (including myself), so you’ve already conquered the hard part which is using the cane publicly. The O&M will just make your skills more dialed in and will boost your cane confidence even more 💪
I am that way as well, rp , tunnel vision at best