Talk:White cane

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I have received some freeimages of canes which I have uploaded to Wikimedia Commons and used in this article. I don't know much about image placement, so if someone could help in that department that'd be good. Graham87 08:52, 15 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Comparison to Guide dogs?

I had a hard time finding sources for this. In the US it's estimated that only 2% of visually impaired Americans use canes so I wanted to find more facts/cites for this section which i am including here. Any help appreciated. Jessamyn (talk) 18:07, 16 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

==Comparison to guide dogs== {{unreferenced section|date=June 2016}} While a guide dog, the other major mobility aid for blind people, can interact more with the user and the environment, making them more useful in certain locations, white canes are alternatives for reasons of price, care, and in some cases, allergies. Despite the high profile of guide dogs, however, most blind people still use canes at least sometimes, and many still use canes entirely.

I think this would be very hard to find a reliable source for, but in my very limited experience, it seems to be more or less true. I've taken the liberty of removing the section properly and fixing the copy of it on the talk page. I was surprised by your comment about only 2% of visually impaired people in the US using canes, but I found this source, which cites figures of between 2% and 8%. Graham87 12:09, 17 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]