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Jonathan Luna

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bal-luna1205,0,2335211.story?

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We have another contender for the inventor of the cane for the blind. From an article in the Howard County Times comes news of Warren Bledsoe of Maryland in the United States who, it is claimed, also "invented" the cane for the blind.
I do not claim to be an expert in this but from my limited reading so far it seems that Miss GN did not actually "invent" the cane. It seems that in the Paris of her day the police carried a white cane they used to stop traffic with. Miss GN seeminlgy suggested that blind people be given the same cane for the same purpose, so that they could stop traffic and cross the street safely.
Enter Warren Bledsoe who, it seems, in company with Dr. Richard Hoover, extended the use of the cane by introducing the "long cane" technique so familiar to us today.
Anyone considering expanding this article might like to read:
American Council of the Blind
or the Wikipedia article White Cane

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