Evidence-based Walking Solution for Visual Impairment/Blindness
Belt Cane Balance Advantage
The touch-based walking solution for children with a mobility visual impairment or blindness
For children with a mobility visual impairment or blindness, touch—not vision—is the dominant sense for walking. That’s why they instinctively reach for hands, walls, or furniture to feel balanced. The Belt Cane Balance Advantage recreates this steady connection through a belt-to-cane-to-surface link, providing continuous tactile feedback that supports balance and empowers children to walk confidently and independently throughout their day.
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The Belt Cane balance advantage is designed for children with a mobility visual impairment or blindness beginning around 10 months. ​
Designed for Confidence
The Pediatric Belt Cane Dual Cane Standard Starter Set
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Two lightweight rectangular frames (standard/specialty)
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One structured belt
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The belt assists the child to keep the white cane frame in front.
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The sturdy carbon fiber rods at a fixed two-step distance.
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Standard all-terrain omni wheel tips roll across most surfaces.
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Specialty curved ball bearing tips glide over improved surfaces.
Why Common Approaches Fall Short
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Hand-holding and guiding
Helps children move with someone—but not on their own. When the hand is gone, the walking stops.
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Furniture cruising and wall walking
Provide temporary security, but restrict movement to the edges of rooms and reinforce dependence on external supports.
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Therapy-only solutions
Offer important practice, but for short periods of time. Walking confidence can’t develop in 30-minute sessions—it needs repetition across daily life.
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Traditional canes
Are designed for older users and intermittent use, not for young children who need constant balance feedback while learning to walk.
Each of these approaches addresses movement in moments. None support walking throughout your child's day.
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Get a Pediatric Belt Cane
Pediatric Belt Canes
Belt Cane balance advantage is the walking solution for the child with blindness/visual impairment because touch is their dominant. The Belt Cane gives children with a visual impairment or blindness the feedback they need to move away from outside supports and more independently explore their world.
Give Them the Belt Cane Balance Advantage
Every dollar ensures these children have Pediatric Belt Canes. Walking doesn’t come from being practiced for minutes at a time. It comes from consistent, body-centered feedback. The Belt Cane balance advantage is revolutionary. We are seeking to remove all barriers from access to this essential walking solution.
About
Safe Toddles is a nonprofit
Safe Toddles was founded to solve a problem too many families face: How to provide children with a mobility visual impairment or blindness sufficient touch feedback for independent balance. Our Pediatric Belt Cane provides these children with a mobile solution for constant touch balance support. The Belt Cane balance advantage is the belt-to-cane-to-surface connection provides the extended touch feedback needed to aid mobile balance for all day confident, self-directed walking.
