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Give today to make every day independence day. Pediatric Belt Canes are a medical necessity.

You know every time a child with a mobility visual impairment or blindness bumps into something or trips over something without warning...

This 2023 study compared 209 adults with a mobility visual impairment or blindness (MVI/B) with sighted adults. The authors did not give...

William Hanks Levy and Elizabeth Gilbert invented the long cane technique constant contact for blind adults in 1872.

Impact report 2023 for Safe Toddles

Discover the fascinating origin story of orientation and mobility (O&M) for children born with visual impairments. From early pre-cane skills to the invention of the long cane, learn how blind children and WWII veterans shaped safe independent mobility, and why early intervention transformed the way blind toddlers learn to navigate their world.

Teaching blind children before long canes were invented shows why we believe bruises are instructional for blind babies.

Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers have very different walking abilities. The infant cannot walk. The toddler unsafely and unsteadily...

From the 1700s to the 1900s, blind children were often excluded from mobility training and safe exploration. This post traces the evolution of early intervention practices—from the first institutions for blind youth to the emergence of orientation and mobility education. Learn how early efforts, both groundbreaking and flawed, laid the groundwork for today’s innovations in independent movement for children born blind.

For over a century, blind toddlers have been held to lower expectations for independent walking. Outdated beliefs and unsafe practices have left them stationary, while sighted peers run and explore. This article uncovers how we got here—and how modern tools like the pediatric belt cane are empowering blind children to walk, run, and play safely at last.

Safe Toddles trusts parents’ instincts! Parents instinctively want to protect their blind babies while also encouraging them to walk...

Netflix's New Series “All the Light We Cannot See” Shines A Light on the History of un-Safe Mobility for Blind Children The Netflix TV...

Dear Friend, Braylen can't see, can’t hear, and has trouble with his balance. At home, he did not walk. He sat. When Braylen's physical...

Safe Toddles trusts parents’ instincts! Parents instinctively want to protect their blind babies while also encouraging them to walk...

Mission Accomplished! Blinded veterans invented white cane safety. After WWII ended, the young soldiers who returned home blind yearned...

What are Long Canes, Rectangular Canes, and Pediatric Belt Canes? For people with blindness or mobility visual impairment walking is a...

Until now there was no mobility device for children under the age of two and there is a lack of funding for early intervention services...

Click the arrow to play his video. Vinny, age 2 and blind, was at the Easter Egg Hunt recently - an unfamiliar place with loads of...

Dr. Josephine DeFini was gifted in math from a very young age. Born with low vision, as the first born – she helped look after her 3...