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Balanced, Protected, and Informed O&M for Active Daily Living
Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken


Why Does a Blind Child Need a White Cane Arc for Safety, and what is it?
The white cane arc is an essential tool for anyone with a mobility visual impairment or blindness (MVI/B). Yet, children with an MVI/B struggle to even hold the long cane much less sweep it back and forth with each step. Children can push a static white cane arc in front of them. The static white cane arc is when it is built into the device.

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Sep 9, 2025


Levy & Gilbert, Two Innovative Blind Leaders in Vision Rehabilitation
William Hanks Levy and Elizabeth Gilbert invented the long cane technique constant contact for blind adults in 1872.

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
May 19, 2024


Origin Story and Impact White Cane Safety Day
Co-hosts of the Safe Toddles Pediatric Belt Cane podcast, Grace Ambrose-Zaken and Kelvin Crosby, discuss the origin story and impact of...

Grace Ambrose-Zaken
Oct 14, 2021
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