A Vision Without Sight

The Importance of Having a Spare Cane It is VITAL! I cannot stress this enough! I was packing for a trip to my parents house in Chicago.  I was only expecting to be gone ten days.  I have used my NFB Folding Cane and only really use it when traveling or going to crowded places and restaurants.  I figured it hasn't gotten much use so it should last ten days right?...Wrong.  I got to Chicago and unfolded my can and low and behold, the point of connection between the fourth and fifth pieces had frayed and the connection is weak.  Great.... I don't have a usable cane and I am no where near a center that sells NFB canes.  They don't sell long white canes on amazon and the Independence Market was closed.  I thought about the Free White Cane program but I had already requested my cane in the last 6 months so I was not eligible,  I called D Canes, the maker of the Nebraska Cane, aka Bob Riley, and he didn't answer at first.  Luckily....

This is the National Federation of the Blind Color Guard made up of members of the federation family, presenting the colors at National Convention in Las Vegas! I love that blindness does not hold these individuals back from sharing patriotism with our world.  Video Description:   Color Guard linked together with one hand on the shoulder of the person in front of them displaying the multiple flags as they march off following the presentation of the colors.

How to make an Accessible UNO Game I bought a UNO deck.  A great game for kids and adults.  They are great for individuals who are Visually Impaired who can see large print and high contrast print.  It is pretty easy to make accessible for blind individuals as well using braille.  How did I do it?  I have some vision and could identify each card using a CCTV that magnifies things.  I then put each card individually into a braille writer and brailled the number and the color.  So for a yellow number one, I brailled it as one y.  So I typed on the braille writer... number indicator, one, y for yellow.  Total there were three characters using three cells.  For cards like reverse and skip I would do RVG for reverse green and SKB for skip blue.  There are a total of four characters of space you can type on the top of your card, so I could type WILD.  If you need more space you can always adjust your margins on your braille writer....