West Point Cadet Mary Claire Schleck will be presenting "Revisiting the Role of the White Cane for Congenitally Blind Children" at the...

The entire field of orientation and mobility (O&M) exists because of the dog guide and later the long cane. These devices were created...

History of O&M describes the long, slow, tortured road of retro-fitting adult long canes and O&M methods for children.

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

The origin story of the field of orientation and mobility (O&M) is the stuff of Hollywood movies. It stars the blind heroes of WWII who...

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

The earliest writings show blind infants did not walk and the advice to walk first was born. unsafe mobility for blind infants causes delays

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...

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...

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...

In the March 19, 2008, New York Times story on Theresa (Terri) Fiorentino’s tragic death after falling onto the tracks at Croton Harmon...

Co-hosts of the Safe Toddles Pediatric Belt Cane podcast, Grace Ambrose-Zaken and Kelvin Crosby, discuss the origin story and impact of...

Happy JoJo Day! to one and all!! Every September 5 is remembered as the day JoJo demonstrated the transformative effect of safe mobility....

This black and white photo was published in New Outlook for the Blind in September 1967.The picture is of a preschooler boy who is blind...