Yes, I'm in Australia and I use a white cane. My central vision is damaged but my side vision is perfect. Battling Uveitis for 6 years. When I first joined Visability who taught me how to use one, I was guilt tripping myself saying but I'm only low vision, then the therapist said "You have a eye disease that has taken part of your vision and affects you every day, you're allowed to use a cane."

Yes. My daughter is legally blind but has some vision. She uses her cane for depth perception and peripheral vision.

Depends on your jurisdiction. In some countries you have to use a cane of a different color to signal that you aren't legally blind.

Yes, a few of my clients who aren't legally blind use a white cane. A cane is often used to check for drop offs and other obstacles. Someone who has lower field loss or depth perception loss could benefit.

You can get the white and red reflective tape to put on your crutches, but not everyone realizes what that means. I've often had support canes marked up in red and white (in cases where they didn't want to buy it). However, when using the support cane as a probe, you have a slight risk of losing your balance and falling.

Depending on where you are from (I would guess North America), your state or province may have some coverage to help with the cost of your cane.

I teach a student with impaired vision who uses a cane. His vision is good enough that he could technically get around fine, but he had trouble seeing other kids in his side vision and they’d bump into him and he would get aggressive. His ISTV recommended a cane basically so other kids/people would give him some room. If you’re having trouble and a cane will work, get a cane.

Anyone can use a white cane if they feel it helps with their mobility. I would suggest contacting a local vision center for the blind. They can get you in contact with someone who can teach you Orientation & Mobility training.

I'm completely blind in my right eye(wear a prosthesis) and I have heard of other monocular folks using a white cane to help with navigating curbs, stairs etc. also to alert people so they do not bump into their blind side(something which has happened to me a lot).

I assume you could, I know people around here who use canes just to signify that they’re too lazy to look around.🤓😉 i’ll stick with my amazing black lab.