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Does anyone have any tips for transferring kids or babies when using a cane or guide dog? (self.Blind)
submitted by Blindonthemove
KillerLag 5 points 3y ago
For babies, we often suggest wearing the baby in a carrier attached to the torso.
DrillInstructorJan 3 points 3y ago
Isn't this sort of the main issue with canes and such. You basically have one less hand to do stuff. This is why I want the insta-fold cane that pops up and down in half a second and you just throw in some sort of belt loop. My life is fold the cane, unfold the cane, fold the cane, unfold the cane. Try carrying around a round of drinks across a crowded room when you have one hand permanently tied up with a cane.
Then someone pops up on here asking questions about some sort of cellphone app. No guys, just make the insta fold cane.
Then someone pops up on here asking questions about some sort of cellphone app. No guys, just make the insta fold cane.
achromatic_03 1 points 3y ago
omg, please DM me if you ever find out that this exists!
KillerLag 1 points 3y ago
Funny you mention that... about 8-9 years ago (so near the beginning of my career as an O&M instructor), I had a client who had a design I have never seen since. She was from Korea, and had gotten the cane from there. It was telescopic and locking, it basically worked like a similar to an automatic umbrella. When she pressed the button, the thing would unlock and it wouldn't pop out all the way, but most of the way. She would press and hold the button to unlock it and have to manually push it in, but it was fast.
She moved back after a year here, and I've never seen that design since. I check online every now and then, but nothing :(
She moved back after a year here, and I've never seen that design since. I check online every now and then, but nothing :(
DrillInstructorJan 1 points 3y ago
There are telescoping canes. The problem is that they don't have the same rigidity as a normal one. The one piece canes are even better, they have no give at all but it's not really very practical to carry a carbon tube that long around with you all day. Honestly, a simple improvement would be elastic bungees that don't got all soggy after a few weeks. You want it really tight so it has decent rigidity but if you have it too tight it just loses all its bounce.
Sorry getting into the weeds of this stuff a bit but that's what it is.
Sorry getting into the weeds of this stuff a bit but that's what it is.
RJHand 1 points 3y ago
Are telescoping canes any good? I've never tried one but often wonder about it. Would definitely be more fun to extend lol.
guitarandbooks 2 points 3y ago
When he was a baby, if I were dealing with my son and the infant carrier, stroller, or car seat, I'd simply put my cane down and put one foot on it to keep it in the same place. If I was using my now retired guide dog, I'd simply take the dog's leash and clip it to my belt, or, put the leash around my foot to make sure he didn't wander off while I was occupied with the baby. He wasn't a runner or a really hard puller so it wasn't a big deal. If it's a big dog with a really hard pull or he has a habit of trying to run off a lot, then the leash around the ankle or under the foot thing probably wouldn't work out so well.
Blindonthemove [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Thank you for sharing!
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