You should share this information with your assistant and let them know that you don’t like to be pulled around like that

she might not have considered that your cane needs to hit something before you can realise it's there sometimes.

You could consider talking with your assistant about this and also consider making an agreement, so if you need help, you will raise a hand or send her a text message (What every yyou prefer). She can't read your mind and just wants to help you :)

I agree with other people here, you need to make this stop, it can affect your figuring out how to use the cane properly if they never let you find anything. I have taken a few people through cane training and had to have a few words with their parents and friends to stop them doing this because it does not help.

Having a calm and quiet chat with whoever's doing it is probably your best option. Don't do it when they've just grabbed you, when you're annoyed, but find a proper time to take that person aside and just say, you know that thing you do... maybe let's not do that. Okay fine if I'm about to plunge into a volcano or something, you can grab me all you like. Other than that maybe let me find my own way.

My experience though is that some people do it out of reflex and may not be very receptive to being asked not to. What I tend to do if people do that to me is stop dead, as if in surprise, though sometimes I'm not very surprised. Then they'll react, oh, what's wrong, and you can say well, I thought something very major had happened, normally if people grab me like that I'm about to fall into a septic tank or something. Then they'll go oh no, it's just someone's bag on the floor or someone in the way. And you'll be like oh, okay, I can deal with that, I have the cane for that stuff, please don't do that.

Try that.

If I were you I would talk to your orientation and mobility instructor if you have one I agree with other people you need to use your cane and figure out how to get around in order to improve I am in 10th grade and have an assistant as well and I have had a cane since fourth grade so at this point I know how to use it properly so if I bump into a wall or anything it’s on me not my aid if there is something coming up like a pole A kid a backpack on the floor or anything else that my aid feels like I should know of in advance to move out of the way she will tell me verbally but your assistant definitely shouldn’t have to physically grab and pull you unless you are going to get hurt and those are my orientation and mobility instructors words to my aid if you don’t have in orientation and mobility instructor I would sit down with your assistant and tell her you don’t need her to pull you away from an object you need to let your cane hit it so that you know what it feels like where it is so you can be prepared for it next time try to be nice about it and tell her that you would rather just have her tell you verbally if an obstacle is coming up so you can hit it with your cane she’s there to assist you in learning and growing not baby you i’m sure she just has good intentions and doesn’t want you to get hurt but you need to learn to be independent