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ORIENTATION  AND  MOBILITY

Canes, Mobility Devices, and Accessories

Click on a letter of the alphabet to go to that part of the list.

 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

AccessMobility, Inc.
internet: http://www.accesstoday.com/

Adaptive Mall
internet: http://www.adaptivemall.com/

This store sells many styles of walkers and gait trainers in sizes for children and adults. There are a walker for toddlers that is shaped like a wagon and a "car" to sit in and make move with the hands.

AmbuTech 
internet: http://www.ambutech.com/index.asp

Folding, telescoping, and rigid long canes (including "kiddie canes"), support canes, and accessories (including the Roller Tip and Jumbo Roller Tip for long canes).  Canes are made of aluminum or carbon graphite.

Ann Morris Enterprises
internet: http://www.annmorris.com/

Assisted Acces, Inc. / N.F.S.S Communications
internet: http://www.nfss.com

Products for people with visual, hearing, and physical limitations.

Associated Services for the Blind
internet: http://www.asb.org/main/index.htm

Canes (long and support) plus accessories.

Autofold, Inc.
internet: http://www.autofold.com/

They sell a wide variety of support canes.

California Canes
internet: http://www.californiacanes.com/

Long canes (folding and rigid) made of graphite, which is lighter and more durable than aluminum. They are no longer selling their canes retail, but do still take care of any repairs. Contact them for a name of your local distributor.

Canes Canada Inc.
internet: http://www.canescanada.com

Support and walking canes. Many nice designs.

Carolyn's Low Vision Products
internet: http://www.carolynslvp.com/store/default.asp

Cleveland Sight Center
internet: http://www.clevelandsightcenter.org/

Cobolt Systems Ltd
internet: http://www.cobolt.co.uk/

Sells a rolling ball tip for the long cane.

A "gait trainer" that has a front horizontal bar that is low to the ground, and a padded platform on which to rest the forearms.

Comfort House
internet: http://www.comforthouse.com/comfort/canholandstr.html

Columbia Medical
internet: http://www.columbiamedical.com/default.cfm

Community Services for the Blind and Partially Sighted
internt: http://www.sightconnection.com

Sells miscellaneous products, including canes, tips, and other accessories. They have the ball tip for W.C.I.B. canes.

ConvaQuip
internet: http://www.convaquip.com/

Drive Medical Design
internet: http://www.drivemedicaldesign.com/index.htm

Their pediatric anterior safety rollers (a.k.a. "kids' front walkers") can be used as adapted mobility devices for young blind children. The front wheels swivel and there is a horizontal bar close to the ground.

Dynamic Living
internet: http://www.dynamic-living.com/index/

A support cane that has a built-in light pointing to the ground in front of the person walking.

Emile Najm
internet: http://www.gordonrichard.com/pegasus/cane.htm

His Najm Cane Tip for long canes has a built-in spring to absorb shock.

Guide Cane
internet: http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~johannb/GC_News/ Links_to_other_sites/14_TECH-BLIND.html

Handiworks
internet: http://www.handiworks.com/

This company sells "necessary accessories" for people with visual impairments, including: cane holders (to go on a belt), dog harness signs, "fanny packs", and wallets.

House of Canes and Walking Sticks
internet: http://www.houseofcanes.com/

Howell Mobility Products
internet: http://www.howellmobility.com

This company has purchased the business previously owned by Mariano Pacini.  They carry the ball tip he invented, plus other types of tips, along with folding and rigid white canes.

Independent Living Aids
internet: http://www.independentliving.com

This is the U.S.A. distributor of the products from RNIB in England, in addition to their own line of products.

Ion Medical Supplies
internet: http://www.ionmeds.com/Pediatrics%20Walker.htm

One of their pediatric safety walkers has a horizontal bar low to the ground in front.

L S & S Group
internet: http://www.lssgroup.com

Lighthouse International -- Consumer Products Division
internet: http://www.lighthouse.org

Macam Devices
mail: P.O. Box 435, Somerset, CA 95684 U.S.A.
fax: 530-620-1134
voice: 530-306-9631

Makes and sells the "Equipoise" long cane.  Its unique weighted crook makes it well-balanced in the hand so that it feels lighter.  Made of aluminum, to custom lengths.

Maddak, Inc.
internet: http://service.maddak.com/index.asp

This company sells products for people with physical limitations.  Of interest here is "Dyna-Form-It", a rubber putty for making adapted handles.

Massachusetts Association for the Blind
internet: http://www.mabcommunity.org/index_html

Maxi Aids
internet: http://www.maxiaids.com

National Federation of the Blind
internet: http://www.nfb.org/

Long canes (their own styles), plus accessories.

Queen Alexandra College
internet: http://www.qac.ac.uk/

Sells long canes made of graphite, and an electronic mobility tool.

Rainshine Canes for the Blind
mail: 1011 Sherman Avenue, Madison, WI 53703 U.S.A.
voice: 608-257-9330

Revolution Enterprises, Inc.
internet:  http://www.advantagecanes.com/

Long canes (folding and rigid) made of graphite, and various tips.

Rifton Equipment
internet: http://www.rifton.com/index.html

Their Pacer gait trainer is available in many sizes, with various accessories.

Royal National College Enterprises Ltd.
internet: http://www.rncb.ac.uk/index.html

They make and sell the "Hoople" mobility device, which is a hoop that is pushed in front of the user in place of a long cane.

Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
internet: http://www.rnzfb.org.nz/

They sell many tips for long canes, including a "Bundu Basher" cane tip, which is a curve, designed to stick less often when walking over rough surfaces.

RoyalNational Institute for the Blind
internet: http://onlineshop.rnib.org.uk/shoptab.asp

They sell long canes, symbols canes, and related accessories.

Sammons Preston
internet: http://www.sammonspreston.com

They sell a pediatric walker that has a horizontal bar in front that is low to the ground.

Thomas Fetterman, Inc.
internet: http://www.fetterman-crutches.com

"Ice Tips" and "Spiky Plus" (for support canes and shoes) provide traction on the ice.

Three-M (3M) Company
contact: Reflective Tape Division
internet: http://www.3m.com

Reflective tape to put on canes.

White Cane Instruments for the Blind
mail: Route 3, Box 89A, Jenkins, MO  65605  U.S.A.

voice: 417-574-6368

Sells long canes for the visually impaired (rigid and folding), also related accessories (extra nylon tips, plus white and red tape).

Worldwide Vision
internet: http://www.worldwidevision.nl

They sell products for the blind and visually impaired.  Their newest items include rigid and folding versions of the Curve Cane. This aluminum long cane has two bends in it so that the lower part rides along the ground with the tip. See their web site for pictures, and request written documentation.


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This page was last updated July, 2008.