Night out with a visual impairment

On a night out in town it’s a bit tricky because I have no vision at nightime so I have to give myself extra time if I’m going somewhere in the dark

I need to be more strategic with the Kane and keeping to the wall on paths and streets and using that as a guide

At night-time town is busy so I have to be more careful when using the Kane that I don’t make big strides with the Kane and trip someone up also in town at night they’re lots of people about and have to take that into consideration when navigating myself from one place to another at night in darkness

It will be more difficult in town when coming home because most times that I would have drink on me so my vision will be blurrily so need to take a lot extra time and not banging into anything is crucial when using the Kane

They’re some challenges when using the Kane but if you have a good technique and do a lot of planning when going places for the first time or places that you haven’t been a while you will be grand because you more than likely will be going with someone that has sight or most people are genuine that will give you assistance if you get stuck

I know for me at darkness it gets harder to use the Kane but that doesn’t stop me getting to places at nightime because you can’t just keep saying that I can’t go outside because it’s dark

I try to live my life as normal going places that anyone else would go or do and with the assistance of the Kane I have great confidence in going places at anytime of the day with using the Kane it’s like going out without my phone I would never do that so I’m going the say way about the Kane