{"id":121,"date":"2017-05-30T21:47:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T01:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mendingmisconceptions.com\/?p=121"},"modified":"2017-05-30T21:47:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T01:47:34","slug":"the-great-cane-incident-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilymordaunt.com\/?p=121","title":{"rendered":"The Great Cane Incident of 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was originally posted on April 10, 2016 at 11:49 on blogspot.<\/p>\n

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Warning: the following post may contain semi-strange formatting. And the slightly disjointed nature of the author\u2019s thoughts may be jarring to some readers. Proceed with caution.<\/p>\n

Copied from my Facebook on Friday, April 8:<\/p>\n

I swear, Facebook, I cannot make this shit up. I was walking to my first class today, and someone tripped over my cane. I figured that it would probably<\/p>\n

be a little bent but usable, it’s definitely happen before. But rather than being a little curved out of shape, The bottom most fold\/link\/whatever was<\/p>\n

bent almost in half. I thought about trying to straighten it, and once I put a little bit of pressure on it. It pretty much snapped.<\/p>\n

I went to the accessibility office after class, using my single usable eyeball and the bit of feedback that the broken came could give me. I almost tripped<\/p>\n

down some stairs because, though I saw and expected them, there were a bunch of people in the way and I was trying to get around them. And of course, today<\/p>\n

is the day i decide to wear my boots instead of sneakers so the heel caught on the step… But luckily for me, most people react quickly to a blind person<\/p>\n

stumbling, And my reflexes aren’t terrible so…<\/p>\n

Well, I’m off to class now with my scotch taped cane (they didn’t have duct tape).<\/p>\n

My thoughts<\/i><\/p>\n

As you can tell from the start of the post I was… I\u2019m still not sure what word best describes how I felt. I wasn\u2019t angry, more confused than anything else. People trip and hop (yes, hop, not even jump) over my cane quite a bit. And so I\u2019ve had to replace a few because they were bent out of shape\u2026 but it\u2019s never been broken. It was a little surreal, I guess.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t usually curse, and so I knew that using it in my post would really get people\u2019s attention.<\/p>\n

Everyone Else\u2019s thoughts<\/i><\/p>\n

It was interesting, looking at the comments.<\/p>\n

The ones from the people who knew me best all made light of it while the ones from family and acquaintances were all panicking and worried about my well-being. My fellow blind and visually impaired people sympathized. One person told me they had four spares by their door and one in their bag at all times while another told me that she\u2019d replaced her cane three times so far this year. Luckily, I did have a spare in my room (though it wouldn\u2019t have been hard to get a new one).<\/p>\n

After telling her the story, my godmother asked if I\u2019d \u201ccaught a big one\u201d. That made me chuckle. The person was small in stature though I\u2019m uncertain of\u2026width.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m just still surprised that it broke. And now that I think about it, a little annoyed. Now I have to remember to get another spare. Sigh.<\/p>\n

Well:<\/p>\n

Sorry I was gone for such a long time. That whole college thing was rearing it\u2019s head, and rather aggressively, I might add. I had papers galore. And when I wasn\u2019t working, I was sitting and complaining of boredom. Then I\u2019d remember my darling readers, but have nothing to write.<\/p>\n

But I have been updating my blog (it\u2019s easier to ramble on camera than write and perfect my posts to my satisfaction).<\/p>\n

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Soo\u2026 if you’re interested, you should check out my original poem,<\/a> about people\u2019s reactions to me. I wrote it a year ago. And when you\u2019re through with that, watch my latest Vlog: What You’ve Always Wanted To Ask A Blind Person<\/a>. It\u2019s long, but hopefully the content makes it worth it.<\/p>\n

For my blind and low-vision readers:<\/p>\n

The three pictures I included are of me: one of me holding the cane and then two of the cane by itself: one showing off the tape and the other how bent it was.<\/p>\n

\u2018till Saturday<\/p>\n

Chao (the Spanish spelling)<\/p>\n

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