White Cane Awareness Day

White Cane Awareness Day

Junior Laura Isom participates in an obstacle course during white cane awareness day at the colvard student union.
Photo by Logan Kirkland

October 15, 2019

Laura Isom, a junior elementary education major from Hernando, moves through an obstacle course Tuesday [Oct. 15] as part of national White Cane Awareness Day, an annual event recognizing the ways that people with disabilities contribute to society. MSU's National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision hosted an informational booth that included the obstacle course, the opportunity to write names in braille and a free vision testing table. NRTC Director Michele McDonnall and Assistant Research Professor Jennifer L. Cmar discussed employment opportunities for blind people in a recent article published in The Conversation.