OKLAHOMA CITY – White cane users with visual disabilities and sighted supporters will celebrate National White Cane Safety Awareness Day from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Oct. 15 with a rally in Oklahoma City.
Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired, a division of the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitation Services, is hosting this year’s event. SBVI staff invites participants to gather at Shepherd Center, 2401 NW 23rd Street. The rally will be near the west side entrance of Shepherd Center.
White Cane Safety Day was first established by presidential proclamation in 1964. Today, similar laws exist in all 50 states