In Hoogeveen it appears: Day of the White Stick is still necessary. Elisabeth: ‘Crossing the road has already cost me the tip of my stick’

The International Day of the White Cane is always celebrated, but the daily practice is not a celebration for many blind and partially sighted people. “Road users often overlook the white stick or do not know that it is an official stop sign,” says chairman Elisabeth Smelik of the Drenthe Eye Association.

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